Company chairs
Private and listed boards where the chair wants an independent read on composition, conduct and the decisions ahead — not a benchmarking exercise.
Board consulting
The first line of defence.Judgement in the room, before it is needed.
Sentinel68 works alongside chairs, principals and partners on the decisions that do not fit a workstream: succession, governance under pressure, and the quiet questions asked between meetings.
Start a conversationThe position
Most boards do not lack information. They lack somebody outside the reporting line who can say the unwelcome thing early.
We are engaged directly by the chair, the principal or the investing partner. That means no matrix, no internal politics to manage, and no incentive to prolong the work. Engagements are scoped to a decision and closed when the decision is made.
The founder is legally trained and brings that discipline inside the business — how obligations are actually created, where liability accumulates, how a record reads two years later. Sentinel68 is not a law firm and does not give formal legal advice; when advice is required, we help you instruct it well.
Engagements
Three ways the work usually starts.
Board effectiveness and governance
A candid read on how your board actually decides, and what to change before the next difficult item reaches the agenda.
- Composition, succession and chair-to-executive dynamics
- Committee terms of reference and information flow
- Observation of live meetings, with a private written read
Non-executive and advisory seats
Sitting on the board, or beside it, for a defined term where an additional independent voice changes the quality of debate.
- Non-executive director and board adviser appointments
- Investor-nominated seats held with genuine independence
- Interim chairing of committees during transition
Situations and transitions
Discreet support through the periods a company does not put in its annual report.
- Founder transition, exits and generational handover
- Governance of an investigation or contested departure
- Preparing a board for diligence, funding or sale
Who we work with
A small number of relationships, held for a long time.
Family offices
Principals and their advisers navigating governance across generations, where family, ownership and management are not the same three people.
Venture capital investors
Partners who need portfolio boards to function properly, and occasionally need someone in the seat who will report plainly to both sides.
Testimonials
In their words.
“Kevin is our first line of defence. He helps us understand what a contract really means for the business, which points are worth fighting for, and when we need to bring in our lawyers. When we do, the instruction is clear and focused, and we spend far less on outside fees.”
“I trust Kevin's judgement completely. Whether we are buying a business or dealing with a problem nobody saw coming, he gives me a straight answer and a clear way forward.”
“Kevin has a rare ability to cut through a complicated situation and find the sensible outcome. He is calm, direct and always prepared.”
“Kevin brings the discipline of a senior partner into the boardroom without any of the cost or delay. He asks the question everyone else is avoiding, and he asks it early.”
“Kevin helped us get our terms of business and our approach to risk into proper order. Practical, quick and never more complicated than it needed to be.”
Scope
Scope of what we do.
Sentinel68 is not a law firm. We are not regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, we do not provide formal legal advice, and nothing on this site or in our correspondence should be treated as such.
What we do
- Advise boards, principals and investors on governance and decision-making
- Hold non-executive and advisory appointments for a defined term
- Help you frame the question before you instruct legal or financial advisers
- Work in confidence, directly for the person who engaged us
What we do not do
- Give formal legal advice, opinions or representation of any kind
- Act as your solicitor, or hold client money
- Provide regulated financial advice or investment recommendations
- Audit, or provide assurance services
Contact
A first email is enough.
Write in outline. No brief required, no form to complete. We reply personally, and we will say if we are not the right fit.
hello@sentinel68.co.ukRequest a call- Enquiries
- Chairs, principals and partners, directly
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Confidence
- All initial correspondence treated as private