Events Partnership & Sponsorship · 2026 / 2027

Conversations that create opportunity.

We curate the rooms where founders, investors, NEDs, Chairs and senior decision-makers shape the conversations around growth, governance and exit. Partner with us to be at the centre of them.

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30,000+ NEDs, Chairs and Board Advisors

60,000+ UK boardrooms connected

400+ PE and VC funds engaged

Panel discussions and executive roundtables Private dining and networking receptions Webinars and virtual events nationwide

Senior leaders at a VirtualNonExecs private dining experience

Private dining · Executive receptions

The room is the message.

Candlelit dinners, executive receptions and intimate roundtables in exceptional settings. The environments where senior relationships and real commercial trust are built.

A track record of delivering high-value events

The value to your brand.

VirtualNonExecs creates events that bring the right people together, around the right topics, in the right environments. The kind of conversations that lead to real opportunities.

Engage senior decision-makers

Connect directly with founders, investors, NEDs, Chairs and senior leaders who are actively shaping the future of business.

Align with relevant topics

Associate your brand with conversations around growth, governance, investment and exit that matter to your audience.

Raise your profile

Increase brand visibility and thought leadership through speaking opportunities, panels and curated content.

Drive lasting impact

Build relationships that go beyond the event and create opportunities that continue long after the day.

Event formats

Designed for meaningful connections.

We curate events that bring the right people together, around the right topics, in the right environments. Conversations that lead to real opportunities.

Panel discussions

Expert-led panels exploring the issues shaping growth, governance and investment.

Executive roundtables

Private, invitation-only discussions that encourage candid peer insight and decision-maker collaboration.

Private dining experiences

Intimate dinners in exceptional settings that foster deep relationships and trust.

Executive networking receptions

Curated networking events that connect senior leaders and create commercial introductions.

Webinars and virtual events

High-impact digital events that extend reach and engage audiences nationwide.

Senior leaders at a VirtualNonExecs executive networking reception

Partnership opportunities

Partnerships that deliver real value.

We work with a select number of partners each year to create meaningful conversations, valuable introductions and lasting commercial relationships.

Thought leadership

Position your brand at the centre of board-level conversations through curated discussions, speaker opportunities and strategic content.

Curated audience access

Connect with carefully selected founders, investors, NEDs, Chairs and senior decision-makers relevant to your objectives.

Bespoke event experiences

Executive dinners, roundtables, panel discussions and networking events designed around your goals and audience.

End-to-end delivery

Venue sourcing, audience development, speaker management, event facilitation and guest experience handled seamlessly.

Strategic introductions

Meaningful connections and relationship-building opportunities that continue well beyond the event itself.

The quality of the audience and the level of discussion at VirtualNonExecs events is exceptional. We have had valuable conversations and made introductions that have led to real opportunities.

Event Partner

Selected event partnerships

Trusted by leading firms, investors and advisers.

We partner with professional services firms, investors and advisers to deliver events that spark meaningful conversations and create real commercial impact. A few of the organisations we have had the privilege to work with.

NatWest Accelerator

How to scale internationally

Board-level discussion exploring international expansion, governance and growth.

Eversheds Sutherland

From founder-led to board-led

Helping founders navigate leadership, governance and sustainable growth.

Briars Group

Preparing portfolio companies for global growth and exit

Bringing together investors, advisers and portfolio leaders to discuss value creation and exit readiness.

Our wider network

Organisations we’ve worked with.

A selection of the brands, firms and institutions we’ve partnered with across our events and programmes.

Case study

One private dinner. Thirty billion in the room.

How one relationship grew from a board-level hire into a private dinner that put thirty billion of net worth in the room.

Private dinner · Listed PLC client

£30bn+

of combined net worth in one room, assembled within two weeks.

A publicly listed company first came to us to hire. Through our ecosystem they appointed a Non-Executive Director who went on to become Chief Executive Officer. As their journey continued, we curated a private dinner for them, assembling a room with combined net worth in excess of £30bn within two weeks. One partnership, working in harmony from the boardroom to the dinner table.

Publicly listed PLC Client name withheld

Ian and his team helped us identify and hire a NED who was later appointed CEO. Their events team are world class, and I have never known a network like it.

Chief Strategy Officer Publicly listed PLC · name withheld

The appointment Non-Executive Director, then CEO Introduced via VNXD · name withheld

Partner journeys

Known in the room, long before the deal.

The most valuable relationships start years before a transaction. Through the Operator Network, our sponsors reach the boards our members advise: thousands of pre-deal companies, long before they raise, sell or list. Here is how advisory firms and growth businesses turn that visibility into brand, capital and M&A.

Operator Network · our flagship product

Thousands of pre-deal boards, at your fingertips.

Our members hold non-executive and advisory seats across more than 50,000 UK boardrooms. The Operator Network puts those boards within reach of our sponsors, by virtue of the operators who advise them, so you are known to a company long before it raises, sells or lists.

50,000+

UK boardrooms within reach of sponsors

Pre-deal

visibility, years before the transaction

01 Build brand

Mid-market corporate finance boutique

Known before the mandate.

The firm used VNXD Monthly and the Operator Network to stay visible across the boards our members advise. By the time founders were choosing an adviser for their exit, the firm was already the familiar name, and the work came inbound.

VNXD Monthly · Operator Network Inbound mandates, no pitch

02 Raise capital

B2B SaaS scale-up

Warm before the raise.

Ahead of a growth round, the team hosted a private dinner and a full-network webinar to build real relationships with investing directors. When the raise opened the conversations were already live, and it closed oversubscribed, led by an investor first met at the table.

Private dinner · Full-network webinar Oversubscribed growth round

03 Originate M&A

Healthcare M&A advisory

Proprietary, not auctioned.

Through the Operator Network, the firm saw founders weighing succession across the boards our members advise, then deepened those relationships at roundtables. They became off-market mandates the firm originated itself, long before any sale process began.

Operator Network · M&A platform licence Off-market origination

04 Build brand

Consumer SME, pre-IPO

Knew them before the bell.

Eighteen months of webinars and dinners meant investors and advisers understood the story well before the prospectus landed. The listing opened to a familiar, supportive register rather than a cold market.

Webinars · Private dinners Warm register at IPO

05 Raise capital

North West manufacturing group

Met the buyer years early.

The owners met PE-backed chairs and investing directors across our events long before they were ready to sell. When the time came the eventual acquirer was already a known quantity, with trust in place, and the exit completed at a premium.

Private dinners · Roundtables Premium exit to PE

06 Originate M&A

Buy-and-build platform

A pipeline of founder-led targets.

Through the Operator Network, the platform reached founder-led firms and the NEDs who chair them, starting conversations long before any owner was ready to move. When intentions changed, they were first to know, and several bolt-ons were sourced entirely through the network.

M&A platform licence · Roundtables Multiple bolt-ons sourced

Boardroom Diaries · 2026 / 2027

Key themes for the year ahead.

Our annual programme is built around the issues that matter most to boards and leadership teams. Each session is designed to challenge thinking, share practical insight and drive meaningful conversations.

July 2026

Planning for exit

Preparing businesses and boards for a sale, IPO or succession.

Sept 2026

Succession and leadership transition

Founder succession, NED and MD, and next-gen leadership.

Oct 2026

Talent, culture and the board's role

New-state patterns, culture, succession and people strategy.

Nov 2026

The future board

AI, diversity and the next generation of non-executive directors.

Feb 2027

Private capital and family offices

How private wealth is reshaping mid-market investment.

Mar 2027

Risk, regulation and governance

Navigating compliance, macro, cyber risk and geopolitical issues.

Apr 2027

ESG and impact at board level

Building sustainable, responsible and attractive businesses.

A unique demographic

The most targeted boardroom audience in the UK.

This is not broad reach for its own sake. Our members sit inside the decisions that matter, advising on capital, supplier choices and growth across 50,000+ UK boardrooms. Partner with us and you are speaking to the people who shape what their businesses buy and back.

10,000+

members have executed or advised on private equity, venture capital and family-office transactions.

£650m+

in active deployable funds across our community of investing directors.

1,000+

networking events hosted since 2019, building trusted board-level relationships.

Every sector

Sector-agnostic depth across technology, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, consumer and beyond.

Just some of the funds our members have advised