OI Partners

OI Partners is an executive search, recruitment and HR advisory business with its head office in North Melbourne, Victoria. It says it has 40 years of industry experience and describes itself as originating from the Reddin Group. Its search and recruitment work covers C-suite and director roles, board and non-executive appointments, and functions such as general management, sales and marketing, finance and accounting, engineering, legal, risk and compliance, human resources, and supply chain and procurement. Sectors include manufacturing and engineering, agribusiness, corporate and government, healthcare and pharmaceutical, and retail and FMCG.

The company works across Australia, including regional centres, and says it has also consulted in New Zealand and several Asian markets. It is the Australian representative of the OI Global Partners network, which it says gives access to on the ground support in over 20 countries. Following a merger with Choice Australia and Dakin Partners, it also offers career transition, leadership and coaching, and talent assessment services.

Its consultants are partners in the business, and it says it does not run a commission-based service. It describes itself as a generalist recruiter that works with a small number of organisations in a sector, to the exclusion of their competitors. It reports filling over 97% of its roles and offers a 12-month guarantee on executives it places.