Where board-level conversations happen.
Executive Coaching & Private Club for Non-Executive Directors
Where board-level conversations happen.
Executive Coaching & Private Club for Non-Executive Directors
About Pivt Exec
Our Expertise
Pivt Exec brings together over 50 years of combined experience across the executive and Non-Executive landscape. Our background spans executive leadership, board advisory, governance guidance, accredited coaching, mentoring, and executive search. We understand how board appointments are secured, how portfolios are built, and how senior leaders sustain performance under scrutiny, all while focusing on transforming business strategies.
Our work covers:
- Executive and Non-Executive career guidance
- Accredited executive coaching
- Board and leadership mentoring
- Executive search and headhunting
- Strategic positioning for portfolio careers
This breadth of experience allows us to support leaders from multiple angles, developmental, strategic, and commercial, rather than through a single lens.
Our Approach
At Pivt Exec, we prioritise quality over volume.
We work with a carefully selected group of senior leaders and Non-Executive Directors, creating a space for meaningful conversations, trusted challenge, and real support.
Our approach is grounded in real-world leadership experience, not theory, combining military and commercial insight to ensure everything is practical, relevant, and actionable.
We take a long-term, personal view, focusing on individual goals rather than transactional outcomes.
Through coaching, mentoring, and a curated network, we provide access to what matters, the right people, the right conversations, and the right opportunities.
Our Team
Pivt Exec is powered by seven experienced professionals drawn from executive leadership, accredited coaching, executive search, and non-executive portfolios, all dedicated to business strategy consulting. Our team includes leadership and executive coaches, executive headhunters, and practising NEDs. Each brings deep experience from both military and commercial environments, offering practical insight rather than theoretical perspective, which is essential for transforming business strategies.
With diverse backgrounds and complementary expertise, we bring a broad range of viewpoints to every engagement, ensuring considered challenge, balanced thinking, and outcomes that withstand board-level scrutiny.
Meet Our Coaches
Dave Marshall - Leadership Coach
Dave is a Chartered Manager and ILM Level 7 Executive Coach with over 20 years of service as an RAF Engineering Officer, followed by senior corporate leadership roles, including PMO leadership at John Crane. His extensive experience in business strategy consulting spans strategic planning, complex project delivery, stakeholder engagement, and people development across high-pressure environments.
PRINCE2-trained and NEBOSH-qualified, he brings structured rigor alongside a practical, people-centered coaching style. Dave works with individuals and teams to strengthen self-awareness, communication, and leadership impact, effectively transforming business strategies to translate reflection into measurable behavioral change and sustainable performance improvement.
Dave Tait MBE - Executive Leadership Coach and Mentor
Dave is a former Air Commodore with 35 years of service in the Royal Air Force, culminating in senior leadership at the Ministry of Defence Head Office where he oversaw training, education, recruiting, and resettlement for 150,000 personnel. His extensive experience spans operations, strategy, transformation, and large-scale organisational leadership, making him an expert in business strategy consulting.
Now an accredited Level 7 executive coach, EMCC Senior Practitioner, and Chartered CIPD member, Dave works with senior leaders navigating complexity and transition. By blending strategic rigour with emotional intelligence, he creates space for clear thinking, purposeful challenge, and meaningful development, both in the boardroom and beyond.
Andrew Masterson Assoc. CIPD, MIoL - Executive Coach and Mentor
Andrew is a former senior British Army officer who has led large, multi-disciplinary teams in complex, high-pressure environments at both strategic and operational levels. Following his military career, he transitioned into executive leadership and organisational development, becoming a Level 7 certified coach and Learning and Development Manager.
Andrew works with senior leaders, founders, and executive teams to navigate growth and transformation. His approach is structured, disciplined, and grounded in lived leadership experience, combining clear challenge with psychological safety to drive behavioural change, sharper decision-making, and stronger strategic alignment.
Our Mentoring Services
Our mentoring is designed for leaders who are serious about moving into, or progressing within, Non-Executive roles.
This is structured, experience-led support focused on helping you position yourself correctly, access the right opportunities, and maintain momentum throughout the process.
Positioning and Direction
Clarify why you want to become an NED, what roles are right for you, and where to focus your time and energy.
NED Branding
A professionally written NED CV and LinkedIn profile, designed to position you effectively for the roles you want.
Finding Hidden Opportunities
Guidance on who to approach, what to say, and how to build visibility in a credible, natural way.
Accountability and Momentum
Regular check-ins to maintain focus, consistency, and progress throughout your journey.
Network Access
Access to real NED opportunities through a trusted network built over 20 years in executive and NED recruitment.
Peer Support
A small, high-quality group of like-minded individuals to share insight, opportunities, and keep each other moving forward.
You leave with clarity, credibility, and access, fully prepared to secure and succeed in your first or next Non-Executive role.
Introducing NED100
A Private Club for Aspiring Non-Executive Directors.
NED100 is a private, invite-only club designed for leaders serious about securing their first or next non-executive director role. Unlike large networks where building meaningful connections can be challenging, NED100 gathers a carefully selected group of just 100 aspiring NEDs focused on transforming business strategies and actively developing their board careers.
Membership is free, but entry is selective, requiring applicants to demonstrate a credible pathway towards board-level roles.
Inside the club, members have access to focused boardroom discussions, guest speakers, governance insights, and curated introductions that help them better understand how boards operate and how to position themselves effectively. The aim is simple, to create a credible environment where aspiring NEDs can learn, connect, and move closer to their first or next board appointment.
Free Strategy Call
An informal conversation to discuss your current position, future ambitions and how Pivt Exec may support your next stage.