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Executive Membership

Executive Membership – New

$999.00 (incl. GST) / year and a $998.00 sign-up fee

Total First Year: $1,997

Support, Training, Documents and Templates to ensure you get a board appointment within 12 months.

The fastest, structured path to securing a board role!

This membership is the best way to position yourself FROM just another executive seeking a board role  >>>  TO securing a board appointment within 12 months.

 It focuses on 3 core principles (Articulation, Aspiration, Application). The Executive package takes you through our signature 5-step board appointment plan (Planning, Documents, Roles, Support, Accountability). The package also includes access to thousands of board vacancies, PLUS David Schwarz personally writing your BOARD CV and critiquing every board application to ensure you get past the gatekeepers and into an interview. 

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This is not just a membership – it is a structured framework for professionals who:

  • Are serious about board and governance work at any level
  • Seek structure and proven processes, not guesswork, to achieve results
  • Want a greater return on the investment of their time
  • Recognising that governance training alone will not result in a board appointment

Our Executive Membership gives you the training, positioning, networks, and credibility to secure your first (or next) appointment within 12 months.

√ Board Vacancies: Immediate access to thousands of board vacancies

√ A bespoke board CV is written for you: By David Schwarz: Australia’s leading board appointment professional

√ LinkedIn Profile Writing: Utilising your new Board CV as a basis, we will craft or create a LinkedIn profile that evidences your ability to reach your board aspirations successfully

√ Application Critiquing: No matter how many boards you apply for, we will critique and edit every one of them before submission. Here is what one of our members said about this service – “I am very impressed with the outcome, and combined with an updated CV, I am sure it is going to make a compelling value proposition.”

√ The Board Appointment Training Series: The 14 Training Modules and 3 Implementation Sessions take you meticulously through every stage of the board appointment process, covering the following topics at your fingertips. The series includes: 

14 training modules that step you through every element of the board appointment process.

  • Training Module 1: What board is right for you?
  • Training Module 2: Writing and verbalising your pitch
  • Training Module 3: How you are going to get appointed
  • Training Module 4: Research, research & research
  • Training Module 5: Developing the right connections
  • Training Module 6: Connecting with weak ties via LinkedIn
  • Training Module 7: The direct approach
  • Training Module 8: Executive search firms
  • Training Module 9: How to respond to advertised roles
  • Training Module 10: Writing a board CV and board profile
  • Training Module 11: Writing a board cover letter
  • Training Module 12: Writing a supporting statement
  • Training Module 13: The NED interview
  • Training Module 14: Post a successful or unsuccessful result


Three implementation sessions taking the theory and turning it into practice. Designed to ensure you implement what you learn through three easy-to-apply sessions.

  1. Aspiration – Knowing what sort of role you want AND can be appointed to is essential. Regardless of your skills or experience, this session defines the roles that are right for you.
  2. Articulation – Writing your board profile that addresses the 5 key criteria that a chair is looking for and then how to articulate it.
  3. Application – There are only four ways you are going to gain a board appointment. This session outlines them all so you can replicate what successful NEDs do and spend your time effectively.

√ Unlimited Application Reviews: We will critique and edit each application before submission, no matter how many board roles you apply for.

√ Quarterly Live Momentum Workshops (Virtual): Hosted by David Schwarz, these exclusive workshops are designed to keep you on track and motivated. Each will tackle the roadblocks you may be facing to achieve your goal of a board appointment.

√ Online Career Planning Tutorial: A 90-minute online workshop with David, where you will define your board aspirations and map out a personal plan to achieve them.

√ 15-part How to Gain a Board Appointment Webinar Series: 10+ hours of online training presented as individual modules to complete at your own pace.

√ Webinar Library: This resource provides access to replays of the BEST Quarterly Momentum Sessions. Get advice and tips from a variety experts.

√ NED Directory: Think of it as a LinkedIn for board members – a tool organisations use to recruit board members.

√ NED Online Resources: Exclusive downloadable resources and guides, including Board CV & Cover Letter templates, interview preparation, & E-book.

√ Weekly Board Appointment Advice: This is emailed to you each week and provides the insider knowledge you need to stay focused and gain an appointment.

√ 20% Off all additional Board Direction products and services.

What our Executitve Members have to say

Having been a non-executive director for nearly a decade I become a member of Board Direction to see how I could gain further board appointments. After 6 months I have gained one such appointment and the process from David and his team has been great as it is based on integrity. Of most benefit has been how to do research on target organisations in an authentic way that displays a passion for the organisation and their purpose.
Simon
Simon
I actually re-watched Module 14 a couple of days before the interview – which was enormously beneficial. In fact, the whole series and the workshops/application letter feedback etc were in hindsight key elements for success. Just a sincere thank you – feel like I’m now off the starting blocks – and topically aiming for Gold!
Wayne
Wayne
A quick note to say that I’ve found your approach and advice really useful in gaining my appointment today as a NED with an ASX company... your clear strategic advice and perspectives, as well as the detail in training modules, really helped tremendously.
John
John
Board Direction assisted with the creation of an NED resume in a structure that made my application stand out amongst other applicants. Support was continuously provided during the process and multiple check ins from the team were made during the interview and appointment process.
Nathan
I am pleased to share that I have been offered and accepted a remunerated board position. I think I was well placed with my skills and experience, but without your support through the online tutorials, and developing and reviewing my CV I would not have been able to demonstrate this clearly and succinctly enough to enable me to progress through the process. There were 106 applications, I had a screening interview with the recruiter, then an interview with a board panel.
Lee
I was successful in gaining the appointment with the significant assistance of the mentoring provided by David to me as a member of the Executive Program over the last year, as well as the review of my NED CV and LinkedIn profile and David's expert reviews of my applications.
Mark
Board Direction's 15 modules of training and exercises have been invaluable. I have reviewed those modules more than once, plus review the relevant ones before attempting to write my application and also to prepare for an (expected) interview.
Narelle

Frequently Asked Qustions

The training and actionable framework are structured for members to work toward securing a board appointment within 12 months. We have had members achieve this in just 12 weeks. The program is self-paced, with everyone’s background and experience being unique, therefore everyone’s outcomes will be different.

Almost all of our training is delivered virtually. It can be accessed via your dashboard after you log in.

You will have access to the training materials for the entire length of your active subscription. The subscription period for all memberships is 12 months.

This personalised process usually takes several weeks and several drafts, going backwards and forwards, before you have your final draft. We can usually accommodate urgent requests within 7 days if required.

Whilst you will work through the training modules and tasks on your own, this package does include us working 1:1 with you to write or update your Board CV, update your LinkedIn Profile, and provide feedback on every board application before you submit them.

Yes! Simply email us – contact@boarddirection.com.au – with your request and we will set up a time to call you.

Not Right for You?

We have done all we can to tailor the EXECUTIVE package to your needs, but it might still not be right for you. That is ok. The timing might not be right, you might not have the funds, or you don’t want to commit the time. They are all valid reasons, and in this case, you should consider the ACCESS or ACCESS+ membership options, which still provide access to jobs and a board CV but are cheaper and require less commitment.

For those who want to work with me privately to gain a board appointment or transition to a board career, you may be a candidate for my Non-Executive Director Program.

Terms & Conditions

Your Membership begins when we confirm your initial payment. We will automatically charge you a recurring fee of $999 annually until you cancel. You can cancel, upgrade or downgrade your membership anytime. Cancelling your membership stops the charge at the start of your next billing term—but your service will continue through the end of your current term (one year from commencement). Downgrades are only possible at the end of each one year term.