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The Corporate functions we recruit

The leader and the inner circle, with deputies, heads of department and senior experts. Nine sensitive functions, where a mistake is expensive.

LegalComplianceRiskFinanceHR · SustainabilityGovernance
Our scope

The leader and the inner circle

For each Corporate function we cover the leadership roles as well as the head of department, deputy and senior expert roles that give the function its strength.

Our analysis starts before the search. We identify the real need, then we approach the profiles that answer it, including those who are not looking.

Nine functions

One expertise per function

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Function 01 / 09

Legal

General Counsel who act as business partners, smoothing the way instead of standing in it. A function led by our founder, a former General Counsel of listed groups.

The roles

General Counsel · Head of Legal · Legal counsel · Senior lawyers · Interim General Counsel

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Function 02 / 09

Ethics & Compliance

Heads of compliance and compliance officers recruited by the co-founder of the Cercle de la Compliance. Leaders and teams, one domain at a time.

The roles

Head of Compliance · Chief Compliance Officer · Head of Ethics · Ethics officers · Compliance officers

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Function 03 / 09

Risk

Leaders who make risk an instrument of decision, not one more register. Including the hybrid risk and compliance profiles that the market labels badly.

The roles

Chief Risk Officer · Head of Risk · Risk managers · Heads of insurance · Risk analysts

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Function 04 / 09

Company Secretary

A function our founder held in listed groups for twenty years. The firm that understands it from the inside.

The roles

Company Secretary · Board Secretary · Deputies · Interim Company Secretary

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Function 05 / 09

Board members

Board search led by a former board secretary. One conviction, a board is composed, it is not filled.

The roles

Independent directors · Non-executive directors · Committee chairs · Board observers

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Function 06 / 09

Finance

The finance function that speaks to the board, the banks and the investors. Nine assignments in ten completed in under two months.

The roles

Chief Financial Officer · Finance Director · Head of Control · Treasury · M&A

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Function 07 / 09

Human Resources

The HR directors who count, we already know them. Our founder is a member of the Cercle de l’Excellence RH (Groupe RH&M).

The roles

HR Director · Head of Employee Relations · Talent management · Interim HR Director

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Function 08 / 09

Sustainability

CSRD, duty of vigilance. Builders who create value and produce data that stands up to scrutiny, not spokespeople.

The roles

Head of Sustainability · Sustainable development · CSRD reporting · Duty of vigilance

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Function 09 / 09

General Management

The decision that costs the most to get wrong (transformation, succession, recovery), secured from the brief onwards.

The roles

Managing Director · Deputy Managing Director · Business unit heads · Interim Managing Director

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