Jersey-based director services business Altair has recruited two consultants to deliver its newly launched service aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of boards in the Channel Islands.
Ian White and Clare Chalmers have extensive experience of working with the boards of FTSE 250 UK organisations in all areas, including financial services.
Clare's career has included investment banking with companies such as BZW and Credit Suisse, during which she has devised management and client audit systems and metrics for measuring progress against global strategic goals.
She has worked as a board evaluation consultant and adviser since 2007, assisting companies from the financial services sector as well as the broader private, public, government and not-for-profit sectors. For the past three and a half years, she has run her own board advisory consultancy.
Ian, a qualified lawyer, has worked with Sherwood PSF Consulting for the past year and as a consultant with in-house legal teams and coaching executives.
He has served as Chief Legal Officer or Company Secretary for listed and major private companies, including Allianz, Morgan Stanley and Openwork, and has undertaken board evaluations for FTSE 100 and 250, private, public and not-for-profit organisations.
Altair's new service will enable firms and boards in Guernsey and Jersey, including fund administrators, service providers and other financial services firms, to review the structure, governance and effectiveness of their boards, with a view to providing a report to help directors improve on their collective performance and the way their board operates.