Our focus is working with boards who are committed to enhancing their performance. 

Our focus is working with boards who are committed to enhancing their performance. 

Alison Gill, CEO and James Bagge, Chair have established Bvalco as a leading and highly reputable independent board reviewer differentiated by an emphasis on board behaviours and a focus on helping boards to be more effective.

Our focus is working with boards who are committed to enhancing their performance.

 

Alison Gill, CEO and James Bagge, Chair have established Bvalco as a leading and highly reputable independent board reviewer differentiated by an emphasis on board behaviours and a focus on helping boards to be more effective.

Alison Gill, CEO and James Bagge, Chair have established Bvalco as a leading and highly reputable independent board reviewer differentiated by an emphasis on board behaviours and a focus on helping boards to be more effective.

Our approach is built on four core pillars

Personable

First and foremost, we are a people business and pride ourselves on having the interpersonal skills needed to build rapport and listen deeply to directors.

Insightful

Our unique combination of business, governance and human behaviour expertise enables us to deliver insights that really add value.

Actionable

Even though our reviews are deep and meaningful, we keep our recommendations succinct and actionable so that they can easily be put into practice.

Impactful

Our clients say that the way we deliver our feedback is our real tour de force. We engage Board’s to think creatively about how to improve effectiveness.

These pillars underpin everything we do and we are passionate about impacting positive change.


Each review is designed to meet the specific needs of the board and the way we work is engaging for the board facilitating trust, honesty and substantive dialogue about the value that could be gained from making specific improvements.


Bvalco is a founding member of the Board Effectiveness Guild. A not-for-profit membership organisation that seeks to improve the standards of Board Evaluation by promoting a code for Board Evaluators. Bvalco adheres to the BEG Code of Practice.

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Our Methodology

A board is a social entity whose decisions are as much influenced by the informal culture, values and beliefs at play as it is the formal roles, processes and structures in place. Which is why our methodology considers both.


Strategy is both formal and informal as directors’ beliefs will influence decision-making as much as formal targets and mandates. Culture is both informal and formal as how the board conducts itself will not only be governed by the official charter but also the values driving behaviour.


We consider the 6 elements below throughout each of the following board functions:

Decision Making, Oversight and Board Administration...

Culture

How is the behaviour of the board impacting on the way it gets things done

Role

What is the board’s role and how does it exercise authority and delegate accountability?

Processes

Are decision-making, oversight and organisational processes working effectively?

Our Values

Our Methodology

Personable

As a people business we pride ourselves on having the industry experience and interpersonal skills needed to build rapport with directors.

Insightful

Clients tell us it’s our unique combination of business, governance and human behaviour expertise that enables us to deliver insights that really add value.

Actionable

Even though our approach is deep and meaningful, we keep our recommendations succinct and actionable so that they can easily be put into practice.

Impactful

By providing the catalyst for open and focused debate, our recommendations give directors the insights and reflection time needed to drive positive outcomes.

Challenging

Our aim is to challenge the board to really think about how and why it is doing things the way it is, in an engaging and positive way.

For two years after Bvalco was first established Alison, James and Brian interviewed just under a hundred chairmen, directors and company secretaries to identify what they wanted from their board reviews and what board effectiveness meant to them.


The resulting methodology places as much emphasis on the culture and values driving decision-making as the formal roles and

structures in place. It’s an approach that quickly attracted three leading financial institutions HSBC, Barclays and Santander to appoint Bvalco to carry out their board reviews.


Since then Bvalco has also been invited to carry out board reviews for ABF, BP, JPM Securities and a number of other organisations including building societies and charities. Given Alison’s background as a triple Olympian for the British rowing team and Brian’s experience as Chairman of Celtic FC, it’s perhaps unsurprising that some sporting organisations – including a premier rugby club and British Rowing – have also chosen to work with Bvalco.


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Personable

As a people business we pride ourselves on having the industry experience and interpersonal skills needed to build rapport with directors.

Insightful

Clients tell us it’s our unique combination of business, governance and human behaviour expertise that enables us to deliver insights that really add value.

Actionable

Even though our approach is deep and meaningful, we keep our recommendations succinct and actionable so that they can easily be put into practice.

Impactful

By providing the catalyst for open and focused debate, our recommendations give directors the insights and reflection time needed to drive positive outcomes.

Challenging

Our aim is to challenge the board to really think about how and why it is doing things the way it is, in an engaging and positive way.

Meet the team...

MEET THE TEAM

Our Values

Personable

As a people business we pride ourselves on having the industry experience and interpersonal skills needed to build rapport with directors.

Insightful

Clients tell us it’s our unique combination of business, governance and human behaviour expertise that enables us to deliver insights that really add value.

Actionable

Even though our approach is deep and meaningful, we keep our recommendations succinct and actionable so that they can easily be put into practice.

Impactful

By providing the catalyst for open and focused debate, our recommendations give directors the insights and reflection time needed to drive positive outcomes.

Challenging

Our aim is to challenge the board to really think about how and why it is doing things the way it is, in an engaging and positive way.

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