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.
95% Placements within 45 days on retained mandates
2,000+ global executive Placements in 14 years.
92% OF Clients WHO work with US ONCE: rEPEAT
82%
of placed leaders still in role or promoted 2 years later
97%
Vacancy to placement ratio
9/10
on our NPS score
We measure ourselves on outcomes, not activity. These numbers reflect how we actually perform, not how we pitch.
trusted by.
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.
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
SPORTING GOODS & APPAREL.
Rapha · Hoka · New Balance · Specialized
VP Sales EMEA · Brand Director · Commercial Director · GM Region
AIRLINE TRAVEL RETAIL.
Dufry/Avolta · Heinemann · Lagardère
Commercial Director · VP Retail Ops · Category Director · MD Region
MEDIA & CONTENT.
Epidemic Sound · DMG Media · Goalhanger
CCO Content · MD Digital Media · CRO · Director of Audience
INDUSTRIAL & B2B.
Carrier · Kidde
COO · VP Engineering · MD Business Unit · Director of Safety
BEAUTY, CONSUMER & RETAIL.
Unilever · Aesop · Ferragamo · Kurt Geiger
Chief Commercial Officer · VP E-Commerce · Buying Director · MD Region
FINANCIAL SERVICES.
MUFG · AJ Bell
CFO · CRO · Head of Compliance · MD Operations
LIFE SCIENCES.
SaniSure (3i) · Precision Medical Group
CEO PE-backed · CSO · VP Clinical Ops · VP Regulatory
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.
OUR PROPRIETARY AI PLATFORM DOESN'T JUST FIND CANDIDATES. IT READS THE MARKET.
PW Edge monitors SEC filings, corporate registries, patent databases, parliamentary records, academic citations and global news across 28+ live sources to identify executive talent before they appear on anyone's radar. Nine intelligence modules, dual-model AI, multi-tenant security, and full GDPR compliance, built inside PartnerWise, available to clients as a subscription or bundled with retained search.
Three subscription tiers from £1,500/mo. Bundled free with two or more retained searches per year.
Explore PW Edge
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.
recent placements.
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 —
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.