Governance Advisory — Board Formation for a Pre-IPO Group

Saudi Arabia·Healthcare & Life Sciences·Healthcare & Logistics·Posted 30 August 2026

Saudi family group preparing for a Tadawul listing

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.

How advisory engagements are scoped

How this works

Every seat here is applied for by a certified director.

That is the whole difference. A sponsor reading applications from this Exchange knows the pool has been tested — which is why the briefs are real and why an application gets read. Five steps, and the first three are free.

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Register — free
Read every brief, every regime map and both tools. Nothing is hidden behind the paywall and nothing ever has been. You can apply straight away — one application a fortnight.
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Sit the assessment — free, about 30 minutes
15 judgement questions on statutory duty, your functional depth and cross-border practice. Sitting it costs nothing and you see your band and a gap report either way — so you learn something about your own standing whether or not you go further.
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Pass, and you are certified — free, for 12 months
There is no fee to certify. A certified member applies to board, interim and advisory seats, one application a week. That alone is more than most directors act on in a quarter.
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Your application is collated, verified against your profile and carried to the sponsor every week instead of waiting out the seat’s priority period — and we search for you rather than waiting for you to look. Foresight Infinity Plus, US$500 a month, is carried first, the moment it is matched, with a document written for that seat and your score attached.
Monthly only — there is no annual term on either. One payment a month; nothing renews on its own.
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Your certificate and your membership are not the same thing
The certificate runs 12 months. A membership renews every month. If you stop paying you do not go back to the beginning — you keep the certificate you earned and return to one application a week until it expires.

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GIDX-SA-0302 — Governance Advisory — Board Formation for a Pre-IPO Group

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