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A board appointment: the candidate’s profile built in 8 weeks

Search results were almost empty: three mentions in five years and an old interview with inaccurate figures. AI models knew nothing about the candidate.

ClientSenior executive, board candidate
TriggerVetting ahead of the appointment
CauseAn empty profile, inaccurate data
Timeline8 weeks
OutcomeAppointment approved
Top 10 before
Top 10 after
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Case cover for “A board appointment”: an atmospheric shot on the theme, with no faces or identifying details

The situation

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The moment the problem became visible: a letter from the bank, a pause in negotiations, an AI answer

The candidate was nominated to the board of a listed company. Before the vote came vetting: security, HR and, informally, the press.

There was no problem, but there was no profile either. A 20-year career had left three mentions online, one of them a 2016 interview with wrong figures for a previous company.

Main service in this caseDigital profile buildingA first page of search results for your name that works in your favour

What the audit found

  • 3 relevant mentions in 5 years
  • An old interview with inaccurate data as the first result
  • A business network profile not updated for 6 years
  • AI models answered “no data”
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Audit excerpt: search results for the name before the work, sensitive data blurred
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Excerpt from the risk map in the client report

What we did

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A working moment: documents, correspondence, a week-by-week plan
  1. Week 1

    Audit and positioning

    Agreed how the candidate should come across to the board and the press.

  2. Weeks 1–3

    Biography

    An official biography, photographs and updated profiles.

  3. Weeks 2–6

    Columns

    Three expert columns in trade media.

  4. Weeks 3–5

    Corrections

    The publication corrected the inaccuracies in the old interview.

  5. Weeks 4–8

    Reference sources

    Profiles in expert databases and industry directories.

The result

3 → 14relevant mentions in six months
3expert columns
experthow AI models now describe the candidate
8 wksto the vote
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Search results / AI answer / database record before the work
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The same view after the project
An empty profile in a senior role raises more questions than moderate negative content. The board needed to see a twenty-year career confirmed.Estena’s position

What we did not do

  • We published nothing before it was cleared with the company’s press office
  • We did not manufacture “artificial” visibility

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