Search & Recruitment
Done Properly.
Our Services
We Can Partner With You Across a Range of Hiring Scenarios
Executive Search
We partner with boards and executive leaders to deliver critical senior appointments — the roles that impact and shape strategy, performance and culture. These are rarely straightforward, especially in the NFP sector. The brief is critical, the stakeholder group can be complex, and the margin for error is small. We work closely with you to get absolute clarity upfront — not just on the position, but the real challenges and what success looks like in your context. From there, we run a targeted, research-led search giving you the confidence you are hiring from the best available candidates in the market. Our search process is robust and meticulous. We work with you through the entire process and beyond — because placing the right executive is only part of the job. Making sure they land well is where the real value sits.
CEO, CFO, COO, GM and Director-level appointments across commercial, government and not-for-profit sectors.
Specialist Recruitment — 'Unicorn' Hires
Some roles don't fit neatly into a box. They sit across functions. They require a mix of technical capability, commercial thinking and cultural fit that's hard to find — and even harder to assess. These are the roles that can stall progress when left unfilled. The ones that quietly carry risk. We specialise in identifying and securing this kind of talent. That means going beyond the obvious market, challenging the brief where needed, and applying strong judgement to uncover candidates who may not look perfect on paper but have the skills to deliver outcomes and impact. This is not 'post-an-ad-and-hope' recruitment. It's targeted, thoughtful and built around solving a specific problem.
Cross-functional, specialist and hard-to-fill roles where standard recruitment approaches fall short.
Board Recruitment
Appointing the right board member is one of the most important — and often underestimated — decisions an organisation makes. It's not just about skills or experience. It's about judgement, contribution, dynamics and fit. As a non-executive board member herself, Jo understands the pressures, expectations and nuances of governance. She works with Chairs and boards to define what is genuinely needed and where the gaps are that the organisation needs to cover. We run a discreet, targeted search process, identifying individuals who bring both capability and perspective. We also support not-for-profit organisations with volunteer board appointments. The outcome isn't just an appointment — it's a board that functions better because of it, and the flow-on impact to the organisation.
Board director, non-executive director and volunteer board appointments across commercial and not-for-profit organisations.
Talent Advisory Services
Not every hiring challenge needs a full search. But running a poor recruitment process — or reactive hiring when it's already urgent — is a business risk. Roles sit vacant. The wrong person gets hired. Your team stretches to cover the gap. And when the process itself falls short, your reputation in the market takes a hit, making the next hire even harder. Alongside search, Jo works with organisations to strengthen their internal recruitment approach, bringing practical insight and hands-on capability where it's needed. Support can include talent mapping and pipelining, salary benchmarking, market and competitor insights, graduate and early career program support, and recruitment process improvement. Jo can also step in more directly — providing additional capacity within your HR or internal recruitment team, supporting or running recruitment processes that have become bottlenecks, and improving role design, briefing and candidate assessment. This is practical, on-the-ground support that helps you hire better, reduce risk, and protect your brand in the market.
Talent mapping, salary benchmarking, recruitment process improvement, and embedded HR support.
Specialist Capability
Confidential
Executive Search
Some executive appointments can't be advertised.
Whether replacing an incumbent, managing a sensitive organisational change, or seeking a highly specialised leader, a confidential search enables you to access exceptional talent while protecting your organisation's reputation and maintaining complete discretion.
Confidential executive appointments for Boards and CEOs where discretion, market insight and access to passive executive talent are critical.
The Approach
Confidential search is more than simply keeping a role off the market. It requires a disciplined process, careful market mapping and trusted relationships. We work with you to identify the right talent pool before any approaches are made, ensuring the market is tested thoroughly — without compromising confidentiality through unnecessary exposure.
Accessing Passive Talent
Using our extensive executive networks across commercial, government and not-for-profit sectors, we engage high-calibre leaders who are often not actively looking for their next role and would never respond to an advertisement. Initial conversations are conducted without disclosing your organisation, with Non-Disclosure Agreements used where appropriate before sharing full details of the opportunity.
The Process
Every confidential search is led by an experienced executive search consultant, supported by dedicated research capability, structured assessment, comprehensive due diligence and regular progress updates. Where additional leadership insight is required, psychometric assessment is available through one of our trusted specialist assessment partners.
Sectors
Deep Experience Across Three Sectors
Commercial
Banking and financial services, professional services, technology, and private enterprise. We understand the pace, accountability and commercial rigour these organisations demand of their leaders.
Government
Over a decade operating in the Canberra market as a trusted HR and executive search partner. We understand the unique complexity of public sector leadership appointments.
Not-for-Profit
Mission-driven organisations require leaders who combine professional excellence with genuine values alignment. We have placed senior leaders across some of Australia's most respected non-profits.
Our Process
Transparent, Structured and Built for Confidence
Brief & Discovery
We invest time understanding the organisation, the people and the context behind each role — well beyond the job description.
Market Mapping
Systematic identification of the full talent landscape, including passive candidates who would never respond to an advertisement.
Assessment & Insight
We bring you into the process — sharing insights, testing assumptions and adjusting the search as needed. No black box.
Placement & Beyond
We stay engaged from briefing through to placement and well beyond — known for staying close and seeing things through.
"Jo operates in the executive search space, not transactional recruitment. She solves complex, hard-to-fill roles and consistently delivers the right people."
CEO — National Non-Profit
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