No single director covers every gap a growing business meets. The MAXFR Network is a deliberately small, curated bench of experienced operators — finance, marketing, technology and AI, people, and sector specialists — who take seats on client boards under MAXFR's engagement standards.
It starts with the board's need, not a CV pile: finance before a raise, commercial firepower for go-to-market, AI literacy, sector depth, or an independent people voice. The mandate is written first — often emerging from a governance review or the diagnostic.
Two or three network non-executives matched to the mandate — operators with executive track records, not career committee-sitters. You meet them with Max; chemistry is tested before any commitment.
Every network appointment runs under MAXFR engagement discipline: a written letter, declared conflicts, stated time commitment and six-month reviews. Where Max chairs your board or advisory board, the new voices land into a structure that already works.
FD/CFO-grade non-executives for raise-readiness, reporting discipline and investor credibility.
Commercial leaders who have built brands, channels and e-commerce engines — for boards whose constraint is demand.
Technologists who can govern as well as build, complementing MAXFR's own AI advisory work.
If you're an experienced operator building a serious NED career, MAXFR partners with a small number of non-executives as colleagues on portfolio engagements — matched seats, shared standards, and a bench that makes each member more valuable.
This is a professional partnership, not a job board: there's no fee to join and no placement promised. Engagements are matched when a client mandate genuinely fits — and only then.
Apply to partner →Five questions if you want structure. One email if you'd rather talk. Either way, a straight answer about what your board needs.