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Define the mandate before the appointment

What must this seat be able to do?

A founder-led review of the role: its scope, authority, reporting line, resources, and intended results. Put the assumptions into a written mandate before comparing people against it.

Manual role review · delivered by the Ros founder

You have 12 months to start the seat and download reports. This purchase does not include an Appointment File.

The Appointment File stays open through the mandate term plus 90 days. You have 12 months to start the seat and download reports.

Full refund before kickoff, or within 7 days if work has not started. After delivery, one free revision within 14 days.

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Talk through a seat

For boards and PE operating partners defining an executive seat

The work

What you leave with.

01

A written mandate

Describe why the role exists, what it must deliver, and which decisions the executive is expected to own.

02

Dependencies made explicit

Review the reporting line, authority, team, budget, access, and timeline that the mandate depends on.

03

Questions for diligence

Prepare questions for the company and prospective executive, separating agreed facts from assumptions that still need answers.

The question to bring

Which assumption about this seat needs testing?

A mandate that names its dependencies gives the board and company a more concrete basis for diligence.

The next step

Start with one.

  1. 01

    Bring the role context

    Share the role brief, intended outcomes, and the decisions or constraints already under discussion.

  2. 02

    Review with the founder

    Work through the seat design and identify where responsibility, authority, or resources need clarification.

  3. 03

    Agree the next record

    Review the written mandate and decide which terms should carry into an Appointment File when a hire is enrolled.

Before we begin

A few practical questions.

Is this an automated analysis of a role brief?

This offer is a founder-led manual review. We agree the inputs and scope together, then review the written work with you.

Can we start while our CEO is covering the CFO seat?

Yes. The manual review begins with the role and company context, so you do not need to have chosen an executive. We can examine which finance responsibilities, decision rights, and resources the seat needs.

Does it become an Appointment File automatically?

We review and carry over the agreed terms during founder-assisted setup. The current Appointment File starts from an enrolled hire; it is not automatically generated from this review.

Seat Analysis

Bring the seat you have in mind.

Start with a conversation about one seat. Inputs, scope, and the review process are agreed before work begins; appointment decisions remain with the people responsible for them.

Talk through a seatNext, explore the Appointment File for an enrolled hire