Board and advisory
Redefining governance excellence: board search with heart and capability
Boards spanning social purpose organisations across Australia are leading through unprecedented change at a rate that far outpaces any other service or product economy.
Multiple royal commissions, robust changes in power spanning state and federal government, increasing societal expectations, cyber-security, economic pressure, and an escalating demand for essential services – but a few of the prime drivers underpinning the vastness of reform and complexity for organisations to circumnavigate.
Why choose us?
At Orchard, we assist organisations to appropriately pivot, diversify, and strengthen their governance framework to best support organisational stability within a sea of change. Committed entirely to the social purpose sectors, our approach is steeped in a richness of commercial, cultural, and political understanding.
Assisting to recompose boards spanning for-purpose, privately held, publicly listed and government organisations, our board work is led by our most senior search consultants. We exercise professionalism, discretion and rigour providing our clients depth, independence, and security.
Our approach
Our board search consultants understand the sensitivity, impact, and sometimes political complexity of changes at board level for an organisation. We exercise professionalism, discretion and rigour providing our clients confidence, depth, independence, and security.
Our approach includes:
Knowledge
We bring our highly developed knowledge of the sectors we serve and research capabilities to every search, ensuring we best represent the role of our partner organisations now, and in the future.
Review
Where necessary we can assist boards to assess their current performance, skills and capabilities through review and development of board skills matrix and composition to ensure each candidate brings the key skills needed to create a stronger board overall.
Discretion
We seek to understand the opportunities, challenges and sensitivities surrounding the appointment through authentic engagement with the current board and discreet market research. Our consultants engage candidates that will bring skill and perspective that will advance the interests of the organisation and the people they serve.
Connect with us
If you’re looking to elevate the leadership of your organisation and create a stronger future through good governance, connect with our executive and board search team today. We’re committed to creating a bright future for social purpose organisations and the clients they serve.






























