By stageWhere you are
Fractional Executive Search.
The right leader, for exactly as long as it matters.
Senior leadership for the owner-led companies, spin-offs and Swiss arms of foreign groups in and around Zurich, matched through a search and embedded in the business on a mandate between two companies, for the days a week the work calls for.
Governance as a service
We do not make an introduction and step away
Appointing one executive brings the wider collective within reach for second opinions. We keep the structure and governance around the engagement; the executive makes the calls in their field and owns what comes of them, which is what separates an operator from an adviser.
An operator, not an adviserYour leader works inside the team and does the job. The measure is what the business gains, not what is delivered on paper. In a country that prizes consensus and discretion, they are also the person who can say the unwelcome thing quietly and be heard.
The collective behind each mandateIn Zurich the collective of 800+ sits behind each mandate, with experience in finance, operations, technology and people. That matters most where the executive you need is expensive, scarce and already employed elsewhere.
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 Zurich commercial case
Senior leadership, without the permanent cost
You engage us company to company, and board-level capability comes for only the fraction of time the work needs, so the permanent seat is never created. In Switzerland that seat is costly: a senior salary, pension-fund contributions and a long notice period. Our mandates run on our standard one month's notice.
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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