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We Recruit Globally
We have a highly developed global research capacity with excellent contacts and executive networks across organisations internationally and a reputation for creativity and analytical ability that allows us to identify candidates from ‘outside the square’.
All of our candidate shortlists will include diversified qualified people to encourage the client to consider real options for improving the quality of management composition. Our Executive Search and Advisory services are guaranteed.
Our people are supported by an exclusive team of research consultants with deep expertise in identifying top board director talent for our clients.
Assignments include search and selection for Chief Executives, General Managers and Senior Manager Appointments.
Our exclusive executive search services are charged on a set fee basis, which is negotiated with the client prior to commencement. This fee is dependent on the remuneration paid for the position, the scope of search required and the extent of assistance required from the Institute. Our Search & Advisory services can range from simply providing a ‘prompt’ list for a Nominating Committee to a full Executive Search service with advice on appointment and remuneration.
For Not-For-Profit clients we are able to negotiate acceptable fees, in line with their charter. Exclusive terms of business are also offered to Start-Up and High Potential businesses during capital raising programs.
Years Established
Global Placements
We’ve Been in Search Globally for Over 55 Years
GID is focused on developing and connecting the next generation of Executive Globally with International organisations and boards.
Our placements and candidates have access to one-on-one advice, mentoring, peer-to-peer education and business networking opportunities as well as exclusive placement opportunities available no-where else in the market.
Our easy to navigate resource centre provides candidates with regularly updated articles, how-to guides, opinion pieces, videos and webinars as well as thought-leadership from some of the world’s most respected authorities on board, leadership and management
CEO & Board of Directors
CEOs and boards are facing ever-growing disruption and responsibilities. In addition to increased shareholder pressure, activists, digital transformation, and ESG, leadership teams must remain focused on the future and the complexities of CEO succession, C-suite buildouts and creating a dynamic and transparent boardroom that encourages diversity of thought, talent, and teams.
GID has a proven global track record of working at the top with efficiency and discretion. Our data-driven advisory approach and extensive global talent network help our clients build inclusive, sustainable leadership teams with the right skills, knowledge, and agility to adapt, change, and remain effective to ensure long-term success.
Legal, Risk, Compliance and Government Affairs
General counsels are expanding their influence within organizations, setting the moral direction rather than simply implementing it. Risk and Compliance officers are being elevated to deal with heightened concerns around data security and regulations. And Government Affairs experts are increasingly needed to help companies solve cross-border challenges.
Top performers within these critical roles anticipate changes and move quickly to not only protect the business but put it in a position to thrive. Our global team understands key legal and regulatory issues, as well as the differentiating attributes that separate successful leaders. Leveraging our diagnostic tools and longstanding relationships with diverse talent across industries, we help clients hire trusted internal advisors with the skills to propel an organization forward.
Marketing, Sales and Strategy Officers
Digitalization and the proliferation of brand touch points have led to ever-expanding customer expectations. These massive shifts have triggered the hybridization of many formerly siloed marketing, sales, strategy, and communications roles. Traditional responsibilities, while still relevant, are giving way to blended models and the need for leaders with increasingly diverse skillsets.
GID is uniquely positioned to understand and solve today’s commercial leadership challenges. We bring a holistic view across roles and deep knowledge across both business-to-business and business-to-consumer operations. Along with our unmatched access to talent, this broad approach affords us a critical advantage when helping clients leverage these critical functions to drive growth and inspire enterprise-wide transformation.
Supply Chain & Operations
Complex, global, time-sensitive supply chains and their increasing strategic importance have raised the bar for supply chain executives everywhere. Against a backdrop of urgency and transformative change, organizations are seeing opportunities to revitalize their operations by investing in next-generation leaders offering new ways of thinking.
Our depth of experience across industries, expertise in the supply chain disciplines, and access to the world’s leading operations talent, uniquely position us to find and develop the best talent to lead your “plan, source, make, deliver” functions. We work with a broad spectrum of organizations to transform their leadership teams — from end-to-end supply chain executives to heads of quality, engineering, EHS, and service operations — to address their unique situations.
Technology Officers
The promise of a digital future has convinced organizations across all industry sectors to adopt more technology-focused business strategies to drive growth. Today’s business landscape is defined by rapid innovation, as advances in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the internet of things have enabled companies to become lean and agile competitors in the global market.
Leadership plays an essential role in this technology transformation, and we help our clients find and develop next-generation talent necessary to take their organizations to the next level. Our consultants bring unparalleled experience placing diverse and differentiated technology leaders across industries with some of the most admired companies around the world.
Digital Officers
The future is here and it’s more dynamic than ever. It’s a new paradigm measured by outcomes and powered by people and technology. As organizations face ever-changing business models, customer demands and consumer behavior, they need modern and purpose-driven talent who align and inspire teams, advance digital strategy, and build capabilities to deliver results.
We help our clients thrive by providing a full spectrum of talent spanning strategy, technology, data and analytics, digital marketing, industry 4.0 manufacturing, AI, cybersecurity, and beyond. Strong connectivity across geographies and verticals enables our consultants to engage and equip visionary leaders to succeed in uncertain operating environments and ever-evolving market landscapes. As digital transforms your organization, we can help identify the specific talent needed to drive breakthrough innovation and make an impact.
Financial Officers
Senior financial positions have evolved from primarily technical functions to multifaceted roles that place them at the forefront of organizations. Increasingly, CFOs and finance executives are responsible for key corporate initiatives such as business transformation and sustainability, relied upon for their leadership as much as their deep-dive financial insights.
We understand the growing influence of financial officers in a rapidly changing world. Our globally connected team places hundreds of C-level candidates annually, fully leveraging our deep expertise across industries and functions. Combining unmatched relationships with proprietary data tools and consulting services focusing on areas such as CEO succession and team acceleration, we have a proven ability to assess and develop talent capable of leading from the very top.
Our team’s expertise spans all core areas of finance leadership, including:
Corporate and divisional CFO
Full finance team assessment, build-out, and development
Controllership and accounting
Audit and risk management
Treasury
Tax
Corporate development, M&A
Investor relations
Financial planning and analysis
Shared services (functional/multi-functional)
Human Capital Officers
Today’s top human resources executives are true strategists, operating beyond traditional HR operations to oversee an organization’s end-to-end talent agenda. They are business leaders who wield influence at the very top, drive digital transformation and corporate culture, and are agile enough to serve in roles ranging from strategic talent advisor, to crisis lead, to diversity and inclusion champion.
GID is uniquely qualified to help companies find and develop this new breed of HR leader. Having defined the global standard for leadership consulting and talent acquisition across a variety of industries, from private equity-backed firms to the Fortune 500, we use a time-tested and highly analytical approach to uncover candidates with the unique blend of skills to meet the ever-evolving demands of this dynamic function.
Diversity and Inclusion Officers
Companies can no longer thrive with average performance on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). Increasingly, having an inclusive culture is becoming the value proposition that sorts out the winners from the losers in the war for talent. In our work across sectors and regions, we see that to attract and retain top talent, leaders must create an environment where individuals from all backgrounds can flourish and contribute their full set of skills and capabilities. Companies that don’t will struggle to compete.
We are specialist in this area an dour search benefits of an inclusive culture go far beyond the ability to attract top talent, as an increasing body of research clearly shows. Indeed, the best leaders know that an inclusive culture is a strategic asset that can accelerate growth, innovation, and performance. This creates a virtuous circle where diverse and inclusive companies attract and retain the best talent and develop higher-performing, more innovative teams. They also better reflect their markets and anticipate and meet changing customer needs, which, in the long run, increases their market share. In today’s volatile market, leaders can’t afford to overlook such compelling advantages.
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Let’s Grow Your Executive Opportunities Together
As a Global Leader in Governance and Leadership we accredit Directors to “Real World Standards” with the skills to help them navigate everything from Policitical uncertainty to pandemics.
What are Executive Opportunities?
Executive Opportunities is a subscription service only available to members of the Global Institute of Directors. It is an exclusive online portal allowing access to view and apply for Executive Opportunities for executive positions. There are over 1,000,000 candidates signed up to the service. You need to subscribe to the Executive Opportunities service in addition to your GID membership. The annual subscription fee is $182.50 (including GST) and is calculated pro-rata to align with your next membership renewal period. You may subscribe when renewing your membership or during your membership period. Once you have completed your subscription request and payment has been processed you will be able to access the Directorship Opportunities service. Payment may take up to 24 hours to process.
Why use Executive Opportunities?
Organisations searching for suitable candidates to fill a board position vacancy are able to place an advertisement on the Directorship Opportunities website. This is promoted to over 1,000,000 members of the Global Institute of Directors who have subscribed to the service. The site has a much targeted member base who are specifically interested in executive placement opportunities.
What is the Global Institute of Directors?
The Global Institute of Directors (GID) is the professional membership organisation for today’s business leaders. We have been supporting and representing directors from across the complete spectrum of business for more than a century. We aim to ensure our members receive the best support, both now and in their future career. Membership is individual, allowing you to take advantage of a large portfolio of products and services to help you meet your personal business challenges and fuel your ideas. We support you with a range of services from representing your views and keeping you informed of the latest business legislation, from providing you with exceptional professional development to offering you research and advice on all aspects of leading your business.
What's the cost of Advertising?
It is currently free to Advertise opportunities on the Directorship Opportunities website.
Terms and Conditions
Terms and Conditions
The Global Institute of Directors (“GID”) operates an online director vacancy listing and application platform called Directorship Opportunities (the “Platform”). The following set of terms and conditions govern the use of the Platform by:
- organisations that are advertising their own directorship opportunities (‘Advertisers’); and
- members of the GID who access the Platform to view and apply for directorship opportunities for themselves (‘Applicants’).
References in these terms and conditions to ‘you’ are references to the Advertiser, the Applicant or both the Advertiser and the Applicant (as the context indicates).
By accessing or using the Platform, you agree with, accept and agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. If you do not agree with these terms and conditions, you must not use the Platform. You acknowledge that the GID may unilaterally modify these terms and conditions at any time by prominently posting a modified set of terms and conditions on the Platform website. By you then continuing to access or use the Platform, such modified terms and conditions will apply from that point forward.
An employee of an Advertiser accessing or using the Platform on behalf of the Advertiser represents and warrants that they have the legal authority to do so, and to bind the Advertiser to these terms and conditions.
- Specific Terms for Advertisers
1.1 Posting advertisements
(a) Directorship opportunities may only be advertised on the Platform by organisations that possess a valid Business Number or Company Number (or foreign country equivalent).
(b) An advertisement posted on the Platform must not contain any content that is (or would reasonably be regarded as being) in any way harassing, defamatory, threatening, obscene, abusive, racist, sexist, offensive or otherwise inappropriate.
(c) The Platform must not be used for any purposes except advertising bona fide directorship opportunities including roles as director, chair of a board, or member or chair of a board committee. The Platform must not be used for other purposes, including, without limitation:
(1) capital raising activities, including indirect capital raising activities (eg. charging for board membership); or
(2) the offering, advertising or promotion of goods, services or investment opportunities.
(d) You warrant that:
(1) you are authorised by the relevant organisation to post each advertisement that you post on the Platform; and
(2) the information in each advertisement posted by you to the Platform is true and correct, current, complete, not misleading or deceptive, and relates to a bona fide directorship opportunity.
(e) The GID may, at its sole discretion, decline to post or, if posted, remove, any advertisement that it considers does not meet the requirements of this clause 1.1.
1.2 Acknowledgements regarding applications
You acknowledge that:
(a) The GID does not assess, confirm, evaluate, vet, validate or verify the accuracy or completeness of information contained in applications submitted by Applicants in response to an advertisement;
(b) you are solely responsible for evaluating the accuracy and genuineness of all applications and you must conduct your own due diligence to determine the suitability of any candidate for an advertised position; and
(c) The GID does not warrant, guarantee or in any way endorse:
(1) the accuracy or genuineness of any individual application; or
(2) the appropriateness of any individual candidate, for any directorship opportunity that is advertised on the Platform.
1.3 Advertiser subscriptions
An Advertiser’s rights under clause 3.1 are granted to the subscribing entity only and you must not permit or allow your affiliates or any other third parties to directly or indirectly access or use, or obtain the benefit of, the Platform using your log-in details.
2 Specific terms for Applicants
2.1 Use and submitting applications
You warrant that:
(a) Each time you access the Platform as a member you do so for directorship opportunities for yourself and not for any other purpose;
(b) You will not copy or re-publish material from the Platform on any other source; and
(c) All of the information contained in any applications that you submit through the Platform are complete, accurate, genuine, true, correct and in no way misleading or deceptive.
2.2 Acknowledgments regarding advertisements
You acknowledge that:
(a) The GID does not assess, confirm, evaluate, vet, validate or verify the accuracy or completeness of information contained in any advertisement posted on the Platform;
(b) The GID does not warrant that any position advertised on the Platform is accurate or genuine or that it will be available for any period of time, or at all; and
(c) You are solely responsible for evaluating the accuracy and genuineness of all advertisements and you must conduct your own due diligence to determine the suitability of any advertised position.
- General terms (applicable to both Advertisers and Applicants)
3.1 Right to use
(a) Subject to your payment of the applicable membership or subscription fee (as relevant), we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and use the Platform for the particular purposes described in these terms and conditions. Other than expressly provided in these terms and conditions, you may not directly or indirectly access or use the Platform on behalf of any other party. Any commercial use, use in violation of these terms and conditions, or use for data mining or other unauthorised purposes, is expressly prohibited.
(b) You must only use the Platform, and anything made available to you on or via the Platform, for lawful purposes, in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, in a responsible manner and not in a way that may mislead or damage the GID’s reputation.
(c) You remain responsible for all of your activity on or in connection with the Platform and for all the content you upload, post, submit or make available on or through the Platform.
(d) The GID may terminate, disable, block or suspend your right to access and use the Platform if it considers that you have breached these terms and conditions. In the event of termination, you must immediately cease all use of the Platform.
3.2 Availability and reliability of the Platform
(a) The GID may change the format and content of the Platform from time to time without notice.
(b) Whilst the GID takes steps to promote Platform availability, it does not warrant that the Platform will be uninterrupted or error free or that defects in the Platform will be corrected promptly or at all. You agree that access to the Platform is provided on an ‘as is’ and ‘as available’ basis and at your sole risk.
(c) The GID does not warrant that files or content available for downloading from the Platform, or provided via electronic mail through the Platform, will be free from viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other code that may have contaminating or destructive elements. You acknowledge that it is your responsibility to implement appropriate IT security safeguards (including anti-virus and other security protections) to satisfy your particular requirements as to the safety and reliability of the Platform.
(d) Subject to clause 3.2(e) and to the extent permitted by law, the GID excludes all liability for loss or damage arising from the use of, or reliance on, the Platform or information contained in or accessed through the Platform, whether or not caused by any negligence on the part of the GID or its agents.
(e) Nothing in these terms and conditions is intended to limit, restrict, modify or exclude rights which you may have under any law (including the Australian Consumer Law) which may not be limited, restricted, modified or excluded by agreement (Your Consumer Rights). Your Consumer Rights include the right for services to be fit for their specified purpose and to be provided with due care and skill. You can find out more about Your Consumer Rights from consumer organisations and bodies such as the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and State/Territory fair trading authorities.
3.3 Accessing the Platform
If you are provided with a username and password or other identifier as part of the GID’s access or security procedures, you must treat such information as confidential and not disclose it to anyone else or allow any third party to access the Platform using your ‘log-in’ details. You agree to promptly notify the GID via [email protected] if you suspect any unauthorised use of your ‘log-in’ details or other security breach related to the Platform.
3.4 Third party links
The Platform may contain links to other websites operated by third parties. Any such links are provided for convenience only and you agree that the GID does not in any way endorse the linked site. You also agree that the GID is not responsible for the contents or practices of such third party websites and you are solely responsible for making your own decisions regarding the accuracy, legality, reliability and correctness of material and information found on such sites.
3.5 Copyright and other intellectual property rights
(a) Copyright in all material on the Platform (other than material contained in advertisements) and all other intellectual property rights on or related to the Platform are owned by the GID or its licensors (‘GID IP’).
(b) Except where expressly set out here or otherwise necessary for you to use or access the Platform in accordance with these terms and conditions, nothing in these terms and conditions gives you any rights in respect of any GID IP.
3.6 Privacy
(a) The GID takes reasonable steps to protect privacy and security of your information. Please refer to the GID’s Privacy Policy for further information about how your personal information is handled by the GID.
(b) Your use of the Platform is subject to, and you warrant that you have read and agree with, the Privacy Policy.
3.7 General
(a) These terms and conditions represent the entire agreement between you and the GID in respect of your use of the Platform.
(b) If any part of these terms and conditions are held to be unenforceable or invalid, that part shall be severed and the remaining terms and conditions will continue to apply.
(c) These terms and conditions are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia, and you agree that the courts of New South Wales (and the appeal courts from them) have exclusive jurisdiction to resolve any disputes arising under or in connection with these terms and conditions.
(d) You may not transfer or assign any of your rights or obligations under these terms and conditions.
(e) Failure by the GID to enforce a right under these terms and conditions does not constitute a waiver of that right.