Fractional Executive Search

Strengthen Your Investees Without Becoming Their Operator.

You backed strong founders; now some of them need senior operators as well as capital. We search for, vet and match fractional executives from our collective of 800+ for Singapore portfolio companies, and stay involved after the match.

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The situation

For investors, the real risk is how the leadership gap gets filled, not the gap itself.

Investors across Singapore and ASEAN tend to face the same tension:

01

You can see the gap clearly

You understand what type of leadership would fix it. But you don't have a reliable, high-quality source you trust enough to refer.

02

Referring wrong is worse than doing nothing

It costs time, money, and founder trust. Your reputation with the portfolio company is at stake.

03

You do not want to carry management risk

Being seen as directing the company beyond your governance role creates complications.

04

The governance boundary

You want to add value beyond capital, but need to respect the line between governance and management.

We are an executive search firm with a curated collective and governance around every engagement, not a freelance directory. When you introduce us, you introduce a process, not a single name.

Is it the right fit?

Who this is for, and who it is not

Best for

  • Adding operational value to investees without taking on management risk
  • Giving founders a vetted operator you can refer with confidence
  • Supporting several portfolio companies from one standing relationship
  • Professionalising an investee while respecting its existing culture
  • Staying in your governance role while the engagement is run for you

Not for

  • Installing a controlling manager to run the company for you
  • A single one-off introduction with no ongoing oversight
  • Investors who want to direct day-to-day operations themselves
  • A freelancer directory rather than a managed engagement
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Operating leadership your portfolio can draw on.

How we work with investors

What your portfolio companies get from us

A vetted search partner that protects your reputation with founders across Singapore and ASEAN.

1 monthNotice, either way
800+Curated and vetted executives
2–3 weeksBrief to deployment
30–60%Less than a full-time hire, on our engagements

Matched with care

Chosen for working style, stage and sector as well as functional skill, so your founders meet people who fit.

Governance after the match

We review every engagement on a set rhythm. When a new gap appears, we brief the next search from what we already know about the company.

Several perspectives, one engagement

A portfolio company's CFO can test a technology cost with a CTO in our collective, so one engagement brings several perspectives.

Continuity managed by us

Portfolio companies should not lose a quarter to a vacancy. Should an executive leave, we look after the transition and start the new search with the knowledge already on file.

Respect for family ownership

For operating businesses held by a family office, we strengthen leadership without displacing family culture, with defined scope and clear boundaries.

How it works

The partnership model

One relationship. Portfolio-wide coverage.

01

Establish the standing relationship

We understand your investment thesis, your portfolio, and the types of leadership gaps most common across your investments.

02

You introduce us when needed

When a portfolio company needs operational leadership, you make the introduction. We handle everything else.

03

The right operator, fast

Discovery, matching, scoping, engagement management, and ongoing oversight, without you managing or coordinating it.

04

Visibility without burden

Lightweight reporting to you, not operational detail, but confidence that the engagement is performing. Investor-grade oversight without investor-level involvement.

Who we support

Support by investor type

Different investors carry different portfolio needs. We match the operator to the need and manage the engagement, so it never lands back on you.

Investor type
Common need
Investor typeVC fund
Common needFounder support, CFO readiness, go-to-market help
Investor typeFamily office
Common needProfessionalisation without cultural disruption
Investor typeGrowth investor
Common needScale-up systems and leadership depth
Investor typePE fund
Common needValue creation and 100-day execution
Investor typeStrategic investor
Common needLocal operating leadership and market entry
Fractional executive search

The operators we embed in your portfolio companies

Every operator is matched to the portfolio company's stage, sector and challenge.

Proven leadership

Our executives have worked across

BlackRock
Goldman Sachs
Morgan Stanley
JPMorgan
Franklin Templeton
Fidelity
Schroders
Amundi
Common questions

The questions buyers ask first

We work directly with the portfolio company and manage the scope and governance of the engagement. You keep your role as investor and board member.

Yes, from pre-revenue onwards. Our matching takes account of stage, and we search for executives who have worked at the stage your company is at.

Yes. Once we know the portfolio through one agreement with the fund or family office, matching executives for further companies goes faster.

We match for it where the brief needs it, for example experience of regulated financial services. Executives work alongside your legal and compliance advisers rather than replacing them.

Yes. We can agree a light update rhythm for investors, covering engagement progress and direction rather than management detail.

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Give your portfolio companies operators you can refer with confidence.

We match vetted fractional executives to your investees and manage the engagement end to end, so you add operational value while staying in your governance role.

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