LeishTon BoardGov^TM is a trademark of LeishTon Consulting & BoardGov Limited (LeishTon), a closely knit, privately-held and forward-thinking company offering consulting, research, training and corporate governance data solutions to its esteemed clients in Nigeria, other Anglophone West African countries and beyond. LeishTon operates from its office in Lagos. LeishTon BoardGov^TM’s primary aim is to provide its clients with a highly accurate and robust corporate governance and boardroom processes database that:

• Can be relied upon and used by academic and non-academic researchers to generate governance and boardroom processes data (GovData) for conducting research requiring corporate governance variables;
• Enables lecturers and students to access high quality corporate governance and boardroom processes data that are used widely in educational (academic) and non-educational institutions;
• Enables individuals in the private sector to engage in effective relationship capital management;
• Allows lecturers to demonstrate recent developments in corporate governance to students in several courses;
• Enables students to utilise corporate governance and boardroom processes data for high quality research projects, dissertations and/or theses, in various settings;
• Has the potential to enhance and enrich the education of students who are interested in corporate governance research; and
• Can make possible the creation of corporate governance related case studies through the utilisation of real world data.

LeishTon BoardGov^TM provides vast data on corporate governance and boardroom processes which are used primarily for research and relationship capital management purposes. In specific terms, it provides high quality data such as board size, board diversity, duality, number of board meetings, board structure, committees’ structure, external auditor, profit before tax (PBT), profit after tax (PAT), profit before interest, depreciation and amortisation (EBIDA), shareholders’ fund (SHF), total assets, total revenue (total earnings), earning per share (EPS), dividend per share (DPS), etc. The database contains in-depth and comprehensive profile of all directors of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) listed companies from 2001. It also contains historical and current profile of directors of all banks existing in Nigeria as at 2016 from 2001. The data are updated on a daily basis. The intention is to extend the data collection in the nearest future to all senior management employees of NSE listed companies and banks, rather than just board members, and to also extend the data collection to other non-listed companies on a sector/industry by sector/industry basis.

For Relationship Capital Management (RCM) purposes, LeishTon BoardGov^TM’s database can be a useful source for individual contacts and can open up opportunities for finding individual contacts. The database can also be used to identify potential candidates for senior management and board positions. Thus, the LeishTon BoardGov^TM database is a readily available platform and veritable tool for RCM.

The database will be appropriate for several faculties in academic institutions across Nigeria and beyond, including, but not limited to Business/Business Administration Faculty, Social Sciences Faculty, Law Faculty and Environmental Faculty. Research institutions, private institutions and public institutions in Nigeria, other Anglophone West African countries and beyond will find the LeishTon BoardGov^TM database and LeishTon GovData to be of utmost benefit.

LeishTon GovData is not industry specific nor was it designed for any particular industry. It has the potential to meet the corporate governance data needs of all industry. Thus, educational and academic institutions, research institutions, private institutions, public institutions and not-for-profit institutions can use LeishTon GovData generated from the LeishTon BoardGov^TM database to enhance decision making. Consultants, lawyers, investment advisors, corporate governance practitioners, solicitors and other professional who do not operate under any company platform or structure, will also find the LeishTon BoardGov^TM and LeishTon GovData very beneficial.     

LeishTon BoardGov^TM operates from Lagos, Nigeria, providing subscription-based solutions to educational/academic, research, private, public and not-for-profit institutions in Nigeria, West African countries and beyond.

LeishTon Data Analysts gather information from reliable sources only, verifying those information from multiple sources before entering the validated information into the database. Thus, data entered into the LeishTon BoardGov^TM database are of high quality, reliable and accurate.

We would also strive to deliver uninterrupted services. LeishTon believes that building a resilient database will guarantee its serve excellence objective.