Selected search mandate
Chief Executive Officer
Industrial Technology · Europe — anonymised and published with client consent.
All mandates
- Business context
- Founder-led business moving to institutional ownership after a minority investment.
- Search challenge
- The board required a first external CEO able to professionalise the operating model without losing the engineering culture that created the business.
- Outcome
- Appointed a divisional CEO from a listed industrial group; the founder moved to Executive Chair as part of the agreed transition.
How the search was run
- 01
Mandate Definition
- 02
Leadership Profile
- 03
Market Mapping
- 04
Target Identification
- 05
Executive Approach
- 06
Assessment & Calibration
- 07
Shortlist Presentation
- 08
Client Interviews
- 09
References & Due Diligence
- 10
Offer & Negotiation
- 11
Appointment
- 12
Transition & Onboarding
Assessment framework
Executive track recordFunctional expertiseScale and complexityP&L responsibilityTransformation experienceInternational exposureBoard interactionCultural alignmentStrategic capabilityLeadership styleMotivationCompensation alignment