Maximising your LinkedIn Presence to Unlock Greater Boardroom Exposure

With

David Fernandez

CEO & Co-Founder - The Virtual Advisory Board (VAB)
13th of August 2025 at 13:00 - 14:00 (GMT+1)
Via Zoom
Free

About

This Webinar

The webinar will explore how to elevate your LinkedIn presence to unlock boardroom opportunities.

Attendees will learn how to assess board readiness, craft compelling board documents, and optimize their LinkedIn for visibility and engagement.

The session, led by David Fernandez, includes practical tips on personal branding, and networking strategies. Participants will also receive access to tools, templates, and AI prompts to enhance their profiles. 

What You’ll Learn:

  • A clear action plan to assess and boost board readiness, including personal branding and career positioning.
  • An optimized LinkedIn profile tailored for board and advisory roles, aligned with recruiter algorithms and visibility best practices.
  • Polished board documents like Board Bios to confidently present your value in networking and interviews.
  • Access to exclusive tools and templates, including AI-powered prompts, profile examples, and strategic outreach messages.
  • Improved networking strategies to connect with decision-makers and uncover hidden board opportunities through LinkedIn and beyond.

This session is ideal for professionals aiming to strengthen their board candidacy and position themselves for advisory and governance roles. 

This Speaker

David is a Mexican entrepreneur, globetrotter and self-described “Facilitator & Connector” specialising in Board and Non-Executive Director (NED) appointments. Currently, he is building his skills in the space of head-hunter and recruitment services for governance and advisory boards. In 2020, he co-founded an organisation called the Virtual Advisory Board (VAB): a global community that he has helped grow to over 1,100 members across 80 countries that connects CEOs, presidents, investors and experts as they develop their strategies for board design and pursuit of their personal journeys to serve in board director and/or NED roles. He is passionate about supporting and empowering leaders to become stronger board candidates and finds real joy in creating meaningful connections internationally across venture capital outfits, private equity, start-ups, scale-ups, family offices, as well as private and public enterprises. His professional journey includes leadership roles in e-commerce start-ups and multinational corporations such as Cadbury (now Mondelēz International), Groupon and Vend (now Lightspeed). David is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and English, with additional skills in Japanese and French, and has lived unforgettable experiences in countries like Singapore, Brazil and the UK.

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