by Dominique Tarr | Aug 5, 2024 | Case Studies
The Challenge Fres-co Systems, a leading packaging solutions company based in Telford, was on the hunt for a new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The stakes were high: they needed someone who could not only elevate their finance function but also manage the nitty-gritty...
by Rob Tarlton | Aug 17, 2020 | Case Studies
The Brief Our newest client in the philanthropy space embarked on a continent-wide programme of work aimed at achieving financial inclusion and stability in Africa. Jack Hammer was selected as the search partner of choice to appoint technical, research and commercial...
by Advaita Naidoo | Sep 12, 2018 | Case Studies
The Brief When we take on the task of finding a great leader for a client, we know there will be more than one party involved. In this instance, our client was three-headed: the private equity investor, the CEO of their portfolio company and a minority shareholder....
by Zaakirah | May 22, 2017 | Case Studies
There are times in business when ‘no’ ultimately means ‘yes’. More times than one might imagine, in fact. Particularly when it comes to hiring people who don’t tick all the boxes on the job spec. The job spec itself requires a case study all on its own. But, to...
by Advaita Naidoo | Sep 5, 2016 | Case Studies
The Brief We are occasionally approached by potential clients who leave us wondering whether we actually want to partner with them or not. And sometimes, we turn them down. Here is an example of one where we made the right call, despite some real concerns: The...
by Advaita Naidoo | Aug 29, 2016 | Case Studies
The Brief We were mandated by our global financial services client to source an MD for their insurance subsidiary in Mozambique. Sounds straight-forward? Turns out – it was not. Because our client wanted it all (of course): an executive – preferably Mozambican...