Fractional Executive Search.

The right leader, for exactly as long as it matters.

Senior leadership for Merseyside's port, logistics, manufacturing, life sciences and creative firms: chosen by search and working inside the business for only the time the work needs.

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800+Curated and vetted executives
2–3 weeksFrom brief to deployment
30–60%Less than a comparable full-time hire, on our engagements
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Governance as a service

We do not make an introduction and step away

You bring in one leader and the collective sits behind them. We keep support and governance around the engagement so it does not drift. The executive makes the calls in their area and owns the result, which is the difference between this and advice.

An operator, not an adviserYour leader works alongside your people and answers for what happens. In a family firm or a business with a long-serving team, they are also the outside voice that is free to say what others will not.
Depth behind one leaderLiverpool firms draw on a collective of 800+ across finance, operations, technology and people, searched against their own brief. For a city region of this size, that reach does a lot of the work.
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

AccentureAmazonAmerican ExpressAntlerAppleBPBarclaysBoeingEmirates GroupErnst & YoungGEGoogleHSBCIBMJ P Morgan ChaseL'OréalLinkedIn
McKinsey and CompanyMercedes-Benz AGMicrosoftMoneyGram InternationalNestle S.A.NikeOraclePricewaterhouseCoopersProcter & GambleSAPSalesforceShell InternationalSiemensStandard Chartered BankThe Coca-Cola CompanyUnileverY Combinator
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.

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The Liverpool commercial case

Senior leadership, without the permanent cost

You get a senior leader for the days the work needs and no new salary on the payroll. The agreement is between your company and the executive's own company, the search carries no recruitment fee, and one month's notice is our standard. With the rules on senior UK hires getting tighter, that flexibility counts.

Brief a search
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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 search fees and no onboarding lag. 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.

How an engagement works

From the moment to the match, in weeks

Begin with what needs to change. We start with a conversation about the business, the people and what has to change. Then we search, and you meet a short list.

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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.

Common questions

The questions founders ask first

A senior C-suite leader who embeds directly into your business on a part-time or retained basis. They do not just advise. They hold the decisions in their domain and stay accountable to the outcomes, without the cost of a full-time hire.

Engagements are business to business and typically run six to twenty-four months. Start with one leader or a micro-team, and scale either way on one month's notice as your priorities shift.

A consultant advises and steps away. A fractional executive embeds and executes. We provide the support, structure and governance that keep the engagement working; the executive owns the outcomes.

Our engagements typically run 30 to 60% less than a comparable full-time executive appointment. You pay for the seniority and the time you need, not idle headcount, and there are no recruitment fees, benefits or severance costs.

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The home of fractional leadership.

Say what the business needs next. Within weeks a vetted leader chosen from our collective of 800+ can be working in the firm, engaged company to company, with nobody added to the permanent payroll and one month's notice as our standard.

Find your leader