Executive search
Confidential searches for directors, vice presidents and C-suite leaders. Senior recruiters, a structured assessment and a discreet process from first brief to signed offer.
Search scope
Directorto C-suite
across five specialist practices
When to use it
For leadership hires where the cost of getting it wrong is highest.
A planned or sudden leadership change that needs a strong successor.
A new function, region or business line that needs someone to build it.
A search that cannot be advertised or known about internally.
Leaders with the experience to steer through change.
How it works
Four steps and one recruiter, from the first call to the last day.
We meet the stakeholders to define the role, the culture and what success looks like in year one.
We map the market and approach leaders discreetly, most of whom are not looking.
Structured interviews against the success profile, with in-depth references.
We manage the offer and negotiation and support the transition into the role.
Many leadership searches cannot be public. We brief only the people who need to know, approach candidates without naming your company until the right moment and keep every conversation confidential.
Every candidate is assessed against a success profile agreed with your stakeholders, using structured interviews and in-depth references, so decisions rest on evidence.
At a glance
The essentials in one place: how long it lasts, who employs the professional and how you pay.
Roles we fill
A sample of the roles our specialist recruiters fill. Do not see yours? Tell us about it.
Request talent
Share a few details and a specialist recruiter will be in touch. There is no obligation and no cost to talk.
What happens next
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FAQ
Straight answers to the questions employers ask us most.
Still have a question?
Talk to a recruiter about your role or your search. We reply within one business day.
Fully. We brief only the people who need to know, approach candidates without naming your company until the right moment and offer non-disclosure agreements on request.
It depends on the role and the market. Your recruiter agrees a search plan with milestones in the first week and updates you regularly against it.
Executive search uses a fee structure agreed in writing before the search begins. Your recruiter explains the options during the first conversation.
Yes. Most of the leaders we present were not actively looking. We approach them discreetly with roles that are a genuine step forward.
Against a success profile agreed with your stakeholders, using structured interviews, scorecards and in-depth references from several sources.
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