P4 · Assessed pathway
The Advisory Board Chair Pathway
The holder can test whether an advisory board is the right instrument, draft a mandate that carries weight without carrying liability, run the board's operating machinery, and chair deliberation without the authority to decide.
Who it is for
Family-business principals, owners, directors, executives and advisers chairing or joining family-business advisory boards.
The programmes
- B01 Advisory Boards from First PrinciplesWhat They Are, When They Work
- B02 The Advisory Board MandateScope, Charter and Boundaries
- B04 The Effective Advisory Board MemberThe Discipline of the Seat
- B10 Running the Advisory BoardCadence, Agenda and the Record
- B03 Chairing the Advisory BoardThe Independent Chair's Discipline
The capstone
The pathway closes with a capstone assessment set by GSV. All eight pathway capstones were approved by GSV on 27 October 2026.
A participant who passes the capstone, having completed every programme in the pathway within the 24 months before the capstone submission, receives the GSV pathway certificate.
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