Governance Advisory — Board Formation for a Pre-IPO Group
Saudi Arabia·Healthcare & Logistics·Posted 9 August 2026
Saudi family group preparing for a Tadawul listing
Actively sourcing
A demand profile the Exchange is actively sourcing against. The sponsor is not confirmed on this board, and we say so rather than implying a signed mandate. Registering interest puts you in front of the sponsor when the brief converts.
The problem this seat exists to solve
A family group intends to list and must move from family governance to a CMA-compliant board within the next two board cycles, including the independence and committee requirements it has never operated under.
The remit
- Design the target board and committee structure against the CMA Corporate Governance Regulations
- Advise the family on the separation of ownership, board and management
- Draft the committee charters and the board's annual calendar
- Advise on the specification for independent directors, without conducting the search
What the sponsor will not compromise on
- Governance advisory experience with family-controlled groups through a listing
- Working knowledge of the CMA Corporate Governance Regulations
- Cultural fluency in the Gulf; Arabic an advantage
- Ability to advise a family principal candidly
Terms
- Engagement
- Six months, phased, with a defined deliverable set at each phase.
- Compensation
- Scoped engagement fee.
- Cross-border
- Advisory work can be delivered substantially remotely with periodic presence in the Kingdom.
Before you apply — an advisory engagement
No office of director, and no appointment formalities.
An advisory engagement creates no directorship in Saudi Arabia. There is no registry filing, no regulator pre-approval, no residency arithmetic and no statutory director liability — which is why it is so often the right first step into a market you do not yet know.
- On this brief
- Advisory work can be delivered substantially remotely with periodic presence in the Kingdom.
- Independence
- Where the engagement specifies independence from any search that follows, that is a requirement of the engagement rather than a courtesy — an adviser to a board is not a candidate for it.
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