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About Us

Results focused, professional services business that shares knowledge collegiately to support our clients' success. 

Our Company

Independent Directors & Trustees Limited (IDT) is a team of individuals with experience of acting at a senior level across organisations, including as independent directors and trustees. With diverse experience across a variety of sectors, organisations and UK legal entities, our directors and trustees provide an invaluable source of collective knowledge to benefit your business.

Our current and former sector experience across our team includes: architecture, construction, consultancy, education, financial services, investment management, life sciences, manufacturing, marketing, professional services, property and real estate, regulated services, renewable energy, retail, service sectors, technology, the armed forces, trust corporations, utilities and many more. 

We enhance the skills already available in your organisation to broaden discussions, focus on deliverables and ensure that your company has the best foundation in place to create success. We are a results focused, professional services business that has respect and integrity at the centre of everything we do. Backed by knowledge, training and expertise, we work with clients and their advisers to deliver solutions for business success.

We work with companies and their advisers at leadership, executive and board level on tailored solutions to ensure an organisation has an effective governance framework to support its goals, initiatives and drive for success.

Our Founder - Sue Lawrence


Sue set up IDT in 2018 following a career in professional services during which she trained as a Chartered Director and was appointed to a number of client company boards.


She had a rapid introduction to the world of employee ownership having utilised her experience of heading trust companies, and leading a global product development team, to implement a new employee ownership trust for a client in Hertfordshire.


Sue acts as a board director, an independent trustee and an EO Pathway lead, as well as continuing to share her knowledge in books, articles, knowledge sharing sessions and workshops particularly on the topics of good governance, the role of the director, organisational design and leadership. 

How We Work


Our services are delivered by professionals accustomed to acting at board level and open to sharing their experience both formally and informally as directors and trustees.


Your contract is with IDT, through which you appoint a named director or trustee, or engage with us to provide associated services, such as our EO Pathway. Under the same contract you can draw on the expertise and knowledge of the full team, appointing individuals to additional roles or projects as, when and if you have further requirements. 


Equally, our team members benefit from the shared experience of their colleagues, as well as the administrative support and legal framework provided by IDT.


Why Choose Us


We are a professional service firm, not a recruitment firm. You contract with us to provide services that are tailored to your needs so they will evolve to meet your changing requirements.


Our close collaboration with our clients ensures we fully benefit from each other's knowledge and expertise to achieve the best results. It's the underlying ethos of our business and services



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