Search & Strategy
Planche ISearch & Strategy

The most consequential hires happen in the quiet.


Retained executive search and embedded strategic execution. Built for the moments when outcomes matter more than optics.

An orrery in cutaway, its gear train exposed. One gear is missing from the train, and so the mechanism is still.
Fig. 1An orrery, in cutaway. Nothing here is broken — one gear is simply missing, and so nothing turns. Drag it into place
Planche IIIPractices

Twelve practices. One operating discipline.


Planche IReach

Global by relationship, not by storefront.

We work from a small number of cities and a wide map of people. Wherever your next leader lives — London, Singapore, Dubai, the Gulf Coast — we already know someone who knows them.

Planche IVHow we work

Retained. Relationship-driven. No shortcuts.

  1. 01

    Deep intake

    We spend the first week understanding what the role really is, not just what the spec says.

  2. 02

    Network-first sourcing

    We start with people we already know, then expand. No database scraping. No spray.

  3. 03

    Honest assessment

    We tell you what we see, including the candidates we considered and chose not to bring forward.

  4. 04

    We stay through closing

    Offer construction, reference triangulation, and start-date logistics — we run them.

  5. 05

    The relationship continues

    We check in at 30, 90, and 180 days. We help with the next hire too.


Planche VThe work

A small number of consequential searches. Run honestly. Carried through closing.

If you are weighing a hire that has to be right the first time, we should talk.