FTSE 250 – Non-Executive Recruitment

UK FTSE 250 Non-Executive Director Recruitment

Specialised Senior Search for FTSE 250 NED Appointments at UK FTSE 250 Listed Companies Operating Across the UK Financials, Retail, Real Estate REIT, Industrials, Leisure, Healthcare, Technology, Energy, Mining and Consumer Goods Sectors Under UK Corporate Governance Code 2024 Framework, FCA Listing Rules Framework, FCA Senior Managers and Certification Regime Framework at FCA-Regulated FTSE 250 Firms and FRC Audit Committee Framework Dimensions

A UK FTSE 250 Non-Executive Director (NED) is a senior independent member of the UK Board at a UK FTSE 250 listed company providing senior independent challenge function, senior strategic oversight, and senior governance leadership at UK FTSE 250 firm scale. UK FTSE 250 NED recruitment focuses specifically on senior UK NED appointments at UK FTSE 250 listed companies — UK listed companies operating between the 101st and 350th largest UK listed companies by market capitalisation typically operating at £500 million to £3 billion market capitalisation scale, distinct from senior UK FTSE 100 NED recruitment scope (which extends across senior NED appointments at the 100 largest UK listed companies operating at material UK FTSE 100 commercial scale typically £3 billion+ market capitalisation), distinct from senior UK AIM market NED recruitment scope (which extends across senior NED appointments at UK AIM market listed growth-stage companies operating under QCA Corporate Governance Code 2023 framework), and distinct from senior UK private company NED recruitment scope (which extends across senior NED appointments at UK large private companies, UK PE-backed firms, and UK private mid-market firms). UK FTSE 250 NED appointments operate within UK FTSE 250 commercial framework dimensions specific to UK FTSE 250 firm scale, UK FTSE 250 institutional shareholder framework dimensions, UK FTSE 250 Board governance framework dimensions, and UK FTSE 250 sector framework dimensions reflecting the UK FTSE 250 sector composition that spans UK financials sector firms, UK retail sector firms, UK real estate sector firms (including UK REITs), UK industrials sector firms, UK leisure sector firms, UK healthcare sector firms, UK technology sector firms, UK energy sector firms, UK mining sector firms, and UK consumer goods sector firms.

UK FTSE 250 NED appointments operate under UK Corporate Governance Code 2024 framework dimensions on a comply-or-explain basis through FCA Listing Rules framework with material UK FTSE 250 NED framework dimensions including UK Corporate Governance Code 2024 NED independence framework, UK FTSE 350 Board independence majority framework (the UK Corporate Governance Code 2024 framework specifies that at least half the Board excluding the Chair should be independent NEDs at UK FTSE 350 firms — a framework that applies materially to UK FTSE 250 firms), UK Corporate Governance Code 2024 Board committee framework (Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee), UK Corporate Governance Code 2024 Board evaluation framework (UK Corporate Governance Code 2024 framework specifies that UK FTSE 350 firm Boards should undertake formally externally facilitated Board evaluation at least every three years with annual internal Board evaluation framework on a comply-or-explain basis), and FCA DEI Listing Rules framework dimensions (FCA Listing Rules diversity framework introduced through Listing Rules 9.8.6R operating with UK FTSE-listed firm Board diversity targets including 40% women on the Board target, at least one woman in senior Board position, and at least one Board member from a minority ethnic background). This UK FTSE 250 NED recruitment service page covers the senior UK FTSE 250 NED recruitment context, the principal UK FTSE 250 sector scenarios, the UK FTSE 250 NED Board committee membership framework, the UK FTSE 250 NED time commitment and remuneration framework, the UK FTSE 250 NED required experience and qualifications framework, the senior FTSE 250 NED search methodology, and adjacent senior UK NED recruitment engagement across the broader Exec Capital, NED Capital, FD Capital, and Accountancy Capital cross-portfolio architecture. Every senior UK FTSE 250 NED search mandate at Exec Capital and NED Capital is led personally by Adrian Lawrence FCA. For UK senior NED commercial recruitment service engagement at material seniority see NED Capital; for UK Non-Executive Director Job Description reference covering comprehensive UK NED scope see Non-Executive Director Job Description.

UK FTSE 250 Sector Framework — UK FTSE 250 NED Sector-Specific Dimensions

UK FTSE 250 NED appointments operate across the principal UK FTSE 250 sector framework dimensions with sector-specific senior commercial dynamics, UK FTSE 250 sector framework dimensions, and UK FTSE 250 sector-specific Board governance framework structures.

UK FTSE 250 financials sector firms — banking, asset management, insurance, specialty finance — UK FTSE 250 financials sector firms (UK FTSE 250 challenger banks, UK FTSE 250 asset management firms, UK FTSE 250 insurers, UK FTSE 250 specialty lenders, UK FTSE 250 brokers and platforms) operate with material UK FCA SMCR framework dimensions and material UK PRA framework dimensions where applicable to UK FTSE 250 PRA-authorised firms. UK FTSE 250 financials sector firm NED appointments typically require senior UK financials sector career background with material UK FCA SMCR framework career experience including SMF holder framework career experience where applicable to UK FTSE 250 financials sector NED SMF holder appointments (typical SMF holder appointments at UK FTSE 250 financials sector firm NED appointments include SMF9 Chair function, SMF10 Chair of Risk Committee function, SMF11 Chair of Audit Committee function, SMF12 Chair of Remuneration Committee function, SMF13 Chair of Nominations Committee function, and SMF14 Senior Independent Director function), and the wider senior commercial dimensions specific to UK FTSE 250 financials sector firm NED engagement.

UK FTSE 250 retail sector firms — consumer retail, food retail, specialty retail — UK FTSE 250 retail sector firms operate with senior commercial dimensions specific to UK FTSE 250 retail sector framework. UK FTSE 250 retail sector NED appointments typically require senior UK retail sector career background, senior UK consumer brand framework career experience, senior UK retail commercial framework career experience, and the wider senior commercial dimensions specific to UK FTSE 250 retail sector firm NED engagement.

UK FTSE 250 real estate sector firms — REITs and property companies — UK FTSE 250 real estate sector firms (UK FTSE 250 Real Estate Investment Trusts REITs, UK FTSE 250 property companies) operate with material UK REIT framework dimensions where applicable. UK FTSE 250 real estate sector firm NED appointments typically require senior UK real estate sector career background, senior UK REIT framework career experience where applicable, senior UK property commercial framework career experience, senior UK property finance framework intersection career experience, and the wider senior commercial dimensions specific to UK FTSE 250 real estate sector firm NED engagement.

UK FTSE 250 industrials sector firms — engineering, manufacturing, distribution — UK FTSE 250 industrials sector firms (UK FTSE 250 engineering firms, UK FTSE 250 manufacturing firms, UK FTSE 250 distribution firms, UK FTSE 250 industrial services firms) operate with senior commercial dimensions specific to UK FTSE 250 industrials sector framework. UK FTSE 250 industrials sector NED appointments typically require senior UK industrials sector career background, senior UK manufacturing or engineering commercial framework career experience, senior UK industrial supply chain framework career experience, and the wider senior commercial dimensions specific to UK FTSE 250 industrials sector firm NED engagement.

UK FTSE 250 leisure sector firms — hospitality, gaming, travel, leisure services — UK FTSE 250 leisure sector firms (UK FTSE 250 hospitality firms, UK FTSE 250 gaming firms, UK FTSE 250 travel firms, UK FTSE 250 leisure services firms) operate with senior commercial dimensions specific to UK FTSE 250 leisure sector framework. UK FTSE 250 leisure sector NED appointments typically require senior UK leisure sector career background, senior UK consumer leisure framework career experience, senior UK leisure regulatory framework intersection career experience where applicable to UK gaming sector regulatory framework, and the wider senior commercial dimensions specific to UK FTSE 250 leisure sector firm NED engagement.

UK FTSE 250 healthcare and life sciences sector firms — UK FTSE 250 healthcare and life sciences sector firms operate with material UK healthcare regulatory framework dimensions including MHRA Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency framework engagement intersection, NICE National Institute for Health and Care Excellence framework intersection where applicable, NHS commissioning framework intersection where applicable, and the wider UK healthcare regulatory framework dimensions. UK FTSE 250 healthcare and life sciences sector NED appointments typically require senior UK healthcare or life sciences sector career background with material UK healthcare regulatory framework career experience.

UK FTSE 250 technology and digital sector firms — UK FTSE 250 technology and digital sector firms operate with senior commercial dimensions specific to UK FTSE 250 technology sector framework. UK FTSE 250 technology sector NED appointments typically require senior UK technology sector career background, senior UK technology commercial framework career experience, senior UK technology cyber security framework intersection career experience, senior UK GDPR framework intersection career experience, and the wider senior commercial dimensions specific to UK FTSE 250 technology sector firm NED engagement.

UK FTSE 250 energy and natural resources sector firms — oil and gas, renewables, mining — UK FTSE 250 energy and natural resources sector firms (UK FTSE 250 oil and gas firms, UK FTSE 250 renewables firms, UK FTSE 250 mining firms) operate with senior commercial dimensions specific to UK FTSE 250 energy and natural resources sector framework. UK FTSE 250 energy and natural resources sector NED appointments typically require senior UK energy or natural resources sector career background, senior UK ESG framework career experience particularly material at UK energy and natural resources sector firms operating with material ESG framework dimensions, senior UK climate disclosure framework intersection career experience including TCFD Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures framework intersection, and the wider senior commercial dimensions specific to UK FTSE 250 energy and natural resources sector firm NED engagement.

UK FTSE 250 consumer goods sector firms — UK FTSE 250 consumer goods sector firms operate with senior commercial dimensions specific to UK FTSE 250 consumer goods sector framework. UK FTSE 250 consumer goods sector NED appointments typically require senior UK consumer goods sector career background, senior UK consumer brand commercial framework career experience, senior UK international consumer goods framework career experience where applicable to UK FTSE 250 consumer goods firms operating with material international expansion dimensions, and the wider senior commercial dimensions specific to UK FTSE 250 consumer goods sector firm NED engagement.

UK FTSE 250 NED Board Committee Membership Framework

UK FTSE 250 NED appointments typically operate with material UK Board committee membership framework dimensions across UK Audit Committee, UK Remuneration Committee, UK Nomination Committee, and UK Risk Committee at FCA-regulated FTSE 250 firms.

UK FTSE 250 Audit Committee membership framework — FRC Guidance on Audit Committees — UK FTSE 250 Audit Committee membership operates with material UK FTSE 250 NED accountability under FRC Guidance on Audit Committees framework dimensions. UK FTSE 250 Audit Committee scope typically extends across senior external audit framework engagement (senior FTSE 250 external audit firm appointment framework, senior FTSE 250 PIE Public Interest Entity firm framework engagement at UK FTSE 250 firms operating as PIE entities under FRC Audit Reform framework, senior external audit firm rotation framework at PIE firms operating with FRC mandatory audit firm rotation framework dimensions including 10-year audit firm tendering framework and 20-year audit firm rotation framework), senior internal audit framework engagement, senior FTSE 250 financial reporting framework oversight, senior FTSE 250 internal control framework oversight, senior FTSE 250 risk management framework intersection with senior audit framework, senior FTSE 250 whistleblowing framework oversight, and the wider senior FTSE 250 Audit Committee framework dimensions specific to UK FTSE 250 NED Audit Committee membership scope.

UK FTSE 250 Audit Committee Chair appointments — finance-rooted senior NED dimensions — UK FTSE 250 Audit Committee Chair appointments typically require senior finance-rooted UK career background with UK chartered accountancy qualification credentials. UK FTSE 250 Audit Committee Chair appointments at UK FTSE 250 firms typically require ICAEW Chartered Accountant (ACA / FCA Fellow status), ACCA Chartered Certified Accountant (FCCA), CIMA Chartered Management Accountant (FCMA), or ICAS Chartered Accountant credentials with material senior career background as former senior CFO at UK FTSE 250 firms or senior partner at major UK chartered accountancy firms operating at audit partner tier with material UK PIE audit firm career background.

UK FTSE 250 Remuneration Committee membership framework — UK FTSE 250 Remuneration Committee membership operates with material UK FTSE 250 NED accountability across senior FTSE 250 executive director remuneration framework oversight including base salary framework, annual bonus framework, Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) framework, Share Plan framework, pension framework at executive director level, and the wider senior FTSE 250 Remuneration Committee framework dimensions specific to UK FTSE 250 NED Remuneration Committee membership scope.

UK FTSE 250 Nomination Committee membership framework — UK FTSE 250 Nomination Committee membership operates with material UK FTSE 250 NED accountability across senior FTSE 250 Board composition framework oversight, senior FTSE 250 Board succession planning framework, senior FTSE 250 CEO succession planning framework engagement, senior FTSE 250 CFO and senior C-Suite succession planning framework engagement, senior FTSE 250 Board diversity framework oversight intersection with FCA DEI Listing Rules framework, and the wider senior FTSE 250 Nomination Committee framework dimensions specific to UK FTSE 250 NED Nomination Committee membership scope.

UK FTSE 250 Risk Committee membership framework — FCA-regulated and PRA-regulated FTSE 250 firms — UK FTSE 250 Risk Committee membership at UK FTSE 250 FCA-regulated firms (UK FTSE 250 challenger banks, UK FTSE 250 asset management firms, UK FTSE 250 insurers, UK FTSE 250 specialty lenders) operates with material UK FTSE 250 NED accountability across senior enterprise risk framework oversight, senior credit risk framework oversight where applicable, senior market risk framework oversight where applicable, senior operational risk framework oversight, senior FCA Operational Resilience framework oversight, and the wider senior FTSE 250 Risk Committee framework dimensions specific to UK FTSE 250 NED Risk Committee membership scope.

UK FTSE 250 NED Time Commitment and Remuneration Framework

UK FTSE 250 NED time commitment and remuneration vary across UK FTSE 250 firm scale dimensions and UK FTSE 250 NED appointment scope dimensions.

UK FTSE 250 NED — typical time commitment 25-40 days/year, base fees £55-90k/year — UK FTSE 250 NED appointments typically operate at 25-40 days per year time commitment depending on UK FTSE 250 Board committee membership framework intensity. UK FTSE 250 NED base fees typically operate at £55,000-£90,000 per year with additional senior committee chairmanship premium fees typically £12,000-£25,000 per chairmanship for UK FTSE 250 Audit Committee Chair, UK FTSE 250 Remuneration Committee Chair, UK FTSE 250 Risk Committee Chair (where applicable to UK FCA-regulated FTSE 250 firms), and UK FTSE 250 Nomination Committee Chair appointments, and additional Senior Independent Director (SID) premium fees typically £12,000-£20,000 per year for UK FTSE 250 Senior Independent Director appointments.

UK FTSE 250 financials sector NED — banking variable remuneration framework intersection — UK FTSE 250 financials sector NED appointments at UK PRA-authorised FTSE 250 challenger banks operate with senior UK FCA and PRA banking variable remuneration framework intersection at NED fees framework dimensions where applicable to UK PRA-authorised banking remuneration framework dimensions including UK PRA bonus cap framework intersection at material UK PRA-authorised banking firms.

UK FTSE 250 NED tenure framework — UK FTSE 250 NED appointments operate within UK Corporate Governance Code 2024 NED tenure framework with material framework dimensions including the UK Corporate Governance Code 2024 nine-year NED tenure threshold framework where UK NED appointments exceeding nine years on the Board are typically not considered independent under UK Corporate Governance Code 2024 framework, UK FTSE 250 NED appointment recommendation framework operating with annual re-election framework at AGM, and the wider UK FTSE 250 NED tenure framework dimensions.

UK FTSE 250 NED Required Experience and Qualifications

UK FTSE 250 NED appointments typically require senior career background and qualification credentials across the following dimensions.

Prior senior UK FTSE 250 NED career background — most common pathway — UK FTSE 250 NED candidates frequently come from prior senior UK FTSE 250 NED career experience at peer UK FTSE 250 firms in the relevant sector with senior portfolio NED career model dimensions covering 2-4 concurrent UK NED appointments simultaneously across peer UK firms.

Prior senior UK FTSE 100 NED career background with FTSE 250 portfolio dimensions — UK FTSE 250 NED candidates frequently come from senior UK FTSE 100 NED career experience with senior progression dimensions including UK FTSE 100 NED candidates operating with portfolio NED career models that include senior UK FTSE 250 NED appointments alongside senior UK FTSE 100 NED appointments.

Prior senior UK CEO/CFO/COO career background — former executive transition pathway — UK FTSE 250 NED candidates frequently come from senior UK FTSE 250 firm CEO/CFO/COO career backgrounds with mid-career transition to senior UK NED portfolio career models, with prior senior UK FTSE 250 firm CEO career background operating as the principal pathway, prior senior UK FTSE 250 firm CFO career background operating as a meaningful pathway particularly material at UK FTSE 250 Audit Committee Chair appointments where senior UK CFO career background operates as material UK FTSE 250 Audit Committee Chair credential, and prior senior UK FTSE 250 firm COO career background operating as a meaningful pathway.

Senior UK consulting firm partner career background — UK FTSE 250 NED candidates frequently come from senior UK consulting firm partner career experience at major UK and international strategy consulting firms including McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Bain & Company, Roland Berger, Strategy& (PwC), Oliver Wyman, Kearney, and adjacent senior UK and international consulting firms operating with material senior UK FTSE 250 advisory career experience.

Senior UK chartered accountancy firm partner career background — UK FTSE 250 Audit Committee Chair material — UK FTSE 250 NED candidates with senior UK chartered accountancy firm partner career experience are particularly material at UK FTSE 250 Audit Committee Chair appointments. Senior UK chartered accountancy firm partner career experience typically extends across Big 4 firms (PwC, Deloitte, EY, KPMG) and major UK mid-tier audit firms (BDO, Grant Thornton, Forvis Mazars, RSM, Crowe UK, MHA, Saffery, Haysmacintyre) operating at audit partner tier with material UK PIE Public Interest Entity audit firm career background.

IoD — Institute of Directors Chartered Director Programme — UK FTSE 250 NED appointments typically include preferences for IoD (Institute of Directors) Chartered Director Programme credentials with IoD Chartered Director (CDir) status operating as the standard UK senior director professional credential at senior UK FTSE 250 NED candidates.

INSEAD International Directors Programme (IDP-C) — UK FTSE 250 NED candidates with international Board career background frequently hold INSEAD International Directors Programme (IDP-C) credentials operating as a recognised international Board director credential at senior UK FTSE 250 NED candidates with international Board scope.

Cranfield NED Development Programme and FT-NEDoP — UK FTSE 250 NED candidates frequently hold Cranfield School of Management NED Development Programme credentials and FT-NEDoP (Financial Times Non-Executive Directors’ Programme) credentials operating as meaningful UK NED development credentials.

Senior UK FTSE 250 NED Search — Methodology

UK senior FTSE 250 NED search engagement at Exec Capital and NED Capital follows a structured retained methodology calibrated to the specific dynamics of UK FTSE 250 NED recruitment.

Structured brief development — every senior UK FTSE 250 NED mandate at Exec Capital and NED Capital begins with structured brief development that articulates the firm sector context (UK FTSE 250 financials, retail, real estate REIT, industrials, leisure, healthcare, technology, energy and natural resources, consumer goods sector dimensions), the UK FTSE 250 Board committee membership requirements (Audit Committee Chair / Remuneration Committee Chair / Nomination Committee Chair / Risk Committee Chair / Senior Independent Director / general NED), the UK FTSE 250 SMCR framework requirements where applicable to UK FCA-regulated FTSE 250 firms (SMF holder framework requirements at SMF9 / SMF10 / SMF11 / SMF12 / SMF13 / SMF14 dimensions where applicable), the qualification requirements (UK chartered accountancy credentials at UK FTSE 250 Audit Committee Chair appointments, IoD Chartered Director Programme, INSEAD IDP-C, Cranfield NED Development, FT-NEDoP), the UK Corporate Governance Code 2024 NED independence framework requirements, the diversity framework requirements intersection with FCA DEI Listing Rules framework, and the senior commercial dimensions specific to the firm.

UK FTSE 250 NED candidate pool research — UK senior FTSE 250 NED candidate pool research operates with concentrated research extending across the relevant UK FTSE 250 NED candidate pool. UK FTSE 250 NED candidate pool extends across senior UK FTSE 250 NED at peer UK FTSE 250 firms in the relevant sector, senior UK FTSE 100 NED with FTSE 250 portfolio dimensions, former senior UK FTSE 250 firm CEO/CFO/COO with senior UK NED portfolio career model dimensions, senior UK consulting firm partners with FTSE 250 NED dimensions, senior UK chartered accountancy firm partners particularly material at UK FTSE 250 Audit Committee Chair appointments, and adjacent senior UK FTSE 250 NED candidate pool dimensions.

Cross-Portfolio Architecture and Adjacent Senior UK NED Recruitment Engagement

UK senior FTSE 250 NED recruitment engagement extends across multiple sister authority sites with sister authority cross-portfolio engagement specific to senior UK FTSE 250 NED recruitment.

NED Capital — UK senior NED commercial recruitment authority — sister authority site NED Capital operates as the dedicated UK senior NED commercial recruitment authority across senior UK FTSE-listed firm NED appointments including senior UK FTSE 250 NED appointments at material seniority. UK senior FTSE 250 NED commercial recruitment service engagement at material seniority operates within NED Capital cross-portfolio senior NED authority.

FD Capital — UK senior CFO and senior Audit Committee Chair authority — sister authority site FD Capital operates as the dedicated UK senior commercial CFO and senior SMF holder authority. UK FTSE 250 Audit Committee Chair appointments at UK FTSE 250 firms requiring material senior CFO career background frequently operate within FD Capital cross-portfolio senior commercial authority.

Accountancy Capital — UK senior chartered accountancy authority — sister authority site Accountancy Capital operates as the dedicated UK senior chartered accountancy authority. UK FTSE 250 NED appointments requiring material UK audit-qualified senior career background (particularly UK FTSE 250 Audit Committee Chair appointments at UK FTSE 250 PIE Public Interest Entity firms) frequently operate within Accountancy Capital cross-portfolio senior commercial authority.

UK NED reference and adjacent service pages on Exec Capital — for UK Non-Executive Director Job Description reference see Non-Executive Director Job Description; for UK Chairman Job Description reference see Chairman Job Description; for UK FTSE 100 NED recruitment service engagement see FTSE 100 Non-Executive Recruitment; for UK AIM market NED recruitment service engagement see AIM Market Non-Executive Recruitment; for UK Listed Companies NED recruitment service engagement see Listed Companies Non-Executive Recruitment; for UK Financial Services NED recruitment service engagement see Financial Services Non-Executive Recruitment; for UK Private Equity NED recruitment service engagement see Private Equity Non-Executive Recruitment.