Version 2026-09-28 · Effective 29 September 2026
These terms apply to you if you join Boardly as a candidate for Chair, Non-Executive Director, Board Advisor or Fractional Leader roles. If you are using Boardly to hire for a company, the Terms for Companies apply instead.
The key terms in plain English
This summary is part of these terms. If anything in it conflicts with the numbered clauses below, the numbered clauses apply.
Finding you roles is free, always. We never charge you for introductions, and we never take anything from what a company pays you. Companies pay us.
You are free to work with anyone. Nothing in these terms stops you taking any role, through us or not, and you never have to tell us who you work for.
We put you forward only for roles you are open to. You can say “not for me” to any role, ask us to pause your profile, or leave Boardly at any time.
We share your profile only to find you roles. We never share it with your current employer without your permission.
Veronica calls are transcribed, not recorded. Veronica is an AI voice agent, not a person. We ask for your agreement before every call, and the call is optional.
Keep what companies tell you confidential.
1. About these terms
1.1 These terms are a contract between you and Boardly Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with company number 15136616, whose registered office is at 1st Floor, Gallery Court, 28 Arcadia Avenue, London N3 2FG (“Boardly”, “we”, “us”).
1.2 You accept these terms when you tick the box that says you agree to them, when you apply to join or when you sign in.
1.3 Boardly acts as an employment agency within the meaning of the Employment Agencies Act 1973. We find board and fractional roles for our candidates and introduce them to companies. We do not employ you, and any role you take is agreed directly between you (or your own company) and the hiring company.
1.4 Our Privacy Policy, AI Consent Statement and Code of Conduct also apply to your use of Boardly.
2. Boardly is free for you
2.1 We do not charge candidates any fee, for anything, and we never will under these terms.
2.2 Companies pay Boardly a fee when they appoint someone we introduced. That fee is paid by the company to us. It is never deducted from, and does not depend on, what the company pays you. We never hold, handle or pay money owed to you.
2.3 You never need to buy anything, from us or from anyone else, to use Boardly or to be introduced to a role. If we ever offer an optional paid product, whether you buy it will make no difference to the roles we introduce you to.
3. Joining Boardly
3.1 Boardly is a curated network. We review every application and decide whether to accept it. We may decline an application without giving a detailed reason.
3.2 You must be at least 18 to join. You must sign in with your own LinkedIn account (or another sign-in method we offer), and you must keep your account secure.
3.3 Everything you tell us, and everything in your CV and profile, must be true and accurate when you give it to us, including your career history, board experience, qualifications and any regulatory approvals you hold. You can update your profile at any time. Keeping it up to date is your choice, and you never have to tell us about a role you take.
4. Your profile and Board CV
4.1 We build your Board CV from what you give us, including your LinkedIn profile, your CV and, if you choose to have one, your call with Veronica. We use software, including AI, to draft it. You can review and edit it at any time, and you are responsible for checking that it is accurate before it is shown to companies.
4.2 You give Boardly permission to store, adapt and use your profile, Board CV and call transcripts to match you to roles, to present you to companies, and to improve our service, for as long as your account is open and for the retention periods in our Privacy Policy.
4.3 We never show companies your photograph or your fee expectations. A company sees your email address only when we send an introduction email to you both. Our Privacy Policy explains what companies see and when.
4.4 If you add endorsements, you confirm that the people you name are happy for you to give us their details. We will email them to ask them to confirm, change or decline what you have attributed to them, and we will show an endorsement only if they confirm it.
5. Calls with Veronica
5.1 Veronica is Boardly’s AI voice agent. She is not a person. Before every call, a screen tells you that the call will be transcribed as you speak, and the call starts only when you confirm you are happy to go ahead.
5.2 A call with Veronica is optional. You can join Boardly and be matched to roles without one, although a call usually helps us understand what you are looking for.
5.3 Our AI Consent Statement explains how calls are transcribed and used, and how to ask us to delete a transcript.
6. How introductions work
6.1 We match candidates to roles using software, including AI, and our own judgement. People at Boardly review every shortlist before it is released to a company. Being matched or not being matched to a particular role is not a judgement on you, and you can ask us about any decision under our AI Consent Statement.
6.2 By setting your role preferences and making your profile available for matching, you confirm that you are willing to be put forward for roles that fit those preferences. We will only put you forward for roles that fit them. When a role you have been matched to opens, we will tell you about it and show you the company’s brief, and you can tell us it is not for you. If you tell us before the company reveals its shortlist, we will not show the company your name. Whenever you tell us, we will not send an introduction email for that role. You can also ask us to pause your profile, and we will not put you forward while it is paused.
6.3 When a company chooses to be introduced to you, we will send an introduction email to you and the company. From then on, you deal with the company directly.
6.4 When we tell you about a role under clause 6.2, and in any case before we send an introduction email for it, we will give you the information we have about the role, including the company and its business, the role and where it is based, the expected start date and likely duration, the time commitment, the experience or approvals it needs, any pay, equity, benefits and expenses on offer and how often pay is made, the notice period, and any health and safety risks the company has told us about. If we give you any of this by phone or video call, we will confirm it in writing within 3 working days.
6.5 If a role would require you to meet legal or professional requirements, such as approval by a financial regulator, we will take reasonable steps to make sure you know about them.
6.6 We do not promise that you will be matched, introduced or appointed to any role.
7. You are free to work with anyone
7.1 You can take any role with any company, whether we introduced you or not. Nothing in these terms restricts you.
7.2 You never have to tell us who you work for, now or in the future. If you are appointed to a role we introduced, we may ask you to confirm it, but replying is up to you, and choosing not to reply will not affect how we treat you.
7.3 You can say “not for me” to a role, ask us to pause your profile, or close your account at any time, and there is no penalty or loss of any kind for doing so.
8. Keeping your information confidential
8.1 We share your profile and Board CV with companies only to find you roles, as described in our Privacy Policy. Companies agree in their terms to keep what they see about you confidential, to use it only to consider you for the role, not to contact your current employer, colleagues or referees without your agreement, and to delete it when their search closes, or 12 months after the introduction if that is sooner, unless they appoint you or the law requires them to keep it.
8.2 We will never share your information with your current employer, or with any company where we have reason to think it would reach your current employer, without your permission. Giving that permission is never a condition of using Boardly.
8.3 Companies share confidential information in their briefs and in conversations with you, such as their plans, finances and board matters. You must keep it confidential and use it only to decide whether to pursue the role. Some of it may be inside information about a listed company or its investors, and you must not deal in securities on the basis of it.
9. Your conduct
9.1 You must follow our Code of Conduct, including being honest with companies and telling them about any conflicts of interest.
9.2 We may pause or remove your profile, or close your account, if you break these terms or the Code of Conduct, if you give us false information, or if we reasonably believe your membership could harm Boardly, a company or another candidate. We will tell you why, unless the law prevents us. We will never do any of these things because you took a role, whether or not through us, or because you did not tell us about one.
10. If you work through your own company
10.1 If you provide your services through your own limited company, the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 apply to your company as well as to you.
10.2 You and your company can choose to opt out of those Regulations for your company by giving us written notice, signed for your company, before we introduce you to a role. Opting out is entirely your choice and is never a condition of using Boardly. If you opt out, we will tell the hiring company before we introduce you. You can withdraw an opt-out at any time by telling us in writing.
11. Our responsibility
11.1 We will provide our service with reasonable care and skill.
11.2 We are not responsible for what a company does or does not do, including whether it appoints you, the terms it offers you, or how it treats you. You should take your own advice before accepting any role, including on the terms of your appointment, your duties as a director, and insurance.
11.3 Nothing in these terms limits or excludes liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for anything else the law does not allow to be limited or excluded, and nothing affects your legal rights. Otherwise, because our service to you is free and we cannot promise any outcome, we are not liable for any loss of income, opportunity or business, or for any loss that was not reasonably foreseeable when you joined. This does not limit our responsibility if we break clause 8.2 or data protection law.
12. Changes to these terms
12.1 We may update these terms. We will email you before a change takes effect and may ask you to accept the new version when you next sign in. If you do not want to accept a change, you can close your account.
13. Other important terms
13.1 Notices. We will send notices to the email address on your account. You can contact us at hello@joinboardly.com.
13.2 Electronic records. You agree that these terms, your acceptance of them and any notice under them may be made, given and kept electronically.
13.3 Transfer. We may transfer our rights and obligations under these terms to a company that takes over our business.
13.4 Third parties. No one other than you and Boardly has any right to enforce these terms.
13.5 Severance. If a court decides that part of these terms cannot be enforced, the rest remains in force.
13.6 Law and courts. These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction. If you live in Scotland or Northern Ireland, you may also bring proceedings in your local courts.
Boardly Limited, company number 15136616. Registered office: 1st Floor, Gallery Court, 28 Arcadia Avenue, London N3 2FG. Contact: hello@joinboardly.com.