Executive Search

Gravitas Group have over 14 years' experience developing and nurturing valuable relationships with Senior, Management and C-suite professionals in Asia, across the Banking, Technology or Insurance sectors.

By choosing our Retained Executive Search services we are able to assign a specialist to focus and prioritise your role, on an exclusive basis, using proactive recruitment methods and headhunting to find you the highest quality senior professional for your business. We apply industry insight and knowledge with proactive methods, to ensure we match the right professional with the right opportunity and business to help accelerate growth.

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Serious about talent.

Helping you find key leadership professionals

We provide bespoke support for all leadership positions in Banking, Technology, and Insurance, providing the best talent to oversee operational activities, workforce productivity and to define business strategy.

We have helped businesses proactively pursue, attract and hire 'Heads of’ and Directors across IT, Engineering, Data / Business Intelligence / Data Science, Information Security, Transformation / Business Change, Digital / Mobile / Product and Service Delivery.

Additionally, we have supported a variety of insurance firms and consultancies hire ‘Heads of’ and Directors across Operations, Actuarial, Claims, Underwriting, Distribution and Accounting.

In terms of Banking, we have provided retained search services to help banks find ‘Heads of’ and Directors in the areas of Compliance, Operations, Procurement, Accounting, Compliance, Treasury, Trading and Sales.

Our specialists also cover retained searches across the C-Suite, finding executives with experience across strategic change and delivery, budget, profit & loss, mergers & acquisitions, private equity and programme management. Larger organisations may require specific executive positions across various business areas. We’ve helped hire for the following C-Suite roles: CIO, CTO, Chief Transformation Officer, Chief Investment Officer, Chief Actuary, Chief Data Officer, Chief Product Officer, CFO, CMO, Chief Claims Officer, Chief Risk Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, COO and Chief Treasury Officer.

What to expect from our services?

We will help you find the best talent for your business, helping to meet your objectives and boost company growth.

THE BEST, NOT THE FASTEST: Our aim is to meet your long-term objectives, by working carefully to select, and importantly, attract the very best candidate.

DISCRETION AND PROACTIVITY: A proactive approach that maps the market and carefully selects the right professionals to approach, confidentially.

RARE SKILL SETS: Finding senior level hires with the most niche set of skills to match your specialist business.

LOWER RISK OF BAD HIRES: We focus on the highest quality selection (quality not quantity), finding the best fit for your business and priorities.

Our executive search process

Finding the right executive for your business is crucial, so you can get the maximum impact for your business. The development of our recruitment process over the past 14 years has allowed us to identify the best streamlined method to approach the market, keeping engagement, to secure the best senior talent for your vacancy.

Scoping and agreement of terms

Before anything else, we want to know all the detail. By having an in-depth meeting, we explore the role, your organisation, key objectives, the sort of person you are looking for, the package available, and a collaborative agreement of terms.

Market mapping and insights

As market specialists, we take recruitment seriously. Our expert consultants will map the market to see which professionals may be suitable, researching to provide valuable intelligence around current market trends, benchmarking, the demand for this type of role and candidate availability.

Discreet search (headhunting)

We have an effective market strategy with various methods of finding, attracting, and highlighting suitable candidates for the vacancy. Channels include conversing with existing candidate networks, exploring our targeted database of senior candidates, using one-on-one social media outreach, and recommendations.

Relationship building and attraction

By approaching an existing candidate network and our unique database, we have developed strong relationships with market leaders and individuals with a career history of positive influence, impact, and achievement. They also place trust in us in finding suitable opportunities for their own career ambitions. Reaching out to the right specialists is vital.

Shortlisting and assessment

An important part of our process is defining an appropriate shortlist, with committed candidates who are genuinely interested in being a part of your organisation’s journey. Screening is vigorous to ensure no time is wasted further along the process.

Reporting

Across the headhunting stage, we will provide you with a weekly or bi-weekly update, so you are kept well-informed on progress. We believe transparency and expertise is the key to a successful partnership.

Interview management

Once we have distinguished your interview availability as well as the candidates, we will organise interview invitations and post-interview feedback, to ensure all parties benefit from the interview experience. We understand senior hiring processes can sometimes take months, so we will ensure the candidate remains engaged with your company and the opportunity.

Project and offer management

Once you have selected the right senior specialist to hire, we will advise and guide all parties through the process. We can help negotiate and manage expectations around packages, notice periods and onboarding. Again as timescales from notice to start date can be long, we can help ensure your successful candidate stays engaged.

Discover how we create impactful partnerships with our candidates and clients, and how they get the most of our services.

Contact our recruitment team today for a no obligation discussion about your needs.