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Partner hires in management consulting. We hire the partner who opens a market.

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Who we are

A search firm built on one conviction: talent defines consulting.

Founded in 2021 and headquartered in London. Retained and exclusive search only, in management consulting — no adjacent industry work, no corporate roles, no volume recruitment. One market, covered completely, which is why we know who is moving before anyone advertises.

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Five markets. One sector.

Core market
United Kingdom
The largest and most competitive market, and where partner movement is most frequent. Financial services, private equity and public sector transformation.
Core market
Germany
The most industrial consulting economy in continental Europe. Automotive, machinery, chemicals and the energy transition, with restructuring above the European average.
Core market
Switzerland
Small, dense and premium. Pharmaceuticals, private banking, insurance and commodities — with Zurich and Geneva behaving as two separate markets.
Selective
Wider Europe
Nordics, Benelux, France and Iberia. Flatter structures and more founder-led firms, which makes team moves more common than single partner hires.
Selective
United States
The fastest-moving market at partner level. Private equity, healthcare and technology — and European firms building a US practice.
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Every senior grade — and the teams that move with them.

Teams
Multi-partner lift-outs and practice acquisitions, typically three to eight people. Origination, delivery and followership have to travel — not headcount.
Partners
P&L ownership, origination and equity. Managing Partner through Associate Partner. The tier where the market is thinnest, and where a wrong hire costs a firm the most.
Directors
The bridge between delivery and origination. Directors and Principals carrying delivery accountability while building their own book.
Managers
Delivery leadership. Where a practice builds its bench — taken where they support a partner hire or a practice build.
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How a partner hire actually happens

Nobody decides to move in the week they apply.

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18 months out

A quiet dissatisfaction

No CV. No process. No conversation with a recruiter.

12 months out

Reading, not looking

What the platform next door pays, and what its equity is worth.

6 months out

The commercial case

Which clients travel, which don't, what the covenants allow.

The hire

Mapped, tested, defensible

And a ninety-day check-in after it lands.

Team moves & practice acquisitions

A Partner hire can open a market. A functioning team can build one.

The fastest route is not always the right one. We advise on which of the three you actually need before anyone is approached.

Route one

Partner hire

One appointment, one market. Fastest to close, slowest to compound.

Right when the market already exists and you need someone to own it. Mapped, approached off-market and closed on a retained timetable.

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Route two

Team move

Origination, delivery and followership move together. Capability, not headcount.

Five viability tests before anyone is approached: market pull, commercial transferability, team cohesion, platform fit and transition feasibility.

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Route three

Practice acquisition

When the capability cannot be separated from the business.

Leadership and talent diligence, retention and organisation design, integration readiness — then preserve, connect or absorb.

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We advise on the route before we run the search — and we track what happens to every team after it lands. Team Moves →
For firms

Hire the partner who opens a market.

Retained, confidential search for Partner, Director and Principal appointments — and the teams that come with them.

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For partners

Most moves begin eighteen months out.

A confidential conversation, a quarterly read on your own market, and no pressure to be in a process.

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