Independent chairmanship
Chairing private and founder-led boards: cadence, decision quality, chair-CEO alignment and board effectiveness.
Contact
Board roles, governance work and the occasional advisory mandate.
I take a small number of chair and non-executive roles, with selective advisory work through Light Beam Strategy — usually in private-company governance, MedTech, AI, European growth capital or board effectiveness.
What I take on
Areas of practice
Governance through capital transitions
Founder–investor alignment, board composition and oversight as companies raise, scale and change ownership.
AI & technology oversight
Practical board-level interrogation of model risk, accountability, data governance and strategic opportunity.
Healthcare growth
Board judgement across evidence, regulation, reimbursement, adoption and commercial scale.
Board effectiveness reviews
Sharpening the questions, the board pack, the agenda and the rhythm — not adding process theatre.
Selected advisory & speaking
Discreet counsel and considered contributions on governance, boards and the judgement AI demands.
When the work fits
Where I look to add value
The engagements that fit best are the ones where complexity has outrun the board's usual rhythm.
- Scaling faster than the board's operating rhythm
- Preparing for or navigating a capital transition
- A new or strengthening chair-CEO relationship
- Introducing AI oversight to a non-technical board
- A company crossing evidence and reimbursement gates
- Assisting with M&A, multiples expansion, and exit preparation
Appropriate enquiry types
- Chair and board opportunities
- Assisting PE with outside DD prior to acquisition
- Founder, investor and board alignment
- Speaking and private briefings
- Thought-leadership or media enquiries
Not the right fit
- Generic consulting RFPs
- Unsolicited sales pitches
- Confidential company details sent without prior agreement
Direct contact
info@LB-Strategy.com LinkedInA short, confidential note on the question you're facing is the best place to start.