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PROBLEM

Board Succession Hasn’t Kept Up With Modern Governance

Boards are expected to be forward-looking, diverse, and strategically aligned - yet succession planning is still handled within formal networks, static lists, and reactive searches.

In a world of accelerating change, this approach no longer holds.
Reactive Appointments Create Strategic Risk
Board changes rarely happen at a convenient time:
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Without a prepared pipeline, boards are forced into last-minute decisions - optimizing for availability rather than long-term fit. Modern governance requires anticipation, not urgency.
Networks Alone Are No Longer Enough
Traditional board recruitment relies heavily on:
Personal connections
Known candidates
Repeated shortlists
This narrows perspective and slows progress toward:
Skill diversification
Gender and background diversity
Future-oriented leadership profiles
Many highly qualified future board members are open to opportunities - but prefer discretion, relevance, and purpose over visibility.
Succession Planning Is Treated as an Event, Not a System
Boards know what capabilities they will need:
Digital and transformation expertise
Industry or regulatory insight
International and cross-sector experience
Yet most nomination committees lack aliving succession framework aligned to:
Specific board roles
Future timelines
Strategic priorities
Each appointment resets the process - instead of building on it.

Modern governance requires a new approach to board succession.

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SOLUTION

A New Standard for Board Succession Planning

RecoTree is a digital platform built for modern boards that want to plan succession proactively, confidentially, and strategically.

Instead of reacting to vacancies, RecoTree enables chairmen and nomination committees to build and maintain a living pipeline of future board members, aligned with the organization’s long-term direction.

‍Succession planning becomes an ongoing capability - not a one-off exercise.
Proactive Board Readiness
Build succession plans for specific board roles well in advance, based on: required expertise, strategic priorities and future timelines.

You are prepared long before a seat becomes vacant.
Targeted, Role-Specific Pipelines
Create pipelines for individual board positions - not generic candidate lists.

Each succession plan reflects the real needs of the board, today and tomorrow.
Confidential & Professional Engagement
Candidates participate discreetly.

Boards explore options without public signals or informal outreach.

The process remains respectful, controlled, and professional on both sides.
Sustainable Governance Infrastructure
Instead of restarting with every appointment, RecoTree allows boards to build institutional knowledge over time - reducing effort, dependency, and cost.

Succession planning compounds.
HOW IT WORKS
For Nomination Committees
For Board Candidates

For Nomination Committees

1
Define Your Succession Needs
Identify upcoming board roles based on skill requirements, strategic direction and expected timing.
RecoTree structures succession planning aroundroles, not individuals.
2
Build a Confidential Candidate Pipeline
Access a pool of qualified board candidates who have created professional profiles, defined their interests and experience and opted into confidential succession planning.
Candidates are included only where there is strategic fit.
3
Maintain a Living Succession Plan
Your pipeline evolves over time profiles stay up to date, Board needs change and future readiness improves continuously.
Succession planning becomes dynamic, not static.
4
Engage at the Right Moment
When the timing is right, you can confidentially reach out to selected candidates - without urgency, intermediaries, or noise.
Decisions are informed, deliberate, and aligned.

For Board Candidates

1
Create a Professional Profile
Candidates register and upload their CV or LinkedIn profile.
The process takes less than 10 minutes.
2
Position Yourself Confidentially
Candidates define areas of expertise, board interests and availability for future roles.
Visibility is purposeful and discreet, not public or promotional.
3
Be Considered - Without Active Searching
Candidates can see when they are included in succession plans - without networking pressure or self-promotion.
Connection happens when relevance and timing align.

Governance Is Evolving.
Succession Should Too.

Boards that plan ahead:
Make better decisions
Broaden perspectives
Protect continuity
Reduce risk
RecoTree provides the structure to do this - professionally and sustainably.
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ABOUT RECOTREE

Built From Experience. Designed for the Future of Governance.

RecoTree was founded in 2024 in Zurich by Oliver Berger, bringing nearly two decades of experience in executive search at both national and international levels.
Throughout his career, Oliver worked closely with boards of directors, chairmen, and nomination committees - supporting the identification and appointment of senior leaders and board members.
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Over time, one structural challenge became clear:
Board succession planning was too often reactive, repetitive, and dependent on last-minute mandates.
While executive search remains valuable in specific situations, boards lacked a sustainable, continuous framework to prepare for future transitions.
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RecoTree was created to provide that framework.
The objective is not disruption for its own sake - but strengthening governance through proactive, confidential, and structured succession planning.

Strong boards are built deliberately. Succession planning should not begin when a vacancy appears - it should already be in place.

Oliver Berger
CEO
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Recotree GmbH
Headquarter
‍Bahnhofstrasse 37

8001 Zürich

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info@recotree.com
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