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Fractional C-Suite & Director-Level Executives for Hire in UK & Ireland

C-Suite & Director-Level Support When You Need It, Without the Risk of a Bad Hire

Lost a senior leader or scaling fast? Bring in experienced leadership on a flexible, month-to-month basis without recruitment fees or long-term commitment.

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A Smarter Alternative to Rushing a Permanent Hire

If you’re facing a leadership gap but don’t want to rush a hire, this is for you. Put an experienced executive in place as soon as tomorrow to help grow the business and give you breathing room.

  • Finance
  • Human Resources
  • IT
  • Marketing
  • Operations
  • Sales

An Empty Seat is Risky. The Wrong Hire is Worse

When businesses need C-Suite and Director leadership, they choose between fractional staffing, recruitment, or consultancy. Each comes with trade-offs in risk, cost, and flexibility.

Key Differentiators

Traditional Recruitment

Consultant

Time to Start

Immediate

Often 6-12+ months

Depends on scope

Recruitment Fees

None (you pay the agreed day rate)

15–30% of salary

N/A

Commitment

Month-to-month

Long-term employment

Fixed project

Flexibility

Scale up, scale down, pause, stop

Fixed role

Locked into scope

Cost of Wrong Fit

Low, advisors can be changed as needs evolve

High

Medium, but external

Level of Involvement

Embedded as part of your team

Full-time employee

Advisory, external

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Fractional C-Suite Support On Your Terms

Boardroom Advisors sits between recruitment and consultancy, connecting you with industry leaders without the time or financial commitment of hiring full-time.

Next-Day C-Suite Support

Never be without seasoned leadership— fill gaps quickly with C-suite and director-level professionals with 30 years of experience.

No-Risk 30-Day Engagements

Month-to-month terms with no recruitment fees, plus the freedom to change or scale advisors as needs evolve.

Your Entire Leadership Team in One Place

Access to a bench of 200+ advisors across finance, marketing, sales, IT, HR, operations, and board roles.

Trusted by Growing Businesses Throughout the UK & Ireland

James Courtney
Founder of Lux Rewards

Boardroom Advisors bring vast business experience as well as strategic insight to help any small or medium-sized business looking to grow. The strategy that they helped to form has had a significant impact on LUX Rewards’ valuation and ability to scale.

Adam Ellis
Managing Director at Fiver Rivers

Boardroom Advisor Eian has been a real asset to Five Rivers over the last 5 months in supporting us through rapid expansion. He immediately became part of our team and culture, helping to mentor and support a new structure within the business to create an Operational Board Eian leaned on his wealth of experience and knowledge to give insightful and focused advice to help Five Rivers be the best it can be. Thank you to Eian and Boardroom Advisors for all your help.

Amy Smith
Managing Director at Apricot

Just because you’ve run a business successfully for 10 years doesn’t mean you don’t need help. We brought Stew onboard when we lost a significant contributor to our revenues in a very hard to reach market. He has proved to be diligent beyond expectation – imaginative in a wide range of approaches – an incredible builder of relationships with other professionals – and possesses an infectious enthusiasm for the work he undertakes. We now have new strategies for growth, proper governance and accountability, an Advisory Board, financial stability, and, perhaps most important, new vision and the energy to pursue that vision. Thanks so much to Boardroom Advisors and to StewEian leaned on his wealth of experience and knowledge to give insightful and focused advice to help Five Rivers be the best it can be. Thank you to Eian and Boardroom Advisors for all your help.

Steve Johnston
Founder & Director of Client Services at Kaiasm

Kaiasm has worked with Thomas from Boardroom Advisors for nearly a year so far to identify constraints in our sales function and help us grow. We have simplified our commercial proposition as a result, and added some much-needed professionalism to our market approach. As a result we are getting better client engagement, at proposal time, with our complex solutions.

Our Simple 3-Step Process

1

Clarify the Leadership Gap

Your regional director works with you to understand where leadership is missing and what the business needs right now.

2

Select the Right Senior Advisor

You’re introduced to relevant C-suite and director-level advisors from the Boardroom Advisors team and choose your ideal advisor.

3

Hire Tomorrow, Adjust Anytime

Your advisor integrates as part of your team, delivering impact from day one, with the flexibility to adjust as needs change.

We Match Fractional C-Suite, Director & Board-Level Executives with UK Businesses

Access experienced senior leaders on a part-time basis to match your needs, with total flexibility.

  • Fractional CFO
  • Part-Time Finance Director
  • Board-Level Financial Oversight
  • Cash Flow & Financial Control
  • Exit & Succession Preparation
  • Investor & Stakeholder Reporting
  • Fractional CMO
  • Part-Time Marketing Director
  • Go-To-Market Leadership
  • Brand & Positioning Oversight
  • Growth Strategy Leadership
  • Marketing Performance Accountability
  • Sales Director (Fractional / Part-Time)
  • Operations Director
  • IT & Digital Leadership
  • HR / People Leadership
  • Management Structure & Leadership Support
  • Transformation & Change Leadership
  • Non-Executive Directors (NEDs)
  • Chairs
  • Advisory Boards
  • Business Mentors
  • Executive Coaches
  • Governance & Oversight

Supporting Businesses Across the UK & Ireland

Our regional directors and advisors meet you where you are—in your business and your location.

London and South East

London

Chelmsford

– Colchester

– Guildford

– Luton

– Brighton

– Maidstone

– Croyden

Thames Valley

– Reading

– Oxford

North West

– Manchester

– Liverpool

West Country

– Bristol

– Swindon

South West

– Exeter

– Taunton

– Plymouth

West Midlands

– Wolverhampton

– Coventry

Stoke-on-Trent

Birmingham

East Midlands

Derby

– Leicester

– Nottingham

– Northampton

Sussex & Hampshire

Southampton

– Portsmouth

Yorkshire

– Sheffield

– Leeds

– Bradford

– Kingston-Upon-Hull

South Wales

– Newport

– Cardiff

– Swansea

Scotland

– Edinburgh

– Glasgow

– Aberdeen

Ireland

– Dublin

Frequently Asked Questions

How is this different from hiring a full-time executive?
Is this recruitment or consultancy?
How quickly can someone get started?
What if the advisor isn’t the right fit?
Do I need this full-time?
Is this suitable for smaller businesses?

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Bring in fractional C-suite or director-level leadership immediately, without long-term commitment or expensive recruitment fees.