Advisory Board Centre: State of the Market report 2025 - 2027 | Executive Briefing

Event information

Leading and participating in an effective advisory board requires a continual balance of art and science – combining skilled facilitation, adaptive engagement and collaboration with structured processes, clear governance and measurable outcomes.

The Advisory Board Centre’s State of the Market Report 2025-2027 provides a definitive exploration of these principles, highlighting emerging standards that are shaping advisory boards worldwide.

Discover the art and science of advisory board best practice.

The report, launched in May 2025, examines critical trends and insights across several key areas, including:

• Emerging megatrends: The integration of advisory boards into broader governance systems; informed leadership driven by advisory board insights; and the balancing of short-term responsiveness with long-term strategic vision.
• Evolution of the advisory profession: Understand how rapid global growth in advisory professionals is reshaping the profession, redefining essential roles and competencies for Sponsors, Secretariats, and Chairs.
• Stewardship of best practice: Explore enhancements to advisory standards, including the ABF101 Advisory Board Best Practice Framework™ and Code of Ethics.
• Competitive advantage: Learn how leading organisations are harnessing advisory boards to navigate economic uncertainty, accelerate strategy execution, enhance profitability and drive innovation.

Drawing from extensive global research, expert perspectives and authoritative industry data, the State of the Market Global Report 2025-2027 is essential reading for corporate leaders, government organisations and others interested in advisory best practice.

Key benefits

• Learn about key trends shaping this emerging sector.
• Gain insight into best practice advisory structures.
• Access a download of the State of the Market report.

About the speakers

Louise Broekman, Founder of the Advisory Board Centre Louise is an award-winning entrepreneur, researcher, business advisor and founder of the professional body for the advisory board sector, with industry and government recognition for her contribution to the business sector. Louise has the unique advantage of having been on both sides of the table; in the shoes of a founder and that of a chair of multiple Advisory Boards. As founder of the Advisory Board Centre, operating across over 30 countries, Louise also leads the Global Research Council and is an in-demand speaker, regularly called upon as the leading voice for Advisory Boards globally.

Facilitator: Peter van Veen, Director of Corporate Governance & Stewardship, ICAEW Peter is the Director of Corporate Governance & Stewardship at the ICAEW where he is responsible for thought leadership and policy in these areas. Prior to joining ICAEW, he was the Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer for several multinational enterprises headquartered in respectively the Netherlands, France and Japan. Prior to these roles, Peter spent over six years at Transparency International UK (TI-UK) where he set up the Business Integrity Programme.

CPD hours

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Costs

ICAEW members and non-members are welcome to join. This event is organised by the Corporate Governance Community. Please click here to join online.