1. Creating Your Board Ready Profile
Ranjana Deopa
COO & Head- Board Practice
Biz Divas Foundation
2. Understand your Audience
Create your “Board Profile”
Highlight experiences, expertise &
Qualifications
Include & Emphasize accomplishments
Executive Resume
3. P&L Operational Roles
Financial Expertise & Accounting
Industry Experience
International Experience
Marketing and Innovation
Cyber Security & Social Media
Risk Management & Strategy
HR & Compensation Expertise
Legal
What Skills do I Need
Boards needs vary, However
4. Who is your audience ?
What is important to your audience?
Structure your profile to fit the role
Understand your Audience
5. This is a three sentence description of you as a
Director candidate, focusing on you as a leader,
strategic advisor , collaborator and industry
expert
Board Profile
6. Highly qualified Executive Manager offering more
than 20 years of financial management
experience within the financial industry. Results
focussed and effective leader with proven ability
to turnaround financially troubled companies.
Talent for proactively identifying and resolving
problems and delivering high shareholder value.
Sample -Board Profile
7. Introduction to the company
Cybersecure is a Software MNC and Industry Leader in providing cyber security solutions to
private and public companies that enables sharing and access to information securely across
networks.
Scope
Strategy P & L Management : 800 Employees : 15 Direct Reports : Manage all operations, finance
product development, marketing and sales
Summary of Contributions
Grew revenue to Rs 550 cr in the past 2 years , expanded the team to 800 from 500, led sales
growth by 35%. Established and secured Industry leadership position.
Selected Accomplishments
Product Innovation, Development & Launch
Business Strategy & Revenue Growth
Team Building & Leadership
International Expansion
Sample-Professional experience
8. Visionary leadership
Goal Setting & Strategic Planning
Strategic Advisor
Working collaboratively
Strong Communication skills
Industry expertise
Financial acumen
Problem solving abilities
Fund raising abilities
Public / Community relations
Key Words-Accomplishments & past
experiences
9. Adds to your value proposition
Supports your candidacy.
Community involvement, recognition
and awards.
10. Keep it updated
Highlight Board Readiness
Summarise your experience
Should be an Executive Summary of your resume.
Join Relevant Linkedin groups
Highlight speaker opportunities, volunteering,
project work etc
Linkedin Pulse
Linkedin Profile
11. Aparna Yadav
An effective strategist, she has the ability to spot future trends, bring exciting
ideas to market and deliver the required return on investment. Equally, she excels
in execution and operations in a consumer business that is continuously impacted
and shaped by the global economy and environment. Prior to her current
assignment,she was the Chief Operating Officer of Redboard and a member of the
management board. She was a founding member of the People India
Experience Society that created the first global campaign for marketing India .She
was recognised as the most powerful woman in the travel industry worldwide by
Travel Agent, a leading trade weekly.
Sample Summary Linkedin