Tell us what you need
Explain the role, which markets you’re open to, and why the search needs to be confidential. Private Mandate Search reviews the requirements and confirms whether the firm can take on the assignment.
Search process
How a confidential
search proceeds.
This is how Private Mandate Search works with employers on confidential leadership appointments worldwide. If you’re exploring your own next move, see Career Representation.
Five steps for employers
From the first conversation
to the hiring decision.
You set the hiring priorities and make the final decision. Private Mandate Search handles research, candidate outreach, and interview coordination.
Agree on the search brief
Agree in writing on the role requirements, fees, progress updates, and which organizations to exclude. Decide what candidates can be told initially and when they can learn your organization’s name.
Identify and approach candidates
Private Mandate Search researches the agreed markets and contacts potential candidates privately using the information you’ve approved.
Review the shortlist
The firm assesses candidates’ experience and interest. You receive a shortlist with written assessments explaining how each candidate fits the role and what to explore in an interview.
Interview and decide
Private Mandate Search coordinates introductions and interviews. Your organization makes the hiring decision.
Engagement standards
Confidentiality, consent,
and clear responsibility.
What candidates are told
Agree what can be shared, with whom, and at which stage. Confidentiality is defined for each assignment rather than promised without limits.
Permission before introductions
Before an introduction, the firm confirms the candidate’s interest and gets permission to share their identity and CV.
Progress and decisions
Private Mandate Search shares progress at agreed intervals and flags issues that may require a decision, such as changing the location or experience requirements.
Contact Private Mandate Search
Discuss the appointment
you need to make.
Outline the role, the business context, and why the search requires discretion.