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Board Advisory

Board-grade reporting, charters and effectiveness reviews for Nigerian boards.

Outliers Board Advisory upgrades board reporting, charter design and committee effectiveness against the Outliers Board Reporting Framework™ and NCCG 2018, equipping chairs and CFOs to run boards as decision engines, not noticeboards.

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Duration
8–12 weeks
Access tier
enterprise
Pricing
From ₦ — · Project · Briefing on request

Business problem

Board packs are 200 pages of attachments, strategic discussion is squeezed by reporting, and committee charters do not match the issues the business actually faces.

Ideal client profile

  • Chairs, company secretaries and CFOs of listed and regulated entities
  • Boards preparing for NCCG / sector code reviews
  • PE boards installing a new operating cadence post-investment

Symptoms / trigger events

  • Board pack is descriptive, not decision-oriented
  • Committee charters are outdated or generic
  • Risk, ESG and strategy do not flow into board decisions
  • No documented board effectiveness review in 12+ months

Outcomes

  • Re-designed board pack aligned to BRF™
  • Refreshed committee charters and annual calendar
  • Board effectiveness review with action plan
  • Director onboarding pack for new board members

Scope of work

  • Run the Board Effectiveness assessment
  • Re-design the board pack against the BRF™
  • Refresh charters for Audit, Risk, Remuneration, Nominations
  • Deliver an independent board effectiveness report

Delivery phases

  1. Phase 1 · AssessWeeks 1–3

    Interview directors; review last four board cycles; score against BRF™.

  2. Phase 2 · RedesignWeeks 4–6

    Author new board pack, charters and annual calendar.

  3. Phase 3 · EmbedWeeks 7–10

    Pilot new pack across one cycle; debrief; finalise; brief board.

Deliverables

  • Board effectiveness report
  • Re-designed board pack template
  • Refreshed committee charters
  • Director onboarding pack

Symptoms this practice addresses

  • Board & GovernanceWeak board reporting — pack is descriptive, not decision-grade
  • Performance ManagementPerformance management weakness — KPIs disconnected from strategy