Case Study: Stowe Family Law achieves focused, high-value board conversations with Board Intelligence

Empowering the Board to add value through Board Conversations

Stowe Family Law, the UK’s largest specialist family law firm backed by Livingbridge, faced governance friction as it set ambitious three-year growth targets: its board was repeatedly drawn into operational “weeds,” similar discussions were happening across forums, the executive team wasn’t sure how best to leverage board expertise, and the CFO carried the heavy administrative burden of planning meetings and assembling board packs. To address this, Stowe engaged Board Intelligence and adopted Board Intelligence’s Agenda Planner, Briefing, Templates and Academy to redesign agenda planning and board reporting.

Board Intelligence’s consultants worked with Stowe to define the board’s 12–18 month priorities, implement a forward agenda calendar, apply agenda analytics, introduce structured report briefings and train the executive team in high‑impact reporting via the Academy. Stowe reports the CFO now spends less time planning meetings and chasing papers, the board has clearer priorities and contributes more strategically, and investor relationships and board/executive dynamics have noticeably improved — outcomes Stowe attributes directly to Board Intelligence.

Stowe Family Law

Ken Fowlie

Chairman