Documented engagements
Mandates that tested the methodology against specific operational constraints. Sector, geography, role, outcome.
Each case study describes a senior search the firm ran, the operational constraint that made it difficult, and how the engagement resolved. Some involved cross-border complexity. Some required a brief recalibration after earlier processes had stalled. Some called for adjacent-sector mapping that no other firm in the candidate pool had attempted. Across them, the same operating discipline applied in different contexts.
The case studies anonymize client identities and specific commercial details, but the operational facts are real: sector, geography, role, time-to-shortlist, retention. Each is structured so a reader can scan and identify whether the engagement resembles a mandate they are considering.
For the methodology behind these engagements, see Methodology. For the conceptual arguments that orient the firm's work, see Editorials.
3 engagements, structured for scanning
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Cross-border insurance talent for relocation to Italy
Ten Polish-speaking insurance specialists sourced for relocation to Italy after an internal process had stalled. Language, relocation, sector knowledge, and passive-candidate outreach combined.
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Financial controllers in Berlin, after two agencies failed
Two Financial Controllers placed in six weeks, below budget, after two prior agencies had not delivered. Brief recalibration plus sector-native direct search.
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Building a new business division from concept
Eight adjacent sectors mapped, more than 100 interviews completed, an insurance-and-property synergy turned into a profitable operating division through targeted leadership search.
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