By stageWhere you are
Fractional Executive Search.
The right leader, for exactly as long as it matters.
Senior leadership for owner-managed firms, exporters and tech scale-ups, matched through a search and embedded in the business on a contract for services, for the time the work needs.
Governance as a service
We do not make an introduction and step away
One appointment brings the collective's wider experience with it. We look after the structure and governance around the engagement week to week, and the executive takes the decisions in their domain and owns how they turn out. That is the opposite of advice from the sidelines.
An operator, not an adviserThe person you appoint works inside the team, does the work and answers for results the business can see. In an owner-managed firm they can also say what colleagues who depend on the owner cannot.
Experience the home market cannot supply aloneOur collective of 800+ stands behind each appointment, with finance, operations, technology and people experience to call on. That matters in a market where senior operators are few and a good number have left for Sydney or London.
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
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.
By stage
By momentWhat you are facing
For investorsBehind the capital
The Auckland commercial case
Senior leadership, without the permanent cost
Your company contracts with ours. Senior capability is paid for on the days the work calls for it, nobody is added to the permanent payroll, and our standard contract for services carries one month's notice either way.
Brief a search01
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 recruitment fee. 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.
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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.
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