Kicking off a new and exclusive column, entrepreneur Carl Hopkins, star of Channel 4 TV series The Secret Millionaire, examines whether or not an external director can benefit your business, what you need to consider if you do decide to take one on, and how you can get the most out of the relationship.
Any non-executive director (nxd) should bring experience, knowledge, fresh insight and a challenging, but supportive, role to the boardroom table. But the package of skills the person possesses may not be all that you as a business want or need at the present time, so you have to carefully consider what you require to move your company forward.
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