BoardEx

BoardEx contains valuable information on 1.7 million corporate executives and board members from over 2.2 million organizations. Biographical data includes details such as age, gender, positions held, educational qualifications, compensation and stock holdings, as well as insights into the executive's professional network.

Use BoardEx to:

  • Access educational background, prior employment, and connections of directors and executives
  • Analyze the proportion of politically connected directors, using CEO-level controls such as age, gender, and experience
  • Extract executive stock option holdings

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Products

Description

Data Product Details


Title:

BoardEx - Europe

Product Code/Schema:

boardex_eur

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Data Specifications

Date Range:

1900-01-01 - 9999-12-31

Update Frequency:

Weekly

Total Size:

71.32 GiB

Data Last Updated:

Nov. 9, 2025, 5:30 p.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

  • cik
  • isin
  • ticker

Regions:

Europe

Concepts:

Compensation, ESG: Environmental, Social, Governance

Data Product Details


Title:

BoardEx - North America

Product Code/Schema:

boardex_na

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Data Specifications

Date Range:

1900-01-01 - 9999-12-31

Update Frequency:

Weekly

Total Size:

488.19 GiB

Data Last Updated:

Nov. 10, 2025, 2:17 a.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

  • cik
  • isin
  • ticker

Regions:

North America

Concepts:

Compensation, ESG: Environmental, Social, Governance

Data Product Details


Title:

BoardEx - Rest of World

Product Code/Schema:

boardex_row

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Data Specifications

Date Range:

1900-01-01 - 9999-12-31

Update Frequency:

Weekly

Total Size:

98.83 GiB

Data Last Updated:

Nov. 9, 2025, 4:19 p.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

  • cik
  • isin
  • ticker

Regions:

Global

Concepts:

Compensation, ESG: Environmental, Social, Governance

Data Product Details


Title:

BoardEx - UK

Product Code/Schema:

boardex_uk

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Data Specifications

Date Range:

1900-01-01 - 9999-12-31

Update Frequency:

Weekly

Total Size:

69.11 GiB

Data Last Updated:

Nov. 9, 2025, 6:38 p.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

  • cik
  • isin
  • ticker

Regions:

Europe

Concepts:

Compensation, ESG: Environmental, Social, Governance

Data Product Details


Title:

BoardEx Trial / Sample

Product Code/Schema:

boardex_trial

WRDS Overview
Data Dictionary

Data Specifications

Date Range:

1900-01-01 - 9999-12-31

Update Frequency:

N/A

Total Size:

168.8 MiB

Data Last Updated:

Jan. 7, 2025, 1:46 p.m.

Usage:


Niche Extensive

Content Summary

Identifiers:

  • cik
  • isin
  • ticker

Regions:

North America

Concepts:

Compensation, ESG: Environmental, Social, Governance

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