Center for Board Excellence has partnered with Nasdaq

Together, we provide organizations with access to CBE's suite of governance and compliance solutions and to the Nasdaq Boardvantage board portal, advancing commitment to governance excellence. 

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Your Trusted Partner for Governance and Compliance Solutions

The Center for Board Excellence (CBE) is the trusted corporate governance partner for public, private, and nonprofit organizations globally. We streamline laborious, costly, and inefficient paper-based processes, so directors, officers, and governance professionals can focus on what they do best: providing strategic advisement and guidance on matters that impact an organization’s performance. Find out why organizations large and small are improving governance and reducing time and cost using CBE for the following:

  • Board, Committee, and Peer Assessments
  • CEO and Management Evaluations
  • Directors' & Officers' Questionnaires
  • Conflict of Interest Disclosures
  • Code of Conduct Questionnaires and Certifications
  • Customized Compliance Questionnaires
  • Governance and Leadership Advisement

CBE EnGauge™ Platform

CBE's EnGauge™  is the industry's leading platform for streamlining governance and compliance tasks. Designed by CBE's team of governance experts, attorneys, and technologists, EnGauge™ serves boards, executives, general counsels, and corporate secretaries in facilitating Board Assessments and CEO Evaluations. EnGauge™ simplifies D&O Questionnaires, Conflict of Interest Dislosures, Code of Conduct Questionnaires and Certifications, Investor Questionnaires, and other compliance related matters. Find out why more Fortune 2000 companies choose CBE as their governance and compliance solution partner. 

Every Governance Challenge Has a Solution

Our proprietary Board Assessments are just the starting point for a suite of services that utilize the CBE team's expertise and the EnGauge™ platform to optimize every aspect of measuring engagement and performance.  From Director Peer Assessments to Management Evaluation of the Board and Director Self-Assessments, we help each client design a tailored assessment process to meet their needs and benefit from our uniquely insightful reporting and actionable metrics. We also help boards measure organizational performance through CEO Evaluations and Management Team Evaluations, which help promote strategic alignment between board and management.

Your board and organization will benefit from our diverse client experience. We work with public companies ranging in size from microcap to megacap, private family run businesses, not-for-profit entities, and higher education institutions. Our experts understand the global governance landscape and how that impacts your organization.

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