Corporate governance consultancy providing board advisory, company secretaries on demand, practitioner-led training and coaching for listed companies, financial services firms, inquiries and other organisations where governance matters. Experienced practitioners deployed within 48 hours.
Trusted by the boards and governance teams who carry the standard.
Governance First
Most governance is performed. Ours is practised.
Beyond Governance is built and led by experienced practitioners. We have held the company secretary role at FTSE level. We have advised boards through transactions, transitions and inquiries. We have written the minutes that later mattered.
Our team spans every level of the profession, from Company Secretarial Assistant to Group Company Secretary. All practitioners. People who have held the in-house role, and still do the work.
Three services. One Faculty
CoSec-On-Demand
Experienced governance professionals, ready from day one.
When the workload exceeds the team, the team is between hires, or a major event needs specialist hands.
Independent counsel for the decisions that define boards.
Governance is tested at defining moments, not in the quiet periods. Project-based counsel, practitioner-led, fixed fee.
Board effectiveness reviews, governance frameworks, IPO and market readiness, ESG and sustainability, executive remuneration, succession planning, AI and technology governance.
Practitioner-led development for professionals and the directors they advise.
Most governance training is written by people who have not done the job. Ours is built and taught by senior practitioners, drawing on a team that spans every level of the profession. From scoping what your team needs through to delivering against your brief.
Masterclasses across the full curriculum of governance, bespoke workshops, director and board inductions, governance team onboarding, plus training needs assessments and individual and team coaching to accelerate governance careers.
Every person on every engagement has held an in-house role.
2. The person you meet is the person you get
No senior pitch followed by junior delivery.
3. Fixed-fee engagements
Scope and fee set at the outset. Neither drifts.
4. Governance with Grit
Doing governance honestly. The version that holds up when it matters.
What Our Clients Say
The Values and ethics that come with Beyond Governance are realy strong drivers for using them. An then the breadth now of the training and educations services bolted onside the CoSec on Demand and consultancy services mean they are a full service provider for corporate governance.
Mark Jenkins
Company Secretary, Halma plc
We contacted Beyond Governance to undertake a board evaluation and were immediately impressed by their proposal and depth of technical expertise. Choosing them was an easy decision for the board to make.
Puja Arora Chopra FCG
Deputy Company Secretary, Oxford Biomedica plc
Governance First
Who we work with
FTSE-listed boards. Financial services firms. Public inquiries. Other organisations where governance matters.
Wherever the standard of governance matters, we are built to meet it.
You’re not meant to do this role alone.
Governance Gateway Community
Governance is a senior role often held without peers.
Our free community for in-house company secretaries who want to learn, connect and develop alongside others who understand the weight of the role.