Corbett Search

Corbett Search is a boutique retained executive search firm that describes itself as niche by design, tech enabled and process driven. Every search is handled by its Managing Partner, and the firm says it only takes on assignments that align with its mastery of the market and where it has full confidence in a smooth and successful process. That discipline has given Corbett Search a reputation it describes as the Headhunters of Record for high stakes, next generation retained search, and it points to validation from top venture capital and private equity firms as well as from market defining owners and operators.

The firm recruits a deliberately short list of roles: VP of Sales, Chief Revenue Officers, Chief Marketing Officers, CFOs and CEOs, with particular expertise helping venture backed companies hire their early executives and PE backed companies hire new ones. It also handles sales driven CEO searches and individual sales executive searches for high growth organisations. Corbett Search says restricting itself to these positions produces an ever expanding network, total command of its key markets and text message level access to the strongest performers in those markets. It is drawn to organisations whose proprietary technology, distinctive services or content reshapes how people live, work or experience things.

Corbett Search works with founders, CEOs and investors, and with the venture capital and private equity firms backing them. Clients choose it for speed and directness: executive searches are completed within 48 days on average, a shortlist of hire ready executives is assembled within days of a signed agreement, and clients deal with the founder and Managing Partner rather than junior staff learning on the job. The firm also cites unusually distinctive candidate outreach, rare signing bonus flexibility for top talent, weekly recaps and unbiased market intelligence, and fees lower than larger retained agencies with longer guarantee periods.