The team you’re building.

Sometimes it's one role; other times, it's most of the team.

I've placed seven senior technology leaders at a top 100 ASX company. At another, a $13 billion business, a new CIO had just started when I came in. The first two roles I worked on were brand new, and the rest came as the team reshaped. Eighteen months later, I'd placed nine of their senior leaders.

I've worked alongside CIOs for most of my career. Before I moved into executive search in 2015, I spent ten years in IT helping CIOs and their teams work out where to take their technology. So I don't need a role explained twice, and I can usually tell when a candidate is describing work they led rather than work they were near.

It helps with candidates too. The people worth hiring usually aren't looking, and with me they don't have to explain their work. My briefs go a lot deeper than a job description, and that's how I get people to take a call they'd otherwise ignore.

It's just me, so the person you brief is the one who makes every call to candidates. I've always felt those calls matter as much as the time I spend with you, because each one carries your company's name. It's also why I keep to a few searches at a time.

If you're working out who you need around you, let's talk. I'm happy to start with the team you've got, before there's a role to fill.

All photography by Robbie Byrne. More at my Instagram: Based on a New Story