Fractional Executive Search.

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

Senior leadership for Toronto's growth companies, family-owned mid-market firms and the scale-ups that sell to its banks. Found through a search, then working inside the business on a services agreement between your company and theirs, for as much of the week as the job takes.

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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

Hire one leader and the collective comes with them. We keep the support, structure and governance around the engagement. Within their remit the executive decides and is accountable for the outcome, and that is the difference from advice.

An operator, not an adviserYour leader sits in the team and runs the work. They are measured on what the business does, not on what they hand over. In a city with no shortage of consultants, that is the point.
More than one executiveBehind each Toronto engagement sits our collective of 800+, with finance, operations, technology and people all covered. It matters when a problem is half finance and half something else, which in a regulated sector it usually is.
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 Toronto commercial case

Senior leadership, without the permanent cost

An engagement is agreed company to company. The business gets senior leadership for the days it needs, without the cost and commitment of a permanent executive, and our standard is one month's notice.

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

Tell us where the business is stuck. Together we define the brief, and then we look through the collective for the best match.

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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.

Get started

The home of fractional leadership.

Say what needs leading, from the lender pack to the US sales push. We can match an executive from our collective of 800+ within weeks, without adding permanent headcount, on our standard one month's notice.

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