Numerable is used by the FTSE Women Leaders Review
“an incredibly useful tool in our Board Practice … information is quickly accessible”
“saves us time and gives a valuable visual perspective on director connections”
“significantly improved the efficiency and accuracy of our Board search assignments”
“impressed with its ease of use, comprehensive data and clarity”
“up-to-date picture of boards and the connections of each director”
“Our members find the connections that can accelerate their careers.”
“data is accurate and interface is easy to use … an embedded part of how we work.”
Accurate, timely data
for exec search, board advisers, investors and professionals – to identify emerging opportunities and how best to move on them.
From early-stage prospecting to mandate delivery and post-placement support, Numerable gives you a sharper view of:
- Which boards are likely to be under pressure to refresh.
- Where diversity, tenure, or other gaps are creating succession needs.
- How your candidate and client networks overlap – and where warm routes exist.
- How to benchmark candidates and boards with confidence, backed by independent data.
“It’s not about replacing your expertise
It’s about reinforcing it with intelligence that lets you act earlier, advise better, and differentiate in a crowded, competitive market.”
Prospecting & Market Insights
Timing, Connections & Board Health
Rather than relying on gut feel, Numerable gives you clear signals on which organisations are likely to require board-level hires – and where your network already overlaps.
- See when a board’s tenures are ageing or when targets (e.g., 40% women directors) aren’t met.
- Director network maps highlight indirect links – giving routes to warm introductions.
- Identify signals – unbalanced boards, pending leadership exits – to help start conversations in a context that matters.
This approach makes outreach more targeted and timely, helping you position yourself proactively rather than reactively.
Board timeline
Pitching Mandates
Confidence, Credibility & Governance
Board connections
When pitching, your ability to demonstrate real board intelligence – not just market reach – often makes the difference between being viewed as another search supplier and being chosen as a strategic partner.
- Present independent benchmarking that compares a prospective client’s board with those of their direct peers and competitors.
- Visualise board composition using timelines and network diagrams to show where succession plans may lag or be unbalanced.
- Governance risk and opportunity – discuss succession, diversity, and board effectiveness in a way that is data-driven and advisory.
- Evidence-based analysis helps you navigate sensitive topics (e.g., lack of ethnic diversity), without making it feel like a sales tactic.
- Demonstrate your network strength with hard evidence – showing direct and indirect connections into relevant board talent pools.
Crucially, this allows you to redefine the conversation. You’re showing that you understand the strategic dynamics shaping their board and can offer them credible, data-backed guidance to make better decisions.
Search Execution
Discovering, Validating & Engaging
Once the mandate begins, effective execution depends on speed and careful curation.
- Produce a richly curated longlist in minutes – bringing candidates into focus through their board history and network overlaps.
- Network visualisations help uncover high‑potential candidates outside standard pools, increasing diversity in your shortlist.
- Candidate benchmarking includes compensation context, helping manage expectations and supporting informed conversations.
- By presenting evidence-based context (board size, tenure, gender mix), you reinforce the strategic integrity of your shortlist.
By streamlining the longlisting phase, Numerable frees up significantly more time for the most critical part of the search process – getting to know candidates deeply, testing for cultural fit, and building trusted relationships.
Current and recent female CFOs in FTSE 350 financial services companies
This allows your team to focus on the nuanced, relational aspects of the search that ultimately make or break a successful appointment – knowing the research foundation is already solid and defensible.
Why Numerable?
Accurate
Merged information from regulated sources:
Companies House, Annual Reports, regulatory news, company websites.
Timely
Board, directors, roles (including incoming and outgoing) and Annual Reports updated daily.
Regulatory news loaded every 10 minutes.
Accessible
Clear, interactive tables, diagrams and timelines.
Click between companies, directors and news.
Remuneration
Total single figure remuneration for current FTSE directors.
Compare and benchmark compensation.
Governance
Metrics and compliance of all FTSE boards.
% non-execs, long tenure long execs, percent female, senior females, ethnic diversity.
Committees
Chairs and members of primary board committees of all FTSE companies.
Audit, Remuneration, Nomination.
Connections
See a person’s current and past co-directors.
List companies that share a director with a named company.
Regulatory news
View and search news from FTSE and AIM companies.
On screen and in configurable email alerts.
Links
Direct to key pages in external sources:
company website, Annual Report, Companies House, LinkedIn
Insights
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