The Boardies

Canada’s Best Private Boards is a new annual awards program and summit – the first of its kind in Canada – that will recognize the impact of great governance on the performance of private companies.

 
 
 
 

We are seeking transformational stories of boards that have helped make their organizations great.

 
 

How it Works

  • Nominations: October 16th, 2023 to March 3rd, 2024

  • Program Submission Period: March 4th, 2024 to May 3rd, 2024

  • Submission Interviews: May 6th, 2024 to May 24th, 2024

  • Judging Committee Vote: June 5th, 2024

  • Winners Announced: June 19th, 2024

  • Summit and Awards: November 6th, 2024

Award Categories

  • Best Fiduciary Board - Family-Owned

  • Best Fiduciary Board - Employee-Owned or Partnership

  • Best Fiduciary Board - Other (unrelated shareholder's ownership)

  • Best Advisory Board

Eligibility

  • Canadian organizations or Canadian subsidiary organizations, privately-owned and for-profit, with $5M or more in annual revenue.

  • Please note this award recognizes the boards of private companies only and does not include recognition for the boards of other types of organizations (e.g. not for profit, crown corporations, publicly-traded, etc.)

Associated Costs

  • There is no cost to participate in the nomination or submission process.

  • The awards and conference in November 2024 will have associated registration costs.

Nominations

  • Your board can be nominated, or, you can self-nominate.

  • Nominators can be on a board themselves or simply have knowledge of a board doing great things, e.g., board members, members of a company’s leadership or management team, leadership from a portfolio company, consultants working with a company’s board, etc.

  • We are looking for transformational stories of boards that have helped make their companies great.

 
 

“

Privately held SMEs drive the Canadian economy, and boards – both fiduciary and advisory – are increasingly becoming the strategic engines of those organizations.

Great governance drives performance and it’s time to recognize that.”

– Jennifer Mondoux, CEO of MondouxRollins Partners Inc., the Founder and Presenting Partner of Canada’s Best Private Boards

 

Submissions

Nominated organizations will be asked to make a written submission on or before May 3rd, 2024.  The submission will include five categories (Journey, Impact, Governance, CEO Relationship and The Future), with short written responses (e.g. 250 words) per category.

Submission Interviews

Organizations that have made a submission to the program will be asked to participate in a brief, 30-minute video or in-person interview. These interviews will be conducted by MondouxRollins Partners.

Voting

Our voting committee review submissions and vote on the winners in early June 2024, with an official announcement made on June 19, 2024. Our committee is comprised of an enormously talented group of governance and leadership professionals, who have a particular expertise working with private companies. Please note, although MondouxRollins Partners Inc. is the founder and producer of the Canada’s Best Private Boards, a.k.a. The Boardies, program, we do not vote on the winners.

Summit and Awards

Winners in each category will be celebrated on November 6th, 2024.

A half-day of learning as well as the sharing of personal stories of transformational board experiences in private companies will take place on that day, to be followed by a stand-up cocktail where the 2024 winners will be celebrated.

 
 

Click here to make a nomination.