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We find, assess and settle the senior leaders large organisations depend on.
Our executive search covers CXO, senior leadership and board roles across India and the UAE. Our executive search services do not end when the leader joins: every finalist is assessed before the offer, and every appointee is supported for six months after it.
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Senior leadership search across India, from our Bengaluru office.
23 senior mandates across six organisations, 19 integrated successfully.
Senior leadership search in Dubai and the UAE, including leaders moving between India and the Gulf.
The same search, assessment and transition model, from our Dubai entity.
CEOs, CFOs, CHROs, General Counsel, independent directors and interim leaders.
Chief executive to cyber security roles, every finalist assessed with Hogan before the offer.
Senior leaders for banks, NBFCs, insurers and financial services capability centres.
Six of our 23 senior mandates were in financial services, backed by leadership work with India’s largest NBFC and a Nordic bank.
“We need a senior leader in India.”
“We need a leader in the UAE, or want to hire from India for the Gulf.”
“We are replacing our CEO or a CXO, or need a board member.”
“A senior role has fallen vacant suddenly.”
“We are a bank, NBFC or insurer.”
“We already have a shortlist and want an independent view.”
Every retained executive search we run has three parts.
We define the leadership context before approaching anyone, and approach leaders confidentially, including those not looking.
Considering an executive search firm for the first time? Read our guides on executive search versus internal hiring and how long executive search takes.
We search for senior leaders for large Indian groups, multinationals, capability centres and Indian businesses expanding into the UAE.
Our 23 senior mandates spanned financial services, retail and fashion, consumer goods, energy, precision manufacturing and automotive, from chief executive to head of cyber security. Because we also assess and develop leaders, we search against what a role really demands, not only the job description.
Competency mapping, skills gap assessment and hiring, succession planning, leadership team alignment, organisation development and fractional CHRO. Useful when a search shows the role itself needs redefining, or when the best successor may already be inside.
Executive coaching, leadership assessment and leadership programmes, the same assessment and coaching that sit behind every search we run.
Tell us about the role and what it must deliver. We will show you how the search, the assessment and the leader’s first six months would run, in India or the UAE.
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Executive search is the specialist search for senior leaders, usually by approaching people who are not actively looking for a move. Ours adds assessment before the offer and six months of transition support after it.
An exclusive search for a senior role, with the search firm working on a committed basis rather than competing with others on speed. It allows a thorough, confidential search.
Recruitment fills roles from people who apply or are already looking. Executive search approaches the right leaders directly. Read our guide on executive search versus internal hiring.
Yes, from Bengaluru and Dubai, including searches that move leaders between the two.
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