Fractional Executive Search.

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

Senior leadership for the capital's regional headquarters, government suppliers, programme contractors and fast-growing Saudi companies. We find them through a search, and they work inside the business under a company-to-company services agreement for the days the work needs.

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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

One leader brings the whole collective with them. We keep support, structure and governance around the engagement in Riyadh from start to finish. The executive makes the decisions in their domain and owns what follows, which is what separates this from advice.

An operator, not an adviserYour leader joins the team, executes and is measured on business results, not on deliverables. In a company growing faster than its management, they are also the outside voice that can say what the people inside cannot.
Experience behind every seatEvery Riyadh engagement is backed by our collective of 800+, vetted before anyone is introduced and spanning finance, operations, technology and people. That matters in the capital, where demand for experienced operators runs ahead of supply.
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 Riyadh commercial case

Senior leadership, without the permanent cost

An engagement is company to company: you contract with the executive's own business and take board-level experience for the days the work needs. In a capital where demand for senior people runs ahead of supply, a permanent appointment that does not fit is slow to undo, so a measured first step has value. 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 leadership is missing and we take the work from there. In Riyadh the first conversation settles most of it, because the brief usually changes once we hear the situation.

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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.

Name the gap and a vetted executive from our collective of 800+ can be at your table within weeks, engaged through an agreement between the two companies, with one month's notice and nobody added to your payroll.

Find your leader