A standing panel of experts on call when you need them

Why a standing panel

Product teams, strategy units and investors often have a steady flow of smaller questions: a quick reaction to a feature idea, a view on a competitor's announcement, a check on how a new rule is landing with customers. Each question on its own may not justify a full recruitment project.

A standing panel solves this by recruiting a group of experts once, agreeing terms with them upfront and keeping them engaged over a defined period. You can then send short questions, schedule calls or run small group sessions without waiting for a new search each time.

In our experience, the panel works best when it has a clear purpose and a realistic rhythm of contact, so members stay interested without feeling overused.

Designing the panel

We start with the questions you expect to ask over the next six to twelve months and work back to the profiles you need. A typical design conversation covers:

• Composition: which roles, sectors and countries need to be represented.
• Size: enough members to cover topics and absences, but small enough to stay engaged.
• Formats: calls, written responses, short surveys or occasional workshops.
• Terms: confidentiality, honoraria and how often members can expect to hear from you.

Local recruiters then approach and onboard members in each market, explaining the commitment clearly in their own language.

Keeping the panel healthy

People change jobs, priorities shift and some members turn out to be more useful than others. Your account manager reviews the panel with you at agreed intervals, retires members who no longer fit and recruits replacements so coverage stays complete.

Compliance checks are repeated when a member's situation changes, for example after a move to a new employer. Each member's consent and confidentiality terms are kept on record, and we make sure everyone is paid promptly for the time they give.

Because everything runs through one contract and one invoice, the panel is straightforward to budget for, and adding a one-off recruitment for a question outside the panel's scope is equally simple.