& The Big Fish

&The Big Fish, which shortens itself to &TBF, is an Amsterdam based executive hiring firm that helps mid market companies with growth ambitions hire leaders who are ready for what comes next. The company believes leadership success starts with understanding the full organisational context, which means looking past a polished story and into what actually drives performance: strategy, team dynamics, culture and leadership expectations. Its own diagnosis is that most leadership hires fail not through a lack of talent but because the real context of the organisation was never fully understood, leaving company and candidate to move forward on incomplete information.

The practice covers executive hiring, career lifecycle partnering and organisation advisory, alongside interim solutions and a Nextvisory programme. The focus sits on mid cap companies and on future minded C-level appointments. Through honest and at times confronting conversations, the firm sets out to create clarity about what a company truly needs and whether a given leader will actually thrive in that environment, and it makes the assignment and the organisational context leading in the decision rather than the candidate profile alone.

The office is at Sarphatistraat 370 in Amsterdam, and the founding partner team is described as seasoned professionals with extensive experience in C-suite and boardroom engagements across the Netherlands. Relationships with executives do not start when a vacancy appears: through the career lifecycle partnering approach the firm stays connected with senior leaders throughout their careers by way of events, community initiatives and regular career conversations, which it says lets it understand what drives a leader and when the moment for change is right. The company argues this long term perspective produces better decisions, stronger matches and leadership teams that endure. Contact runs through +31 (0)6 10 27 25 99, [email protected], WhatsApp and LinkedIn.