MANDATE: To find a CFO for a leading privately owned brokerage who could lead them through the next stage of their evolution into new markets and territories.
SOLUTION: Working closely with the COO, it was clear the firm had big plans to expand internationally and so needed someone who had prior experience from a brokerage background, but more importantly could influence the owners on key strategic issues. Critical to the success of this hire was devising competency-based questions that were asked of all candidates who were ‘qualified and interested’, which were then presented to the client prior to any first-round interviews being held.
QUOTE: “Having more in-depth, supporting information on the candidates prior to meeting them really helped us to target their international growth and stakeholder engagement experience, allowing a more thorough interview process to take place. We loved the weekly steering meetings as we got to see the real ‘workings’ of the search and the true volume of people approached whilst also getting very helpful information on compensation & benefits, allowing us to put together a really compelling package to secure our chosen candidate. Russell worked really closely with us throughout, information presented was clear and concise and working with only one recruiter made our lives a lot easier! I would highly recommend using Russell & the team at Fidarsi.” CFO - Private Equity