what separates us

A. Personal Touch

We are a small search firm led by Managing Partner, Danny Vanner. For a decade Danny has ran the firm, a firm set apart by its personal approach. Danny truly gets to know and builds long term relationships with clients in order to provide tailored leadership solutions.

B. Specialism

Danny understands the types of challenges investor backed growth businesses face and the rare types of individuals such businesses need to solve these challenges and move the needle, leaders experienced in supporting ambitious growth companies, leaders well suited to investor backed environments, leaders with the mindset necessary to achieve the right outcome. Danny knows how and where to find these types of leaders and how to help clients attract and recruit these individuals.

C. Rigorous Process

Danny manages all client searches from end to end including client consultation, candidate research, candidate engagement, candidate qualification, shortlisting, interview management and offer and acceptance. At the client consultation stage Danny learns all about the client, the business, strategic plans, key opportunities and challenges, how the role being hired ties in and the type of candidate needed, providing appropriate challenge where necessary and ensuring all stakeholders are aligned on the role and candidate requirements. At the candidate research stage Danny typically spends 100+ hours identifying those prospective candidates that fit into the clients ideal candidate set. This includes conducting extensive research into the clients market, relevant companies in the market and prospective candidates involved with these companies past and present, conducting research into business deals in the clients market and prospective candidates involved with these businesses past and present, taking candidate recommendations from our extensive network of Chairmen, CEOs and Investors in the space and reviewing our extensive candidate network built over a decade. At the candidate engagement stage Danny strategises on how to present the opportunity to generate maximum interest from prospective candidates and then approaches, engages and thoroughly qualifies these individuals. Danny then introduces the client to the best suited candidates, arranges interviews, manages feedback and manages an efficient offer and acceptance process.

D. Fair Fee Structure

The fee structure is fair, simple and largely results based. For permanent searches there is a small retainer fee at the outset, no fees in the middle of the search, and a success fee at the end of the search once the client has secured the preferred candidate. For interim searches there is simply a success fee at the end of the search once the client has secured the preferred candidate.