Fractional Executive Search.

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

Manufacturers, life sciences companies and family-owned brands can have a senior leader found for them and embedded under a services agreement, staying only while the work does.

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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

A single appointment carries the experience of the whole collective with it. We provide the support, structure and governance for as long as the engagement lasts, while decisions in the executive's domain, and their results, belong to the executive. That is what separates an operator from advice.

An operator, not an adviserYour leader works inside the team and is measured on what the business achieves. In a family-owned firm or a research-led company they are also the commercial voice that is not tied to the history.
Depth that crosses sectorsOur collective of 800+ stands behind every engagement, with people from finance, operations, technology and people leadership. That matters when the skills you need sit between sectors, such as a factory that wants software or a laboratory that wants a sales team.
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 Melbourne commercial case

Senior leadership, without the permanent cost

The contract sits between your company and ours. You get board-level capability for the time the work needs and no permanent executive to carry, on our standard terms of one month's notice from 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. We take it from there, and the first conversation is mostly us listening to how the business got here.

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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.

Describe the seat you need filled. Within weeks we can put forward an executive matched from our collective of 800+, working under a services agreement, with no new permanent role and one month's notice as our standard.

Find your leader