We find the people who run the room.
Board, executive and senior specialist hires in technology, finance, healthcare, legal and energy. Retained when it matters, fast when it has to be.
Partner-led, start to finish
Shortlist in 21 days
Trusted by boards and founders at
Placements since 2009
Still in post after 12 months
Median brief to shortlist
Of our shortlists led by women
A shortlist you can act on.
Every name comes with a partner’s case, informal references and a realistic package.
The whole market, mapped
Every plausible person named and ranked, with the reasons we would or would not approach them.
A written case for each candidate
Why they fit, where they don’t, and what the board should test in the final round.
A straight answer on cost
What the role will take to land, before anyone names a number.
Five weeks from brief to offer.
A retained search follows the same rhythm whether it is a chair or a principal engineer. You never wait more than a week for news.
Brief and market map in a week
A partner spends two hours with you and the people the hire will work with, then maps the field.
Shortlist by day 21
Four to six people, interviewed and referenced informally, each with a realistic package.
Check-ins to day 90
We stay close to you and your hire through the first ninety days. Most problems show up early.
Latest mandates
New briefs from this week. Most of our roles are filled before they reach a job board.
Hear about roles before they are advertised.
Register once, tell us what would actually tempt you, and hear from the consultant who covers your field.
Confidential, always
Your name never goes to a client without your say-so, role by role.
Salary data before you negotiate
Live bands from the offers we negotiated this year, for your role and city.
Honest feedback after every interview
What the panel said, in plain words, whatever the outcome.
Know what the role is worth.
Bands from 1,812 offers we negotiated this year. Check a role across four cities, or see where your own package sits.
Quartiles, not averages
Lower quartile, median and upper quartile base for 120 senior roles.
Four cities
London, Manchester, New York and Boston, in local currency.
A calculator for your own pay
Enter your base and see where it sits against the market.
Six practices. Each run by people who worked in it.
Former CFOs, engineers, nurses and lawyers who know what good looks like in their field.
Recent searches, start to finish
A few of the appointments we can talk about, with the numbers behind them.
Chief Executive
Private equity backed infrastructure services group
Search led by
Henry Lau
6 case studies
See every search
The people you will actually speak to
No hand-offs to juniors. The partner who wins your search runs it.
Notes from the market
Talk to the partner who would run your search
Hiring a senior leader, or thinking about your next move? Either way, you speak to a partner on the first call.
Or book a consultation with a partner.