BOARD OFFICE BIEDENBACH – YOUR INDEPENDENT AND PERSONAL SUPERVISORY BOARD OFFICE

We are the trustful sparring partner for your personal supervisory and advisory board work as a board member and offer a comprehensive range of services for supporting and professionalizing the board work within companies. Beyond that, we implement projects in the fields Corporate Governance, Finance, and Strategy & Stakeholders.

UPCOMING EVENT: The next Corporate Governance Working Breakfast in cooperation with the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management on February 29, 2024 with Werner Schick (in-house lawyer at Siemens) on the topic: “Onboarding for Supervisory Board Members”.

AN OVERVIEW OF OUR SERVICE PORTFOLIO

INDEPENDENT SUPERVISORY AND ADVISORY BOARD OFFICE FOR COMPANIES

INDEPENDENT SUPERVISORY AND ADVISORY BOARD OFFICE FOR COMPANIES

Professionalizing board work is our mission – be it in the Supervisory Board, Advisory Board or other bodies. We support you during the set-up phase in conceiving and implementing structures for your board as well as in the operational board work, the preparation of board meetings, the drafting of minutes etc. We accompany you as Chairman or Chairwoman of a Supervisory Board and of a Committee in the strategic agenda setting against the backdrop of changing and increasing requirements in Corporate Governance and put them into practice.
SPARRING PARTNER AND BACK OFFICE FOR BOARD MEMBERS

SPARRING PARTNER AND BACK OFFICE FOR BOARD MEMBERS

We accompany you as a board member with a personal back office. This includes for example professional board meeting preparation, clear briefings, intelligent analyses, asking the right questions, being a sparring partner and much more. Thus, we jointly not only improve your personal contribution, but also generate time savings and a better focus. We round off our portfolio with your Personal Assistant and IT Support through our IT partner. This is how you can focus even better on your personal commitment on the board as well as your advisory competence.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PROJECTS AND EXECUTIVE SUPPORT

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PROJECTS AND EXECUTIVE SUPPORT

We implement projects in the areas Corporate Governance, Finance, and Strategy & Stakeholders. Examples are the evaluation audit quality, compensation benchmarks, self-assessments, competency profiles, strategy development, Investor Relations projects, Corporate Governance Reporting and Roadshows. With our broad skill-set, we also support executives in drafting presentations, in the preparation of panel discussions, financial analyses, research, and special projects. Beyond that, we prepare Executives for an activity as a professional board member.

REFERENCES

  • "Board Office Biedenbach has successfully applied an innovative approach to assess Audit Quality for the Supervisory Board and, in particular, the Audit Committee. Particularly worth mentioning is the comprehensive understanding of the key quality criteria, the transparent presentation of the results, and the recommendations and improvement measures derived from them. I fully recommend Board Office Biedenbach."

    Ingrid Jägering - Chairwoman of the Audit Committee of SAF-HOLLAND SE and Hensoldt AG as well as Member of the Executive Board and CFO of LEONI AG

  • "As an independent consultancy specializing in committees, Board Office Biedenbach carried out, among other things, an evaluation of the quality of the audit for thyssenkrupp AG. As Audit Committee Chairman, the support provided by the Board Office is an extraordinary relief and brought us relevant new insights. I would particularly like to emphasize the strong practical relevance and the tangible as well as implementable results."

    Dr. Bernhard Günther - Chairman of the Audit Committee of thyssenkrupp AG and member of the Executive Board and CFO Fortum

  • "The professional support provided by Board Office Biedenbach is an important element in my daily work as a multi-board member. I particularly appreciate the time relief in the preparation and follow-up of meetings, the possibility of a stronger focus on central issues in the mandate, the regular sparring for complex and new topics, e.g. in the area of corporate governance, and also the administrative and organisational support in the form of a back office. I am very satisfied with the support provided by Board Office Biedenbach. My recommendation is aimed at both experienced and young supervisory board members, especially against the background of the permanently increasing requirements."

    Simone Menne - Mitglied im Aufsichtsrat der Siemens Energy AG, DHL Group, Russell Reynolds Associates und Henkel AG und des Board of Directors von Johnson Controls International plc sowie Präsidentin der American Chamber of Commerce Germany e.V.

  • „Sabrina is the mastermind behind a multitude of high caliber board members.“

    Verena Pausder - Member of the Supervisory Board of comdirect bank AG, CEO Fox and Sheep GmbH / Founder HABA Digitalwerkstätten / Young Global Leader

  • “Sabrina‘s firm is the hidden champion in board matters. She and her team support many of the role model board members. She is a true ambassador for good corporate governance, is most trustful, highly competent, and a pleasure working with.”

    Fränzi Kühne - Member of the Supervisory Boards of Freenet AG and Württembergische Versicherung AG, Co-Founder and COO at Torben, Lucie und die gelbe Gefahr (TLGG) GmbH

  • "For me as Chair of the Audit Committee, the support provided by Board Office Biedenbach is of great help, especially given the increased complexity and regulatory requirements for the Audit Committee. In addition, the team is a valuable sparring partner for new ideas and the continuous professionalization of the committee's work. I fully recommend Board Office Biedenbach."

    Ingrid Jägering - Chairwoman of the Audit Committee of SAF-HOLLAND SE and Hensoldt AG as well as Member of the Executive Board and CFO of LEONI AG

  • "Sabrina is a diligent and hard worker. She provides intelligent, well structured and highly useful support for Non-Executive-board members whose work becomes increasingly complex and regulated. I work with her firm since early 2014 and have made only positive experiences ever since."

    René Obermann - Vorsitzender des Board of Directors der Airbus SE und Mitglieder des Aufsichtsratsrat der IONOS Group SE

  • “Sabrina Biedenbach has set standards with the idea of outsourcing the Supervisory Board office - both in terms of quality and discretion. She is also known and recommended outside of Germany.”

    Dr. Victoria Kickinger - Supervisory Board Members and Managing Director of Directors Academy GmbH

SUPERVISORY BOARD MEETINGS

Preparation and wrap-up of supervisory board meetings as well as preparation of briefings and minutes

FINANCIALS

Financial analyses, plausibility checks of business cases and financial budgets, benchmarkings, analyst assessments

DIGITAL EXPERTISE

Insights and sparring regarding digital business models and strategies as well as with regard to opportunities and threats of digitalization

BOARD SET-UP

Design and set-up of structures for boards and committees and guidance for a professional operational board work within a company

BACK OFFICE

A personal back office for your personal communication, the coordination of schedules and meetings as well as data filing and backup

ONBOARDING

Onboarding is the familiarization with new company and industry content, e.g. when accepting a new mandate

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Rights and obligations of supervisory board members and formal assistance with minutes, meeting agendas and further formal documents

EXECUTIVE SUPPORT AND PROJECTS

Drafting of presentations and speeches, preparation of panel discussions, storylining and company presentations, pitch decks, financial analyses, market research

DESK RESEARCH

The „ear to the market“, press monitoring, business trends and market analysis

IT SUPPORT

Involving our IT partner, support with all IT-related questions, especially when it comes to data security and efficient working tools

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WORKING BREAKFAST

Good Corporate Governance is our mission

For this reason, Board Office Biedenbach organises the quarterly Corporate Governance Working Breakfast in cooperation with Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. In a trustful atmosphere, board members and corporate governance experts jointly discuss the latest and most relevant topics in this field.

Contents and personal invitation

Please contact us for a personal invitation. Please note that the event is held in German language and the respective contents and documents are only available for download on the German website.