Board Chair, Board Director, Trustee

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada, +2 more countries.

📋 Description

• Register your interest for potential future board mandates and membership in the Rutherford Talent Guild.

• Conduct thorough preparations and assess critical information to facilitate board decision-making.

• Clearly and constructively challenge management’s assumptions.

• Participate in overseeing strategy, risk appetite, capital allocation, and CEO succession planning.

• Pose informed inquiries regarding technology and cybersecurity risks while identifying the need for specialist advice.

• Recognize, disclose, and manage any conflicts of interest appropriately.

• Support effective collective decision-making and ensure follow-through on agreed actions.

• Maintain a clear distinction between governance and operational management.

• Potentially lead board or committee activities by establishing agendas, promoting balanced participation, managing disagreements, and fostering productive executive relationships.

• Submit registration materials through the “I’m interested.” platform.

• May be required to provide additional information and complete the RutherfordINTEL Assessment.

• Indicate separately if your interest lies exclusively in serving on an advisory board.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience as a board professional or a successful executive preparing for a first board position.

• Experience as an independent or non-executive director, or in roles such as board chair, lead independent director, committee chair, executive director, trustee, or director of an institutional body.

• Ability to demonstrate governance-relevant judgment.

• Capable of thorough preparation, evaluating essential information, and testing management’s assumptions.

• Ability to exercise independent judgment and provide clear, constructive challenges.

• Capacity to contribute to the oversight of strategy, risk appetite, capital allocation, and CEO succession.

• Adequate understanding of technology and cybersecurity risks to ask informed questions and recognize when specialist advice is necessary.

• Ability to identify, disclose, and manage conflicts of interest effectively.

• Skill in supporting effective collective decision-making and ensuring follow-through on agreed actions.

• Ability to differentiate between governing an organization and managing its operations.

• Relevant experience may derive from enterprise leadership, finance, law, risk management, technology, operations, professional services, the public sector, or previous board and trustee roles.

• Demonstrated sound judgment in significant decisions and understanding of governance responsibilities.

• Availability and independence required for board roles.

• May require specialized expertise, credentials, or committee experience based on the appointment.

• Professionals located in Canada, the United States, or the United Kingdom are eligible to register.

• Submission of a résumé and a brief professional profile is mandatory.

🏝️ Benefits

• Consideration for upcoming board mandates.

• Opportunity for membership in the Rutherford Talent Guild.

• Chance to undertake the RutherfordINTEL Assessment.

• Potential access to board and advisory-board opportunities (not guaranteed).