Fractional Executive Search.

The right leader, for exactly as long as it matters.

Financial services firms, software scale-ups and the local arms of global groups can have a senior leader found by search and embedded under a services agreement, for only as long as the work lasts.

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800+Curated and vetted executives
2–3 weeksFrom brief to deployment
30–60%Less than a comparable full-time hire, on our engagements
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Governance as a service

We do not make an introduction and step away

One appointment brings the combined experience of the collective with it. Support, structure and governance come from us; the executive owns the decisions in their domain and the outcomes that follow. That is the line between an operator and an adviser.

An operator, not an adviserYour leader works inside the team, does the job and is measured by what it delivers. When an auditor, a regulator or an overseas parent asks the hard question, they are the one who answers it.
Finance, operations, technology and people in one callOur collective of 800+ sits behind every engagement, so a question beyond one executive's patch still reaches someone who has handled it. In a city where the people you want already have a job and a recruiter on speed dial, that depth matters.
The roles we match

A full C-suite, on the terms a growing business needs

We focus on the leadership functions that move a company forward. Start with one, or draw on the whole collective.

Proven leadership

Our executives have led at the companies you know

AccentureAmazonAmerican ExpressAntlerAppleBPBarclaysBoeingEmirates GroupErnst & YoungGEGoogleHSBCIBMJ P Morgan ChaseL'OréalLinkedIn
McKinsey and CompanyMercedes-Benz AGMicrosoftMoneyGram InternationalNestle S.A.NikeOraclePricewaterhouseCoopersProcter & GambleSAPSalesforceShell InternationalSiemensStandard Chartered BankThe Coca-Cola CompanyUnileverY Combinator
Where we are brought in

A leader for the moment in front of you

Most engagements begin with a moment: a departure to cover, a raise to close, a market to enter, a business to turn around. Find the one that fits.

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The Sydney commercial case

Senior leadership, without the permanent cost

Your company contracts with ours. Board-level capability arrives for the time the work takes, nobody joins the permanent payroll, and our standard terms carry one month's notice on either side.

Brief a search
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No permanent headcount

The engagement is a company-to-company contract. No salary on the payroll and no headcount to carry.

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No benefits burden

No medical cover, no benefits administration, none of the overhead a permanent hire brings.

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No recruitment cost

No search fees and no onboarding lag. Your leader is matched from a vetted collective and embeds within weeks.

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One month's notice

Scale the engagement up or down, or step away, on one month. You keep the optionality.

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Business to business

A company-to-company arrangement, invoiced cleanly. Senior leadership without the employment.

How an engagement works

From the moment to the match, in weeks

Tell us what needs leading and we take it from there. The first conversation is short, because the brief is what we build everything else on.

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Tell us the moment

Share where you need leadership: a finance lead departing, a raise ahead, operations outgrowing the founder.

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A working conversation

We talk through the brief and sharpen the requirement together, so the match is right.

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The match

We search our collective of 800+ curated and vetted executives for the closest fit, and you choose.

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Deployment

Your leader embeds within weeks, holds the decisions in their domain, and gets to work.

Common questions

The questions founders ask first

A senior C-suite leader who embeds directly into your business on a part-time or retained basis. They do not just advise. They hold the decisions in their domain and stay accountable to the outcomes, without the cost of a full-time hire.

Engagements are business to business and typically run six to twenty-four months. Start with one leader or a micro-team, and scale either way on one month's notice as your priorities shift.

A consultant advises and steps away. A fractional executive embeds and executes. We provide the support, structure and governance that keep the engagement working; the executive owns the outcomes.

Our engagements typically run 30 to 60% less than a comparable full-time executive appointment. You pay for the seniority and the time you need, not idle headcount, and there are no recruitment fees, benefits or severance costs.

Get started

The home of fractional leadership.

Name the seat that needs filling. We match an executive from our collective of 800+ within weeks, engaged on a services agreement rather than added to headcount, on our standard one month's notice.

Find your leader