Built for Nordic listed company boards.
The only programme in the Nordics designed specifically for listed-company board work. Five sessions. One cohort. Twenty leaders in one room.
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Why our Board Programme?
01 — Built for Nordic listed companies. Finnish regulatory reality, not a generic global framework.
02 — The peer network is the programme. Twenty-eight listed-company leaders in one room.
03 — Real conversations with people who've done it. No theory-only sessions. No filler.
04 — You enter the NLL Board Pool.Graduates enter the NLL Board Pool in Listeds platform — a curated database of programme alumni that every executive search company in Finland can access, free of charge.
Who should attend?
A deliberately diverse room.
Twenty-eight participants per cohort. No more than five from any one role. You learn alongside people who see governance from a completely different angle — not twenty-seven versions of your own job.
You're a fit if you are:
A board member, chair, or deputy member of a Nordic listed company
A senior management team member preparing for board work
A serious board candidate actively pursuing your first listed-company seat
Accountable for governance at a publicly traded company
This isn't for:
Board members of state-owned enterprises
Private equity-backed company boards
Those new to board work entirely
Exceptions considered case by case.
Questions before you apply?
Elina Ali-Melkkilä
Helene Auramo
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sessions are sequential and designed to build on each other. We expect full attendance. If you must miss one for an unavoidable reason, you can join the next cohort session. More than one missed session means deferring to the next cohort.
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No — but you need to be either actively serving on a board, in senior management preparing for board work, or a serious candidate pursuing your first listed-company seat. We assess this at application.
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No programme can promise that — anyone who does is selling you something. What we can promise: your name enters the NLL Board Pool, which Finland's top executive search companies can access for free. When a board seat opens at a Nordic listed company, you're in the database it's being filled from.
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No — applications are individual. The person attending must apply themselves.
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Yes. Autumn 2026 participants attend the November 2026 gala. Winter 2026/27 participants attend the November 2027 gala.
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No. But you can order the invoice for your company. All payments need to be made before the course starts.
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Sessions: business casual. Gala: dark suit / evening gown.
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NLL (Nordic Listed Leaders) members are participants in the broader Nordic Listed Leaders community. If you're already a member, you get the discounted rate automatically. Not yet a member? Apply separately at nordiclistedleaders.com/membership.