Services
01. Board Search
Board Search
Our trusted recruitment service is dedicated to identifying and securing exceptional Executive and Non-Executive talent and Advisory Board Members tailored to your organization's unique needs. Leveraging nearly two decades of international board search experience and a vast network of qualified professionals, we guarantee to deliver.
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Our comprehensive recruitment process includes:
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Conducting a detailed in-person briefing to understand your requirements
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Sourcing potential candidates from our own trusted network, plus extensive desk research.
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Undertaking 3 rounds of detailed biographical, technical and experiential interviews of those candidates whose skills, experience and interests appear to be aligned to your requirements.
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Preparing objective written reports on those whom we recommend to you for a shortlist interview.
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Supporting you at shortlist interviews, in person.
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Advising on remuneration and managing the offer process.
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Taking up telephone references on the chosen candidate(s)
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Our boutique approach ensures cost-effective solutions without compromising on quality.
Tim Hastings
Founder
Tim has 20+ years board search and NED experience. He spent his early career at KPMG and EY and he now works closely with investors and business owners, advising on commercial strategy, succession planning and recruiting at board level in support of this for fast growth entrepreneurial business, which are often PE or VC backed.
Tim’s experience encompasses the complete investment cycle from pre-transaction, through funding and scale-up and on to successful exit. This has given him a very robust network of investors (institutional and private), HNWIs, family offices and NEDs.Tim is also an active NED within a number of growth and scale-up businesses.
20+ years of transactions
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At Ford Hastings, we pride ourselves on a personal and trusted approach. With over 100 transactions supporting both incoming and outgoing management teams and owners, our experience spans growth companies, M&A, MBO/MBI, and turnarounds. We operate quickly, quietly, and professionally, valuing the strength of relationships built with repeat clients over the past 20 years.