Corporate Governance has never been easy. Increasingly complex issues face the modern Corporation and place ever growing demands on the Corporation's Board of Directors. Today's Board must deal with a complex mix of changing technologies, regulatory mandates, changing accounting standards, tax issues, savvy competitors and increasingly litigious shareholders. Effectiveness and discretion are key elements of meeting the Board's fiduciary obligation to the Corporation's shareholders.

Our extensive executive search experience at the highest levels of publicly and privately held corporations provides Skott/Edwards Consultants with unique insight into the dynamics of Board functioning; and this has prepared us to provide an array of services to Board Chairpersons, Boards as Corporate governing bodies, Board Committees and to individual Board Members. Key to all of our Corporate Governance Executive Search Consulting is our capacity and reputation for providing services which are confidential, discreet, independent and thorough; and which conform to the ethical practice standards of the Association of Executive Search Consultants which we pledge to uphold in the conduct of our business.

Board Recruiting Services are an extension of our senior executive recruiting practice geared specifically to the needs of Corporate Governance. Our recruiting experience in the senior executive suite and in the Board Room makes us particularly well qualified for such a task.

Board Assessment Services include:

• analysis of the needs of our clients for specific expertise on their Boards;
• assessment of the relative skills and backgrounds of current Board Members;
• comparisons of the mix of skills against the needs and the effectiveness of the Board; and
• independent, professional recommendations for Board restructuring as appropriate.

Board Support Services include:

• independent executive secretarial services;
• meeting coordination;
• independent travel and meeting support with centralized, discreet "third party" billing and related support services.