Beverly Behan

Best-Selling Author, Becoming a Boardroom Star

Beverly Behan is one of the foremost global experts on board effectiveness, having worked with nearly 200 Boards of Directors (largely S&P1500s) over the past 25 years. She’s worked with boards across the United States and around the world on a range of issues including the design of genuinely worthwhile board and director evaluations and the development of comprehensive CEO and board succession plans. She also provides advice to Board Chairs and new CEOs about optimizing their effectiveness in leading and working with their boards. Bev is the author of the governance classic, Great Companies Deserve Great Boards, named Governance Book of the Year by Directors & Boards magazine in 2012. Her latest book, Becoming a Boardroom Star, was developed from interviews with thousands of board members around the globe. It debuted in September 2021 as the #1 New Release on Amazon in corporate governance.