EXECUTIVE SEARCH FOR GLOBAL BRANDS AND GROWTH BUSINESSES.

PartnerWise is a specialist executive search firm. We place senior leaders into consumer, travel retail, media, financial services, industrial and life sciences businesses operating across multiple markets. 2,000+ placements in 14 years. 95% delivered within 45 days.

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95% Placements within 45 days on retained mandates
92% Clients who work with us once, work with us again
97% Vacancy-to-placement ratio on retained briefs
82% Placed leaders still in role or promoted at year two
2,000+ Senior leaders placed across 14 years
6-12mo Placement guarantee. Director 6 months, VP and above 12 months
We measure ourselves on outcomes, not activity. These numbers reflect how we actually perform, not how we pitch.

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WHO WE ARE.

SEARCH THAT STARTS WITH UNDERSTANDING THE BUSINESS.

Every PartnerWise engagement is built from scratch. We brief deeply, map the market precisely and deliver shortlists within 45 days. The process is the product, sector-specific intelligence, psychometric assessment via Assessio AI, and PW Edge, our proprietary intelligence platform that reaches talent other firms never see.

We guarantee every placement for 12 months because we back the quality of our work.

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Eight sectors. Named clients. Real mandates.

We lead with the work, not the pitch. Each sector pairs real anchor clients with the leadership roles we actually place, so you can see the depth in your market before we ever speak.

FASHION & LIFESTYLE..

Adidas · Levi's · Dr Martens · Lacoste

CCO · VP Marketing · CDO · MD Region · Chief Merchandising Officer

Explore Fashion & Lifestyle

SPORTING GOODS & APPAREL.

Rapha · Hoka · New Balance · Specialized

VP Sales EMEA · Brand Director · Commercial Director · GM Region

Explore Sporting Goods & Apparel

AIRLINE TRAVEL RETAIL.

Dufry/Avolta · Heinemann · Lagardère

Commercial Director · VP Retail Ops · Category Director · MD Region

Explore Airline Travel Retail

Sports, Media & Entertainment.

Epidemic Sound · DMG Media · Goalhanger

CCO Content · MD Digital Media · CRO · Director of Audience

Explore Sports, Media & Entertainment

INDUSTRIAL & B2B.

Carrier · Kidde

COO · VP Engineering · MD Business Unit · Director of Safety

Explore Industrial & B2B

BEAUTY, CONSUMER & RETAIL.

Unilever · Aesop · Ferragamo · Kurt Geiger

Chief Commercial Officer · VP E-Commerce · Buying Director · MD Region

Explore Beauty, Consumer, & Retail

FINANCIAL SERVICES.

MUFG · AJ Bell

CFO · CRO · Head of Compliance · MD Operations

Explore Financial Services

LIFE SCIENCES.

SaniSure (3i) · Precision Medical Group

CEO PE-backed · CSO · VP Clinical Ops · VP Regulatory

Explore Life Sciences

HOW WE WORK.

RETAINED SEARCH, BUILT FOR PRECISION.

We work exclusively retained. No contingency. No multi-agency shortlists. Every search gets dedicated resource, a defined methodology and a named partner who owns the outcome end-to-end.

45-DAY BENCHMARK.

Brief to shortlist in 45 days, our benchmark, hit on 95% of mandates.

PSYCHOMETRIC PROFILING.

Assessio Al for leadership style, cultural alignment and derailment risk.

Placement guarantee.

6 months at Director, 12 months at VP and above.

ASSESSED SHORTLISTS.

3 to 5 assessed candidates per shortlist. Quality, not volume.

PW Edge intelligence.

500+ mapped leaders per sector, AI-powered hidden talent discovery, 23+ live data sources.

Interactive client portal.

live progress, candidate profiles, search statistics, document workspace.

PW Edge
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Search, powered by intelligence.

PW Edge is our proprietary talent intelligence platform, reading 28+ live data sources across nine modules to surface leaders the market cannot see. Every PartnerWise search runs on it.

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Truly global reach.

Case studies.

THE PROOF IS IN THE PARTNERSHIP.

We don't measure success at placement. We measure it at year two, year three and beyond. These are the stories behind the searches, and the relationships that grew from a single mandate.

Industrial & B2B Carrier. 160+ leadership hires since 2019. A multi-year global partnership across the Americas, Asia and EMEA. 60% diversity, 97% offer acceptance, and an average time to offer under 60 days. Read the full story → Consumer & Retail Crocs. Two hires from one confidential shortlist. A discreet VP of Ecommerce EMEALA search across owned, wholesale and marketplace channels. The appointment landed, and a second shortlisted leader was hired into the business six months later. Read the full story → Airline Travel Retail Global Travel Retailer. A rare cross-discipline leader, brought back to the market. A highly confidential Group Food & Beverage and Retail Director search. We placed a leader from outside the GTR space who carried both disciplines and is now thriving in role. Read the full story → Fashion & Lifestyle Lacoste. A CCO who delivered from day one. A NORCAM commercial leadership search delivered in 15 days. Record performance ratings at 6 and 12 months, leading to further mandates for VP of Sales and VP Merchandising. Read the full story → Sporting Goods & Apparel Saucony. A year-long vacancy, filled in 42 days. A complex APAC Senior Director search across distributors and a China JV, unfilled for over a year. Shortlist in 14 days, offer accepted in 42. We were retained again for a second brand. Read the full story → Consumer & Lifestyle Lifestyle Brand. A President to steady the ship and drive growth. A confidential, culture-led search for a privately owned New York lifestyle brand mid-transformation. We placed a President whose impact was felt within months in post. Read the full story →

recent placements.

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Supply Chain Director —

APAC Director —

Senior Director, U.S. Networks and Americas —

E-Commerce Trading Manager —

Chief executive officer —

Senior Ecommerce Director Russia —

UK Country Manager —

Head of Supply Chain and Logistics —

Project Manager - New Store Openings —

Country Manager - Norway —

Senior Data Scientist —

Global Loyalty Product Owner —

HR Director —

Retail Experience Director —

EMEA Marketing Director —

Chief Marketing Officer —

Chief Technical Officer | Global — Chief Finance Officer | UK — Merchandising Director — GM Europe — Head of Sales & Marketing — Chief Commercial Officer — Communications Director — VP Wholesale — VP Buying & Merchandise Planning — Managing Director UK — Supply Chain Director — VP Distributors — Chief Operations Officer — Chief Technology Officer — Finance Director — VP Buying & Merchandise Planning — Supply Chain Director — APAC Director — Senior Director, U.S. Networks and Americas — E-Commerce Trading Manager — Chief executive officer — Senior Ecommerce Director Russia — UK Country Manager — Head of Supply Chain and Logistics — Project Manager - New Store Openings — Country Manager - Norway — Senior Data Scientist — Global Loyalty Product Owner — HR Director — Retail Experience Director — EMEA Marketing Director — Chief Marketing Officer —

The best time to talk is before the vacancy exists.

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Whether you have a live mandate, a succession risk on the horizon or just want to understand your sector's talent market, we'd welcome a conversation. Our CEO compensation benchmark is a free, 48-hour deliverable that demonstrates our intelligence capability with no commitment.

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