FH Executive

Executive search, run in confidence.

For the appointments that shape the next five years. A retained search led by one senior consultant, from the brief to the day your hire starts.

The appointments we search for

  • Chief executive

    Founders stepping back, successions and first outside hires.

  • Chief financial officer

    Finance leaders for growth, funding and sale.

  • Chief operating officer

    The person who makes the plan happen.

  • Directors

    Functional heads and board appointments.

  • Senior management

    The layer that runs the sites, plants and teams.

  • Specialist appointments

    Rare skills where a handful of people can do the job.

What you can hold us to

A person runs every search. The matching and research tools behind FH do the looking. A consultant makes every judgement.

  1. 01A written brief firstWhat the role must deliver, agreed with you before anyone is approached.
  2. 02A researched marketWho does this job well today, in Ireland and abroad, set out for you to see.
  3. 03Approached directlyThe best people are rarely applying. We go to them, in confidence.
  4. 04Checked before you meetIdentity, qualifications, registration and references. You see which checks were done.
  5. 05Reasons, not CVsEach finalist comes with why they fit and where they do not.

Typical roles

  • Chief executive officer
  • Chief financial officer
  • Chief operating officer
  • Managing director
  • Finance director
  • Operations director
  • HR director
  • Site and plant leadership
  • Superintendent and chief pharmacists
  • Directors of nursing

How retained search works and what it costs

Start in confidence

Say who you need. One consultant reads it and rings you within one working day. Nobody else sees it.

A sentence is enough: the role, where, the experience, the pay and when.

Who should we ring?

Include the country code if you are outside Ireland.