The Boardroom Path
Leadership·Strategy·Management

The Boardroom Path

Sainty Hird & Partners·United Kingdom

Welcome to The Boardroom Path, the essential podcast for aspiring and newly appointed Non-Executive Directors navigating the journey from executive leadership to the boardroom. Hosted by Ralph Grayson, partner at Sainty Hird & Partners, each episode offers insightful conversations with industry leaders, seasoned board directors, and governance experts. Our guests share practical strategies, valuable perspectives, and actionable advice on how to effectively transition into board roles, maximise your impact, and build a rewarding NED career.

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Ralph Grayson

Host · Founder Partner at Sainty Hird and Partners

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Ralph has 30 years of board and executive management recruitment experience. After many years recruiting senior management and executives across the waterfront of the Investment Banking and Equities sectors, he now focusses on board level recruitment for scale up, growth and pre-IPO companies, as well as acting on behalf of university spin out, venture capital and private investors.

  • Andrew StraussGuest
  • Tim RobinsonGuest
  • Alex HillGuest
  • Dean CanhamGuest
  • Marianne MacdonaldGuest
  • Megan PantelidesGuest
  • Shefaly YogendraGuest
  • Dorothy BurwellGuest
  • Steve KavanaghGuest
  • Andrew SeerdenGuest
  • Sallie PilotGuest
  • Alexander DennyGuest
  • Catherine MayGuest
  • Sam AllenGuest
  • Randall PetersonGuest
  • Steven FineGuest
  • Helle Bank JorgensenGuest
  • Maureen BeresfordGuest
  • Simon FrenchGuest
  • Will GeddesGuest
  • Nik GowingGuest
  • Kimberley LewisGuest
  • James BeasleyGuest
  • Harriet HeneghanGuest
  • Evgeny ShadchnevGuest
  • Danny LopezGuest
  • Robert SeniorGuest
  • Erika Eliasson-NorrisGuest
  • Charles HallGuest
  • Alasdair HaynesGuest
  • Fiona HathornGuest
  • James AshtonGuest
  • Raffaela ReinGuest
  • Susanne ChishtiGuest
  • Charles MyersGuest
  • Scarlett BrownGuest
  • Sarah PiermanGuest
  • Rupert JonesGuest
  • Elise PerraudGuest
  • Patrick DunneGuest
  • Barry GambleGuest
  • Kieran MoynihanGuest
  • Murray SteeleGuest
  • Graham DurganGuest

Episodes · 46

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Sainty Hird & Partners

Sainty Hird & Partners is a leading executive search, assessment and development firm. We are a trusted advisor to boards, executive teams and human resources leaders in private and public sectors across the UK, Europe and North America. Combining integrity, tenacity and imagination, Sainty Hird & Partners’ reputation is founded on consistently providing an exceptional service to its clients.

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