Built for the
region where
capital is moving.
Board.AI was founded on a simple observation. The best executives in the GCC are not applying for roles. They are operating, investing, and sitting on boards. The best capital in the region is not advertising itself. It is quietly deployed by families, funds, and founders who know each other. The platform connects this ecosystem with precision the old way could not deliver.
Our origin.
Board.AI is the GCC sister platform to VirtualNonExecs, the UK's leading board network. Founded by a team with 50+ years combined experience placing non-executive directors and chairs into some of the UK's most respected companies and funds.
Where VirtualNonExecs serves the UK market, Board.AI is purpose built for the UK, GCC and its gateway markets: UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, India, and Pakistan. Same technology, same network access, same quality standards, regionally tuned for the markets where most global board hiring growth is now happening.
How the AI works.
The platform's intelligence layer does three things that a traditional search firm structurally cannot.
- ·Precision matchingEvery member profile is enriched with 40 plus signals: sector depth, stage experience, geography, regulatory exposure, governance history, board chemistry. When a mandate is posted, matching happens in minutes across the full 30,000+ member network.
- ·Off-market discoveryOur system surfaces members who fit a role even when they have not publicly signalled they are looking. Search firms can only show you who is on their database and willing to take a call. The platform shows you who is right.
- ·Continuous learningEvery placement, every successful introduction, every declined shortlist refines the model. The longer the platform runs, the smarter the matches become. Unlike a search firm, the institutional knowledge compounds.
Leadership.
Board.AI is run by a small team with deep experience across executive search, governance, and private capital. Founder leadership includes Ian Mann (founder, VirtualNonExecs), Asad Sheikh (CBO, Titan Wealth International), and a senior advisory bench drawn from the wider VirtualNonExecs network.
Detailed bios available on request. The team meets every prospective Corporate licence holder personally before the licence goes live.
Trusted by.
Board.AI is used by 300+ PE, VC, and family office partners. Our members collectively hold non-executive roles across hundreds of portfolio companies, listed entities, and family businesses spanning the UK, GCC, South Asia, Europe, and beyond.
Referenceable partners include Octopus Ventures, Maven Capital, Foresight Group, Pitalia Capital, Cadro, River Capital, and others across the region's most active fund ecosystem.
Two ways
to start.
If you are a senior executive or non-executive director, your profile is the entry point. If you are a fund, family office, or corporate hiring board talent, our team will walk you through Corporate licensing personally.