Confidential, retained search for VP- to C-suite roles. A dedicated partner and researcher map the market off-market, brief you in writing every week, and stand behind the result for twelve months.
Most firms staff your search with a partner's name and a junior's hours. We do the opposite — the partner who takes the brief does the sourcing, the calls and the reference checks, and reports to you in writing every week.
Brief to signed offer, full market mapped.
Executive searches, last 12 months.
Leaves inside the window? We restart, free.
VP to CEO, across four markets, to date.
NDA on request, off-market approaches only, and your brand kept out of the search until you choose to reveal it — no leaks to the incumbent or the market.
The partner who takes your brief runs every call and every reference — no handoffs to researchers, no relay through account managers.
Every credible leader in your space is mapped and approached directly — not just the ones who happen to be looking.
A short, honest status update every week — who we've approached, who's interested, and where the search really stands.
From confidential mandate to a signed executive in six to ten weeks — every stage owned by one partner.
A confidential intake call defines the mandate, the org context and the off-limits list — we reach out to you within the hour.
Your partner connects directly with every credible leader in the space — under NDA where required, off-market from day one.
You review a calibrated shortlist with full assessment notes, case discussions and references — never a raw stack of resumes.
We run the interview loop end to end and manage offer strategy, compensation negotiation and counter-offer defence.
Onboarding and a documented transition plan — backed by a 12-month replacement guarantee if it doesn't work out.
Every retained mandate is run by a partner who has recruited senior leaders in that sector for at least seven years — they know the boardrooms, the succession gaps and the leaders who aren't looking.
Plain English from board members, CEOs and CHROs who ran a confidential leadership search through Rivago in the last eighteen months. No pseudonyms. No doctored quotes.
We needed to replace our CFO ahead of an earnings cycle without a single leak. Rivago ran it fully off-market — no posting, no database blast. The market found out on the day we announced it.
We had no in-house legal function heading into a Series C. Rivago placed our General Counsel first, then let her build the rest of the team — that sequencing made all the difference.
We needed a turnaround operator immediately, not in two months. Rivago placed an interim COO from their bench in eleven days — margin was up 22% within two quarters.
Four minutes, held in confidence. A senior partner reads every mandate within the hour and books a confidential scoping call before any outreach begins.
A 30-minute scoping call with a partner — not a portal — and a written search plan in your inbox within one business day.