Services & Tools

The impact of business on people and planet changes the way we do business. Business models and business strategies have to be re-evaluated and re-written. In addition, board members have to have more attention for human and ecological capital, next to achieving their financial goals. GUBERNA is ready to support board members and their board of directors / board of advisors in this journey while having an eye for the long-term success of every organisation.

Practical governance tools
Personalised premium services
Open board mandates

Premium Services

Premium members can use the GUBERNA Premium services such as an evaluation of their board of directors, a review their governance 'tools' (charters, corporate governance chapter year report, etc.), remuneration benchmarking, incompany training and other tailor-made services.

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I am available for a board mandate

Are you available for a board mandate? As a GUBERNA member, you have access to the current job postings so you can find out which companies are looking for board members with your expertise. Log in to view the open vacancies, or register as a GUBERNA member and discover the numerous benefits.

Open board mandates

Governance tools & premium services

As a member of GUBERNA, you can use the tools and premium services that we offer. We support you and your mandate as a board member with practical governance tools such as checklists and online evaluation tools. In addition, we offer our premium members a personalised premium service tailor-made to their organisation. Next to a solid academic background we are backed by years of practical experience (partially) thanks to our large netwerk. This mix of theory and practical experience guarantees that we will be able to give optimal support in professionalising your governance. Did you know that a large part of the tools and premium services have been developed closely with our members?

Our offer

GUBERNA offers its members various solutions to optimise good governance in their organisation. Most of the solutions were developed in collaboration with our members. You can use our governance tools to support your mandate as a board member. These tools are guidelines, checklists, handbooks and e-tools. You can also try our Premium services. These services are tailor-made and are adjusted to your organisation and its specific needs. Please see our offer below.

Guidelines concerning the role of the CEO

In this handbook, a few recommendations have been made as a source of inspiration in fulfilling the role of the CEO. If any or other lawful or statutory rules apply, then it is obvious that these should prevail these recommendations. Besides a few general recommendations, the responsibilities and rights of the CEO are discussed in relation to the Board of Directors and its committees, the executive management, the organisation, the shareholders and the remaining stakeholders.

D&O Insurance

Thanks to our partnership with AIG, GUBERNA can offer its members a free (limited) directors' liability insurance

Remuneration benchmark board members

Would you like to benchmark the renumeration of your board members? GUBERNA supports organisations by develoing an adequate renumeration policy for non-executive board members.

Incompany education

As a part of the Premium offering, GUBERNA offers incompany education tailor-made to organisations who need a flexible and personalized education programme for good governance. With this service GUBERNA wants to support your organisation with the professional development of your board members and senior management.

Evaluation of the board of directors

We are convinced that the evaluation of the board of directors is an integral part of a continuous improvement process. By implementing an explicit evaluation moment, you actively build on the optimal functioning of the board of directors by identifying and improving weaknesses. Also the different existing national and international codes consider the evaluation of the board of directors to be a criteria for good governance.