By stageWhere you are
Fractional Executive Search.
The right leader, for exactly as long as it matters.
Senior executives for the owner-led firms, digital businesses and fund-backed scale-ups of Greater Manchester and the wider north west, found by search and working inside the business under a services agreement, for the days a week the work calls for.
Governance as a service
We do not make an introduction and step away
You appoint one leader and the whole collective backs them. We keep governance and support around the engagement, so it stays on track after the handshake. The executive takes the decisions in their domain and owns the result. That is what separates an engagement from a consultancy report.
An operator, not an adviserYour leader works in the team, does the job and carries the outcome. Where the owner manages the firm, the executive is also the outsider who can say what a long-serving team finds difficult to.
Reach beyond the regionOur collective of 800+ curated and vetted executives spans finance, operations, technology and people. In a region where the strongest operators are often pulled towards London, that reach matters.
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
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.
By stage
By momentWhat you are facing
For investorsBehind the capital
The Manchester commercial case
Senior leadership, without the permanent cost
Your agreement is with the executive's own company. You take on board-level capability for the time the work needs, without another senior salary, and finding the executive carries no recruitment fee. With UK rules on senior hires tightening, that flexibility matters more to an owner-led firm. One month's notice is our standard.
Brief a search01
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.
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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
