Kylie Hammond is CEO and Founder of Tiger Boards, and a leader in Australian executive search and human capital. She holds a Master of Laws in Enterprise Governance, and has been recruiting board members for more than twenty years.
She built Board Portfolio® for executives assembling a real board career: multiple appointments across not-for-profit, private, government and listed entities, and the committee roles that sit alongside them. At the heart of the practice is a superior board network — Chairs, non-executive directors, and the rooms where appointments are actually decided.
Platinum Membership, the Board Portfolio® Talent Agent Program, is the flagship service. It is how Kylie works one-to-one with a small group of senior leaders: strategy, brand, and access to the rooms where appointments are actually decided.
The trigger is rarely ambition. It is the moment you see the gaps: branding that does not work, no unique value proposition, applications into a public sliver of the market, no interviews, no traction with headhunters, unpaid seats that will not commercialise, and no relationships with the people who actually appoint.
People come because they want greater income, flexibility and prestige, and a seat in rooms that matter. The work is not more applications. It is positioning, a real search, and access.
The bulk of board seats are filled behind closed doors through people who already know who they want to meet.
Kylie Hammond, CEO & Founder, Tiger Boards
The market still reads you as an executive, not a director. Boards do not appoint a job title. They appoint a director identity, and yours is not landing.
Without a sharp UVP you cannot target the right roles. You chase seats that will never appoint you, and miss the ones that would.
Advertised roles are a fraction of what exists. You apply into portals, you do not know anyone on the board, and the unadvertised market stays closed.
Not to interview. Not into the recruitment process. If the phone is not ringing, the issue is visibility and access, not whether you have enough experience.
Approaching corporate headhunters and getting no traction is the usual pattern. A self-directed search without a plan can take three to five years.
A couple of not-for-profit appointments is a start, not a portfolio. Paid commercial, private and advisory seats take a different brand, a different search, and a network that actually appoints.
Chairs. Non-executive directors. Committee members. Corporate headhunters. Family offices. Private equity and venture capital principals. The bulk of board seats are filled behind closed doors through people who already know who they want to meet.
Platinum Membership
An invitation-only, one-to-one partnership with Kylie Hammond for accomplished senior leaders who want a strategic, proactive way to build and expand a board career.
It is designed for C-suite, enterprise and board-level executives: first appointments, a refresh of an existing portfolio, or complementary roles such as advisory seats, investment and governance committees, CEO mentoring and entrepreneurial work.
The program brings together board portfolio strategy, career positioning, personal branding and targeted market engagement. Kylie represents a carefully selected group. Each engagement is tailored, discreet, and handled with the confidentiality and rigour the work requires.
A one-to-one partnership. Not a group program. Kylie works with a carefully selected group of senior leaders who meet the entry criteria.
A strategy aligned to experience, aspirations and the real market: board, committee, advisory and executive pathways, plus readiness, positioning and timing.
A complete, cohesive presence: board résumé, LinkedIn transformation, corporate biography and letters, so the market reads you as a director.
Preparation for board and executive interviews: the story, stakeholder messaging, and how you show up in the room.
Director Spotlight features and thought leadership that build credibility without turning the search into a public campaign.
Introductions and relationship strategy with Chairs, board members, committee members and nomination committees. This is how appointments actually happen.
