BW has long-standing expertise in offering a market-leading consulting service in this sphere and aligning with BoardClic’s technology solution will enable pension trustees to gain deeper insights into the effectiveness of their board and benchmark against peers. 

This will ensure a robust evaluation process by identifying strengths and weaknesses and areas for improvement whilst aiding more effective decision-making.

BW is the only professional services consultancy offering BoardClic’s innovative board review platform and powerful benchmarking tools to pension schemes, providing its clients a streamlined, data-driven process that seamlessly ensures compliance with best practice governance standards and perfectly complements BW’s expert service. 

Pension trustees will be able to benefit from a platform tailored exclusively to their needs, with a range of bespoke tools including Board Evaluation, Skills Matrix and Meeting Express.

Lucy Cresswell, Partner and Senior Consultant, Barnett Waddingham, said: “This partnership with BoardClic was a natural fit for us, with clear synergies between our organisations. Barnett Waddingham is well known for its excellence in pension scheme governance and BoardClic’s market leading board evaluation platform will allow us to offer greater insight and additional evaluations to our clients through the use of a secure and data driven platform.

“With ongoing regulator-driven requirements for our clients around board effectiveness and identifying gaps in skills and competencies, it has never been more crucial for trustees to evaluate their board governance processes that act as a bedrock to good governance practices.” 

Monica Lagercrantz, Founder, BoardClic, said: “We are proud to partner with Barnett Waddingham, a recognised leader in professional services and pensions consultancy in the UK. Together, we share a commitment to delivering innovative and effective solutions for board performance and governance.

“With the introduction of our platform for digital board performance reviews, Barnett Waddingham’s pension scheme clients will be able to seamlessly adopt a data-driven approach to board effectiveness while ensuring compliance with best practice governance standards.”

About Barnett Waddingham 

Barnett Waddingham (BW) is proud to be a leading UK consultancy at the forefront of risk, pensions, investment, and insurance. We act as a trusted partner for a wide range of clients in both the private and public sectors – this includes 22% of FTSE 100 and 15% of FTSE 350 companies. 

BW comprises of over 1,790 people, 99 of whom are partners, each delivering on BW’s values and promise, ensuring the highest levels of trust, integrity, and quality. They are based across nine offices nationwide: Amersham, Birmingham, Bristol, Cheltenham, Glasgow, Guildford, Leeds, Liverpool, and London. 

Everything BW stands for is embedded in its promise – to do the right thing. This meaningful principle is applied across all aspects of the business with continued success. Being free from any external stakeholders allows it to take a long-term view with all clients and the freedom to bring fresh ideas to the table. 

About BoardClic 

BoardClic is the leading platform for digital board performance reviews. By leveraging unrivalled analytics and algorithms, BoardClic helps boards seamlessly track effectiveness, alignment and composition over time – enabling them to make data-driven decisions and achieve their full potential. BoardClic is used by over 6,000 chairs and directors across 600 boards of regulated organisations, financial institutions and investment firms in 50 countries around the world. Founded by board advisory experts in Sweden in 2018, BoardClic operates out of offices in Stockholm and London. For more information, visit boardclic.com.