Precision Search for Leadership-Critical Mandates.
Our executive search practice is built for mandates where getting it wrong is not an option. We conduct exhaustive market mapping, approach passive candidates with complete discretion, and present only the highest-calibre shortlist. Every engagement is exclusive, milestone-billed, and backed by our full research capability. We work across Mining, Energy, and AI & Technology at director, VP, C-suite, and board level.
Every mandate carried with complete discretion. NDAs available at any stage. Search conducted in English, French, Arabic, Russian and Mandarin Chinese.
Not just the job specification, the full picture. The team dynamics, the operating environment, what's been tried before and why it didn't land, what success looks like twelve months in. That conversation shapes every decision we make from here.
A complete view of the market is built before we approach a single person. Who exists across the global talent pool, where they sit, what they earn, and who is realistically accessible. You see the landscape clearly before the first conversation is had.
Every candidate on our longlist is approached personally, not mass-messaged, not sourced from a job board. A direct, considered approach from someone who knows the sector and can speak honestly about what this opportunity represents.
Shortlists are small and deliberate. Every profile comes with our honest view, what this person brings, where the risks sit, and why we believe they're the right fit for this specific role, team and operating environment. Not volume. Judgement.
We stay involved through interviews, offer, counter-offer, resignation and the first weeks in the role. A placement isn't finished when the contract is signed, it's finished when the person is settled and the client has stopped worrying.
Qualified shortlists typically delivered within 7-10 days of kick-off. Most mandates at offer stage within 3-4 weeks. Across our retained work, 94% result in a successful first-choice placement, because we only carry briefs we're confident we can deliver on.
Confidential search for a Chief Executive across a multi-asset gold operation. 14 passive candidates approached across 3 continents. French language and West Africa experience essential. Shortlist of four delivered in 4 weeks. First-choice candidate accepted offer.
Search for a bilingual English and Russian-speaking General Manager. Candidate required cross-cultural leadership experience, government relations capability, and operational management at scale. Placed from passive candidate pool through targeted network mapping.
Exclusive mandate for a Chief Financial Officer with a $2bn renewable energy project pipeline. Capital markets expertise, project finance structures, and multi-jurisdiction board-level experience required. Placed within 6 weeks.
C-suite search for a CDO implementing AI and analytics across 6 mining operations internationally. Enterprise data platform leadership and industrial AI application experience essential.
Confidential CFO search during a complex operational restructure. French-speaking candidate required with Pacific Basin operating experience and listed-company board reporting capability. Shortlist of three delivered in 9 days. Placed within 4 weeks.
VP Operations placed for a flagship infrastructure-scale project in the Kingdom. Bilingual Arabic/English capability, Vision 2030 programme experience, and the composure to hold ground across government, contractor and community stakeholder environments simultaneously. Sourced from passive network, candidate had not been on the market in four years.
Mandarin-speaking General Manager placed for a Sino-Australian lithium processing joint venture. Required genuine commercial fluency across both business cultures, processing knowledge and the steadiness to manage dual-board reporting across two very different governance structures. Placed from our China-capable network within 5 weeks.