New Independent Directors Limited is a London, UK based business coaching company founded in 2006 by Martin Kendall. The company's mission is to develop and support the next generation of independent non-executive directors. The Combined Code on Corporate Governance called for both greater diversity on boards and for expanding the pool of potential non-executive directors. By means of a specalised framework and process, New Independent Directors Limited guides and prepares senior executives as they set out to achieve a non-executive role. The company has an Advisory Board, whose members comprise Bob Stack, a Non Executive Director of J Sainsbury plc and IMI plc, Stephen Schneider, the Managing Director of CPS - a top level coaching and mentoring practice, and Michelle Edkins, a Managing Director and Head of Corporate Governance in Europe for BlackRock.