Executive Search

Finding great

leaders from

a Search less

ordinary

Emu delivers Executive Search and Interim Management solutions to help move businesses forward.

Uncommon thinking

We do things a little differently to reach untapped potential in Executive Search and open even more possibilities for your business.

Forward focus

An agile response for today's context ensures diverse talent to help move your organisation & leadership forward.

Network mastery

Our Search Partners bring relationships that go beyond just business from 20+ years alongside remarkable leaders, with a shared outlook on success.

100%

success rate

64%

of engagements result in a female leader hire

4.9/5

client satisfaction rating

Executive Search & Interim Management solutions

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Featured Extraordinary Stories
Featured case study
Help reset the role of finance within the organisation, balancing both value creation and stewardship.

- 5 Key Hires

- 100% Success

- Average of 46 days to hire

Andrew Murray, Former CFO
Featured case study
“Very innovative in the approach to identifying new talent. Commercial while solving critical, complex GM assignments”

- 7x Placements

- 50/50 Balanced shortlist

- 60% Female success

- Average of 4 Weeks to complete

Mike Schneider - CEO, Bunnings

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Diversity in equal measure

Balanced representation is just part of the Emu approach to diverse talent.

September 11, 2023

Quick Fire Partner check in with Dom Cara

In this month’s quick-fire Partner check in, we sit down with the man who steers our Emu ship and keeps us on track and accountable every day. Dom Cara. Dom is one of our Managing Partners and COO, and with over 25 years’ experience in the Search industry, he knows a thing or two about people, executive search and how to find that perfect business/individual match when hiring. Dom knows how to stay cool, calm and collected and is always the first to check in to see how you are going. He also doesn’t mind a dress up, which we love.

August 22, 2023

Top 3 reasons every executive search will benefit from investing in Research and Talent Mapping

Will Kinkead may have only just joined the Emu team, but he is already bringing his passion and knowledge on executive research and Talent Intelligence, and opening doors for innovation and growth. He gives us his top three reasons every executive search will benefit from investing in a research and talent mapping.

February 11, 2022

Executive Search - A customer first approach

Establishing a successful customer-first strategy is not as easy as you may think.  Many organisations purport to be focused on the customer journey and customer outcomes, while more often than not it's more of an after-thought.

February 11, 2022

Leadership Agility for the new world of work

We’re currently experiencing a seismic shift in the way we work. Leaders now have an extraordinary opportunity to reconsider, redefine and reinvent how teams work, how they engage with them and how businesses operate.

February 11, 2022

Software as a Service in 2021 - what can we expect?

Throughout last year, we saw a number of significant growth industries across the tech sector, particularly around companies developing new business models and revenue streams as a direct response to the challenges of COVID-19.

February 11, 2022

Why cognitive diversity is the new competitive advantage

There are many companies that regard Diversity & Inclusion as a source of competitive advantage, a way to expand beyond the narrow realms and perspectives the company has operated, create untapped market potential by embracing new ideas and change.

February 11, 2022

Time to appoint your first Chief Customer Officer

It’s been well documented that the role of the CMO and even the term ‘marketing’ might not encompass all that is expected of a Marketing executive in the digital age. In just one recent example of the evolution of Marketing, we see ex-Uber CMO Steve Brennen switch to Fintech disruptors Zip Co in a newly created role of CCO (Chief Customer Officer).