Confidential, fully retained search for C-suite, VP, and board leadership. The most senior, highest-touch engagement we offer, run by one senior team start to finish.
Executive search is our retained, exclusive engagement for the most senior hires a company makes: CEO and C-suite, VP-level leaders, and board or director seats. It is built for boards, founders, and CEOs who need discretion, a mapped market, and a leader who truly fits. We run the full search ourselves and stand behind every placement with a replacement guarantee.
Sensitive searches run confidentially end to end. We map the market and approach seated leaders under a codename, so word never travels before you are ready.
The people you meet run your search. A retained, exclusive engagement means our full attention on your mandate, not a shared queue worked by rotating recruiters.
We pair direct headhunting with a sourcing engine we built in-house, so we surface and assess passive leaders most firms never reach, then vet for real fit.
Both are retained and exclusive. Executive search is specifically the top of the org: CEO and C-suite, VP-level, and board or director seats, where confidentiality, succession, and leadership fit are decisive. Our broader retained search applies the same exclusive model to critical senior roles below that tier, such as directors and specialists. If you are recruiting or replacing top leadership, this is the right engagement.
For C-suite and board roles, retained is the right structure. Contingency firms compete on speed and only get paid if they place someone, so they work fast and wide rather than confidential and deep. A retained engagement is exclusive and consultative: we commit to the full search, map seated passive leaders, protect confidentiality, and assess for long-term fit. At this level, the cost of the wrong hire dwarfs the difference in fee. Our contingency model is a better fit for active, lower-tier roles.
Yes. Discretion is the core of executive search. We approach the market under a codename, screen candidates before any name reaches you, and structure the process so the search stays private until you choose to make it public, including during a sensitive succession.
Every placement carries a replacement guarantee. If a hire leaves or does not work out inside the guarantee window, we run the search again at no additional search fee. Because the engagement is retained and exclusive, we have every incentive to get the leader right the first time.
Tell us about the leadership seat and we will scope a confidential, fully retained search.