Consultant board member
Professional Overview: Invest Business House Advisory Services
At Invest Business House, we understand that navigating the complexities of business expansion, construction projects, and financial management can be daunting. To safeguard your investments and ensure success, our advisory board members bring unparalleled expertise to the table. When you hire a specialist from Invest Business House, you avoid unnecessary costs and protect your financial interests.
Our board members excel in identifying and mitigating hidden financial risks often embedded in various business offers, particularly those involving company formation or expansion. Their insight ensures that your projects stay on budget and on schedule.
Our Expertise 
Financial Management:
Our professionals manage your business through careful financial contracts, optimization strategies, and detailed oversight of construction, sales, marketing, and quality control. We ensure that every project adheres to a strict financial discipline, with a maximum allowable overrun of just 10% beyond the agreed contract price.
Contractual Integrity:
Once a contract is signed, it is binding and non-negotiable, except for specific clauses outlined within. Any errors or omissions fall on the contract suppliers, not on you. This rigorous approach ensures that you are protected from unforeseen costs and delays.
Global Reach:
Invest Business House operates globally, with board members and a network of professionals employed in both public and private sectors. Our reach ensures that you have access to world-class expertise no matter where your project is located.
Key Services
- Project Scheduling and Financial Control: Our board members keep all projects on a tight schedule, ensuring that finances are managed strictly according to plan.
- Milestone and Quality Assurance: We ensure that technical quality control is upheld at every milestone, and that construction projects remain on track both financially and technically.
- Supplier Accountability: We hold suppliers accountable for timely delivery and enforce penalties for any delays as stipulated in the company contract.
- Board-Level Oversight: With 25 years of experience, Jens G. Olsen, CFO of Invest Business House, has led numerous high-tech construction projects and has successfully steered 19 companies away from bankruptcy, safeguarding over €4.9 billion in assets.
- Technical and Financial Audits: Our board members conduct thorough reviews of prices, budgets, and key performance indicators to ensure financial stability and success.
Pricing
- Board Member Fee: €9,500 at the start of the contract, and another €9,500 after 11 months.
- Consulting Services: €500 per hour, plus expenses for transport, accommodation, and any other consultancy work required on-site or at our offices.
Invest Business House is committed to guiding your business towards greater profitability and success. Our board members’ extensive experience and rigorous oversight ensure that your projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest standards of quality. Partner with us for a future of financial stability and growth.
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Check before I say yes to a board position
Invest Business House asks questions and expects professional answers to some of the most important questions are confidential as long as i are outsiders. I can therefore only get direct answers to them when i have made a decision, whether/or at least when i am very close.
1. Does the company have a formulated, overall strategy, including risk preparedness? Is there a culture in top management and the board that dictates that it must deal with the strategy on an ongoing basis, so that it becomes something else and more than an annual briefing?
2. How big is the company’s market, how big a market share does it have, and is this decreasing or increasing? What is the development in the total market, and is the company planning expansive measures – either geographically or in the form of new products.
3. I go in depth with the company’s products. Many companies lump the descriptions of their market, products and competitors under one hat, inadvertently obscuring information about all three parts. The important thing is whether the management has its finger on the pulse of market understanding, customer behavior and product development Checklist for new board candidates 2/ – and is able to react if there are important changing signals.
4. Investigate how the company gathers information about its competitors – i.a. whether it takes into account that tomorrow’s competitors may be companies that have no significant place in the market today, perhaps based on digital business models, significantly lower production costs or new technological solutions.
5. Likewise, examine how the company gathers information about its own customers and their wishes and behavior. How do i generate knowledge about new wishes from both existing and potential customers? Does the board have direct access to the customers or to information about them?
6. The financial information is of course available through published accounts. But pay particular attention to whether the cash flow is satisfactory and solid, and whether there are debts and growing bank debt.
7. It is also expected to be public information whether the company is part of legal disputes or whether there is a risk of such. But beyond that – investigate how the company works with legal risks, including insurance. If the company is subject to heavy regulation, then examine how it handles this organizationally.
8. I ask about the working relationships in the board and about the board’s relationship with the executive board. For example, there is a tradition for board members to meet regularly with people from the company’s top management in order to gain a deeper insight into and understanding of the company. Does the CFO feel comfortable calling the chair of the board’s audit committee if a problem arises? How do you usually settle matters when board members and directors have significant disagreements – is there a fruitful discussion, or do you rely on the formal chain of command?
9. Examine the chemistry on the board. Are there “sleeping” board members who do not really deliver an effort? Are there programs to get new board members up to speed? Does the board have any doubts as to whether the executive board is sufficiently competent? Is promoting the company’s values in practice a topic for the board?
10. What role does the board have in relation to the investors? Are the board members instructed in how to behave if they are contacted by an investor?
11. How does the company approach developing, recruiting and retaining skilled employees? How central is the HR department in the company, and does the HR manager e.g. direct access to the CEO?
12. Most companies have quality programs in relation to products and processes. But research how they actually work and address concerns that arise, as well as how they are rolled out globally if the company has global operations.
13. Finally – am critical of why exactly i are being asked to join the board. What qualities do you assume i have – and is it true that we have them, and do we ourselves agree that it is precisely us who are needed here and now.
Sincerely, Jens G. Olsen, CFO
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Extremely bad business: Bad products or service.
Normal conservative business: Bad products or service, and failed development. There is room for improvement.
Invest Business House: a board member in your company after 3 year. can look like this. Good products and service.
Disagreement with contractor
dispute be settled by arbitration.