Expertise

Our Approach

First, we determine the board your company needs. Then the search begins.

Driven by Strategy, Not Databases

Exceptional boards begin with your company, not a candidate list

Before we recruit a single director, we immerse ourselves in your business—its strategy, leadership, competitive environment, opportunities, challenges, and plans for growth.

Together, we determine what capabilities already exist on the board, what is missing, and what combination of experience, perspective, judgment, and other attributes will create the greatest value going forward.

Then the search begins

Throughout the engagement, you work directly with an experienced governance adviser—from board strategy and candidate development through interviews and final selection.

Why Clients Choose Varuna

  • Strategy before search. Board composition begins with where your company is headed.
  • Independent judgment. Candid governance advice, even when it means challenging assumptions.
  • Fit beyond credentials. We evaluate judgment, character, independence, critical thinking, and the ability to challenge constructively—not simply resumes.
  • Direct senior-level involvement. Personalized attention throughout the engagement.
  • Performance as the objective. Every recommendation is designed to strengthen the board and the company it serves.

When Clients Come to Varuna

Build or Refresh a Board

Create a first board, refresh an existing board, or recruit a new director.

Prepare for Growth

Add the experience and capabilities needed for expansion, outside investment, acquisition, or an IPO.

Navigate Transition

Strengthen the board through CEO succession, ownership changes, or other pivotal moments.

Strengthen Governance

Assess board composition and effectiveness and identify the capabilities the organization will need next.

Every recommendation we make supports one goal

Helping organizations build a more effective board that makes a company successful. 

That is what we do.

As Bryna Technologies began to realize significant business success, we recognized that our board needed to evolve as well. Joe Ayoub and Varuna Strategies took the time to understand our business and challenged us to think differently about the capabilities we truly needed in the boardroom.

 

The result was outstanding. With Joe’s help, we recruited two exceptional directors who filled critical gaps in our board, each making an immediate impact, one of them becoming board Chair less than a year after joining. Varuna didn’t simply help us recruit board members—it helped us build a stronger governance foundation that helped position Bryna for its next stage of growth. 

Bryan Ganz

former CEO Bryna Technologies