“…Work experience refers to the time spent in a work environment, learning new skills on the job gaining first-hand, real-world experience. Overtime, the concept of director experience has been extended through the measurement of external ties, such as multiple directorships (Otuya & Emiaso, 2022), intra-corporate experience, such as founder influence (Dergunova & Dolgopyatova, 2021), board tenure or employee representation (Faleye et al, 2013), and the specific experience of directors, such as managerial experience and age (Barroso et al, 2011).The link between board experience and organizational performance has produced mixed results. For instance, Tejerina-Gaite and Fernández-Temprano (2020) examined the influence of board experience on firm performance in a sample of Spanish listed companies for the period 2005-2015.…”