BEP was founded to partner with directors and CEOs in objectively analyzing and continually improving the effectiveness of their boards. We research best practices and intelligence on governance quality, identify opportunities to improve director and board effectiveness, develop a plan and timetable for change, and partner with our clients to facilitate and monitor that change.

BEP's business mission is to serve as the catalyst for enhancing board effectiveness and governance quality - enabling directors and CEOs to guide their companies to continuously improved performance.

Focus The Road Beyond Compliance For corporate boards, Sarbanes-Oxley and a host of NYSE and SEC regulations make compliance a fact of twenty-first-century corporate life. However, while compliance may satisfy the regulatory environment, it does not ensure board effectiveness or corporate success. At Board Effectiveness Partners (BEP), we recognize that the key to governance quality is continuous improvement in board practices, policies, and people. BEP is focused on sustained improvement in board effectiveness and governance quality and on avoiding or mitigating a crisis of investor confidence in boards of directors and CEOs. There is also a pressing danger that many extraordinarily effective board members - top-flight executives and advisors who have lead their companies with distinction for years - will abandon directorships out of concern for their reputation and personal liability. Good directors want to focus on corporate success and growth, on EPS and ROI, not on obsessing about protecting their hard-earned reputations.