Board Performance Reviews in Kenya – Governance & Board Evaluation Services | SBD Institute Nairobi

Unlock Insight, Accountability & High-Performance Governance in Your Board

At SBD Institute, we support organisations across Kenya — including public sector entities, private corporations, NGOs, and SACCOs — to strengthen board effectiveness through professional Board Performance Reviews. Our approach is tailored to Nairobi and broader Kenyan governance needs and informed by global best practice and local corporate governance standards.

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Why Board Performance Reviews Matter

A Board Performance Review (also known as a board evaluation) is a structured, strategic process to assess how well a board of directors is functioning both collectively and individually. It goes beyond compliance to drive strategic alignment, accountability, and performance improvements that matter for organisational success.
In Kenya, board evaluation has become a recognised part of good governance frameworks and is encouraged under corporate governance codes to improve transparency, decision-making quality, and stakeholder confidence.

Flexible, Scalable Board Performance Reviews

We offer a range of Board Performance Review options tailored to the scale, complexity, and goals of your board. All levels are customisable and built on a modular framework. Our services are designed to be proportionate, confidential, and outcome-focused.

Comprehensive

Comprehensive governance review including interviews, peer reviews, director appraisals, questionnaires, meeting observation, and key role assessments. Ideal for listed, complex, or entrepreneurial boards.

Focused

Targeted review for specific board functions such as risk oversight, committee performance, or strategic governance alignment.

Light-Touch

Cost-effective evaluations designed for boards that want a rapid performance snapshot and practical recommendations.

Questionnaire Only

Ideal for boards seeking data-driven insight on a budget. Includes structured questionnaires, analysis, and a focused report with recommendations to support improved outcomes.

Five15 Board Effectiveness Model

How We Assess Board Effectiveness

Boards often focus on compliance and structure, but true effectiveness also includes the dynamic between people, leadership, and behaviours.
Our Board Performance Reviews are built around Five15 Board Effectiveness Model — a framework grounded in over 20 years of boardroom insight.
The model explores five key domains, each with three critical components, providing 15 powerful indicators of board performance.

Structure – How the board is configured and complies with best practice.
Demographics – What each director brings: time, skills, networks.
Attributes – How directors behave and contribute as individuals.
Leadership – How the Chair, CEO, Committee Chairs, and CoSec shape the board.
Board Dynamics – The culture, cohesion, and challenge that emerge from how the board works together.

These dimensions work together to help us assess what’s working, where risks lie, and where performance can improve.

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Ready to unlock deeper insight into your board’s effectiveness and dynamics?

Whether you’re planning your next full board evaluation or exploring a lighter-touch review, we’d love to support you.

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