In 1994, founders Brian Henry and Kiri Borg recognized a critical gap in how boardrooms operated: directors were drowning in paper and struggling to collaborate securely. They launched Manhattan Creative Partners (MCP) with a simple yet transformative idea - bring secure, digital collaboration to the boardroom. This insight sparked a revolution that would become Diligent Corporation. What started as a solution to streamline board materials evolved into something far greater as they realized the true need wasn't just document sharing, but comprehensive governance, risk, and compliance management.
Nearly 30 years later, that founding vision has transformed how organizations worldwide approach governance. Diligent has grown through strategic innovation and acquisitions to become the leading AI-powered GRC platform, serving over 1 million users across 130 countries. Today, 75% of the Fortune 500 trust Diligent to centralize their governance activities and provide the clarity they need to make decisions with confidence. From those early days of digitizing board packs to now powering comprehensive risk and compliance platforms with cutting-edge AI, Diligent has remained true to its founding purpose: empowering transformational leaders to build more successful, equitable, and sustainable organizations through better governance.