Great organizations don't need a search once a year.They need a partner who understands their leadership landscape every day.

Business Philosophy

Rather than take on unlimited mandates, The Search Club operates as a private membership serving no more than ten organizations at a time.

“We turn away more mandates than we accept.” Depth beats scale — every member gets the attention a firm managing fifty clients simply can’t give.

Four Core Values

Discretion

Every engagement is confidential by design — no public mandates, no leaked searches, no exposure for the executives or organizations involved.

Depth Over Scale

We cap our roster at ten organizations on purpose. Fewer clients means more hours per client — not less revenue per hour.

Continuous Partnership

We don't disappear after the offer is signed. We stay engaged through the first 120 days of every executive transition, helping turn a successful hire into a successful integration.

Executives as Strategic Decisions, Not Role-Fillings

A CFO hire isn't a vacancy to fill. It's a multi-year bet on your company's next chapter. We treat it that way.

The Search Club exists so the intelligence never stops.

I founded The Search Club after more than 15 years across agency recruiting, Fortune 500 talent acquisition, and global executive search, with a focus on senior leadership across consulting, technology, marketing, digital transformation, growth, strategy, and go-to-market.

Throughout my career, I have led executive and senior-level searches for organizations ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies, including Verizon and Accenture. At Accenture, I recruited senior leaders supporting the firm’s Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, UPS, and Merck client accounts, personally placing more than 30 Directors, Vice Presidents, and senior leaders across North America, Europe, LATAM, and APAC.

Today, I bring that experience to The Search Club by combining AI-enabled talent intelligence with experienced human judgment, trusted relationships, and rigorous executive assessment. The result is greater visibility into the leadership market — helping members identify, evaluate, and engage exceptional talent before a critical leadership need becomes a crisis.

Founder & Executive Talent Partner

THE REAL COST IS NOT MEMBERSHIP.

It is another retained search fee.
It is a critical role left open too long.
It is a succession decision made too late.
It is an executive hire that fails.
It is a CEO operating without visibility into the market.

THE VALUE OF MEMBERSHIP IS NOT MEASURED IN REPORTS, MEETINGS, OR RECRUITING HOURS.

It is measured in better decisions made earlier, continuous market intelligence, and transaction costs avoided.

Membership is limited to ten organizations at a time — so the intelligence remains focused, the relationship stays confidential, and the capacity is genuinely reserved.

Know the market

before you need the market.

THE MARKET IS TELLING YOU SOMETHING.IGNORING IT COSTS MORE.

Executive search finds leaders. Executive intelligence helps you make better
leadership decisions every month—not just when there’s an opening.

84% of talent leaders

Plan to use AI. The advantage won’t be access to technology—it will be the judgment applied to it.
(Typical retained executive search fee structure)

71% of leaders

Rely on gut instinct for talent decisions. Only 34% trust their organization’s talent intelligence.
(Typical retained executive search fee structure)

Only 15% of board members

believe their companies prepare first-time CEOs exceptionally well.
(Typical retained executive search fee structure)

Retained executive search

Typically costs 25–35% of first-year compensation. The Search Club charges no percentage of salary and no conversion fees.
(Typical retained executive search fee structure)

Leadership decisions should bedeliberate — never reactive.

Membership gives you the clarity, context, and confidential guidance to make better leadership decisions — before the market, your competitors, or the moment of urgency makes them for you.

TEN SEATS.

CONTINUOUS INTELLIGENCE.

NO PLACEMENT FEES.

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Four principles. No compromise.

Discretion

Every conversation, candidate, and decision is protected. Always.

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