Board & Executive Intelligence
The most detailed board and executive dataset in New Zealand. 2,282 directors, 4,331 classified skills, 5,908 remuneration records, and 3,266 executive profiles — all linked across NZX, charities, iwi, and the public sector.
Core Tools
Search & Recruit
Find directors by skills, sector, and availability. Analyse board gaps and match candidates.
Multi-filter search across 2,200+ directors and 500+ executives
AI-powered recruitment tools, heatmaps, and candidate matching
Per-company gap analysis with ideal candidate profiles
Recently freed directors, long tenure watchlist, board vacancies, and skills gaps
Executive Intelligence
C-suite leadership profiles, movements, compensation, and performance analytics.
C-suite leaders across all NZX companies
CEO profiles, compensation, and tenure analysis
CFO profiles and financial leadership
C-suite intelligence and management teams
CEO and CFO appointments and departures
Compensation relative to company returns
Pay efficiency rankings and value-created analysis
Stock performance during executive tenure
Board Chairs
Chair directory, performance benchmarks, succession pipeline, and first-time chair tracking.
200+ current chairpersons with tenure, independence, and serial chair badges
Data-driven chair effectiveness scoring across 6 dimensions
Long-tenured chairs, potential successors, and succession gaps
Directors becoming board chair for the first time
Skills & Qualifications
12-category skills matrix, qualification mapping, university alumni networks, and IoD designations.
3,760 skill records across 12 IoD NZ / ASX CGC-aligned categories
Qualification density, committee structures, and governance credentials
Professional qualifications, academic degrees, and designation coverage
Director university backgrounds and alumni pipeline analysis
Institute of Directors designation coverage across NZX boards
Do chartered directors deliver better governance outcomes?
Which boards lack legal, accounting, governance, or engineering expertise
University alumni clusters and shared educational ties on NZX boards
Compensation & Remuneration
Board fees, executive packages, sector benchmarks, pay-for-performance, and fee trend analysis.
Board fee analysis across all NZX issuers
Board fee benchmarks by NZX sector
Which companies pay above or below market rate over time
High director pay combined with negative shareholder returns
Executive compensation relative to company performance
Pay efficiency rankings by return per million
Board Composition & Health
Diversity, demographics, attendance, board changes, committee structures, and composition DNA.
Gender diversity, independence, skills breadth, and composite scoring
Age distribution, tenure gaps, and concentration risk
Composition patterns, board archetypes, and qualification profiles
Appointments, resignations, retirements, and turnover trends
Meeting attendance rates across all NZX boards
Audit, risk, remuneration, and nomination committee structures
Overboarding risk, committee load, and time commitment analysis
Networks & Career Intelligence
Career pathways to NZX boards, director networks, cross-company connections, and notable directors.
Cross-platform directory of 2,600+ directors, executives, and trustees
Which companies most frequently produce NZX board directors
Network visualisation of directors' career transitions
Most common progression routes to NZX board positions
Director connections through shared board appointments
State-Owned Enterprise governance network
Titled, honoured, and high-profile NZX board leaders
Company association histories and outcome analysis
Interactive network visualisation of board interlocks and shared appointments
NZ Governance Power Index — top 20 power brokers, board interlocks, auditor concentration
Governance & Risk
Some features Pro+Governance scoring, conflict detection, IR quality, compliance calendars, audit analysis, and integrity checks.
GRS scores ranking all 131 NZX companies
Per-company RAG assessment aligned with NZSA policies and NZX Code — via company page
Cross-platform director conflict of interest analysis
Investor relations quality across 5 dimensions
NZX Listing Rule deadlines for all issuers
Auditor opinions, going concern warnings, and red flags
Auditor tenure, fee trends, and non-audit ratios
133 regulatory actions against NZX companies
Court cases involving NZX companies and directors
MP interests and party donations linked to NZX entities
Director and company insolvency screening via MBIE Insolvency Register
League tables of law firms, banks, and accountants advising on NZX capital raises and takeovers
Auditor-adviser independence, cross-board conflicts, MP interests in deal advisers
5-factor succession risk model — tenure cliffs, skills concentration, pipeline readiness
8-factor model scoring capital raise likelihood for each NZX company
Multi-stakeholder reaction simulation for draft announcements
4-factor voting outcome model using historical patterns and fund manager alignment
Scan all NZX companies against 8 governance policy presets — independence, diversity, tenure, committees, financial health
8-factor distress model — Z-Score, F-Score, M-Score, interest coverage, cash flow, revenue trends
Data Coverage
| Dataset | Records | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| Director Profiles | 2,282 | 131 NZX issuers |
| Skills Classifications | 4,331 | 85% of directors, 12 categories |
| Board Fee Records | 5,908 | 123 issuers, multi-year |
| Executive Compensation | 1,251 | 114 issuers |
| Management Team Records | 3,266 | 127 issuers, 15 normalised roles |
| Meeting Attendance | 4,390 | Individual director attendance |
| Qualifications | 1,194 | 68 unique qualifications |
| Committee Memberships | 517 | 73 issuers, 9 normalised categories |
| Total Records | 17,038 | Cross-linked across NZX, CharityData, IwiData, PublicData |
Built For
Governance Consultants
Board composition analysis, skills gap identification, and remuneration benchmarking for client engagements.
Board Search Firms
Director candidate sourcing with skills matching, conflict screening, and cross-platform due diligence.
Institutional Investors
Governance risk assessment, board quality scoring, and proxy voting research across NZX holdings.
Company Secretaries
Compliance monitoring, interest register data, board succession planning, and NZX Code alignment.
Access via API, MCP, or Excel
All board intelligence data is available programmatically. 115+ REST API endpoints, 173 MCP tools for AI agents, Google Sheets and Excel add-ins, and FDC3 widgets for IRESS integration.
About Board Intelligence
This hub organises NZXplorer's board and executive intelligence features into a single navigational entry point. Data is sourced from publicly available NZX filings, annual reports, company announcements, and cross-platform entity linking across CharityData, IwiData, and PublicData.
This platform does not provide financial advice, endorse any director candidate, or make board appointment recommendations. All analytics are based on disclosed methodology and publicly available data.
Data sourced from publicly available records. Our datasets may not be complete. Automated analysis can produce errors. If you believe any data on this page is incorrect, please contact us at hello@nzxplorer.co.nz. For informational purposes only. Not investment advice.