We search far beyond the obvious

Board of Directors

In a world where rapid change is the new normal, organisations must take a radical approach to board recruitment. Key challenges affecting today's corporate boards include the technology talent gap, digital transformation and evolving professional drivers across the workforce. We have found that only 14% of leading corporations have technology talent represented on their boards. With the future of business reliant upon data, digital, analytics, and cyber security, representation on corporate boards needs to change drastically. The acceleration of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, virtual business and agile operating models has made board members with experience driving change and transformation agendas essential. As the future of work evolves, board leaders with experience across core topics like diversity, corporate social responsibility, sustainability, and mental health are critical. We partner with leaders to build innovation into the fabric of the boardroom. Our network of Next-Generation board talent has been cultivated over 20 years of partnering with leaders to drive significant change and strategic transformation. Our network is age-agnostic, digital-led and diverse. While experience can pay dividends, the insight of a first-time board member with a different generational outlook can positively disrupt the status quo. Securing advisors with a digital mindset is crucial for staying one step ahead of change. A well diversified team drives innovation and economic performance. NEDs are expected to act as risk / reward enablers and balancers, and the expertise of someone with different experiences can prove invaluable to assessing new opportunities.

CEO and General Management

It can be ‘tough at the top’ but every company needs a leader who’s willing to shoulder the pressure, expectation and honour of driving business performance and taking personal responsibility for each and every employee. A CEO sets the tone for the organisation, both commercially and culturally. With the world evolving, attitudes changing and expectations rising, the right CEO can drive performance and results through accurately reading the mood of their clients, consumers and employees. Not understanding the way their world is going can be costly and potentially terminal for a CEO and their organisation. We seek to understand the CEO’s overriding challenges and aims; what needs to change and what type of leader can and has been successful in delivering the type of results our clients crave. Our research will take us to answers other organisations wouldn’t even have considered. It will uncover leaders with a vision that is radical and ambitious. Using our global network and understanding, Marlin Hawk searches far beyond the obvious to uncover the right CEOs and General Managers for your business.

CIO and Technology Officers

As all companies become ‘technology and digital-first’, the appointment of the right technology officer and their team are critical to the current and future success of all organisations, across the globe. The last 20 years have seen the technology office move from a back-office cost-centre to a strategic innovation hub that’s critical to the ambitions, growth and reputation of every organisation in the world. As the technology office has risen to prominence, the type of leader required has evolved and changed. Marlin Hawk has been at the forefront of partnering with, uncovering and understanding the world's most forward-thinking, positively disruptive and commercial technology officers, globally, during our 20 years in the executive search industry. We have placed Chief Information Officers and Chief Technology Officers, as well as engineering, platforms, cloud, and automation leaders reporting into these roles. Our network and expertise have allowed our clients to hire and think differently, to take learnings from different industries and to move their technology agenda into new and exciting paradigms.

Cyber, Information and Physical Security

In today’s increasingly digitalised world, businesses must mitigate a growing number of risks associated with information technology, cybersecurity and physical security. The threat landscape for any organisation is rapidly changing with technological advancements happening at warp speed. That also presents huge opportunities for today's Chief Information Security Officer and their influence in the boardroom, executive committee and across the entire organisation. Marlin Hawk’s deep understanding of the technology talent landscape enables us to bring new ideas and unlikely talent to the table. Over the years, our disruptive pedigree has allowed us to successfully recruit executives with innovative perspectives and paradigm-shifting ideas that challenge the archetype background for security roles. We have extensive experience placing Chief Information Security Officers and Chief Security Officers, and roles reporting into these executives that lead information technology risk management, security compliance and enterprise security architecture.

Data, Digital and Analytics

An organisation’s ability to harness its digital capabilities is a primary driver of success in today's globally connected economy. We have expertise in placing Chief Digital Officer, Chief Data Officers and Chief Analytics Officers who can make a big impact on both top-line revenues and the bottom line, when they are operating in a supportive company culture with the right people, systems and data. With a long history of operating at the forefront of technology leadership recruitment, Marlin Hawk has an in-depth understanding of how to attract and retain these in-demand executives the right talent for the right business, but in what environments these individuals are best able to deliver value. We offer clients a unique perspective on the best people for the job, as well as the structures and strategies that need to be in place to deliver real value.

Finance

Marlin Hawk's finance executive search and leadership advisory consultants help recruit finance leaders with the core finance, business, and leadership capabilities needed to enable change and ensure growth.

Legal, Risk and Compliance

Today’s corporate leadership expects Chief Legal Officers and General Counsels, and the internal legal departments they lead, to be business partners that actively participate in the development and implementation of business strategies, not just attorneys who evaluate and mitigate risk. The most efficient and valued legal departments are wholly integrated into the company’s culture and embedded with the business side. Marlin Hawk has expertise of leading General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer searches across financial services, retail, consumer products, technology, insurance and healthcare industries. We also conduct searches for senior reports to the General Counsel, such as Regional or Divisional General Counsels, Corporate Secretaries, Chief IP Counsels and Chief Securities Counsels.

Marketing, Sales and Strategy

The work of skilled marketers and customer experience experts has never been more paramount, as companies battle it out to engage new customers and retain long-standing loyalists.

Operations

Technological advancements are revolutionising the way businesses operate by enabling COOs to centralise core operations, transform legacy systems, and streamline workflows.

Product and Innovation

Marlin Hawk understands that the profile of a product leader is changing, away from the discrete and towards a more global, connective, and technically savvy executive

Talent, People and HR

Attracting and retaining talent is critical to the performance of any organisation and more and more CEOs now recognise that having a strategic human resources function is essential to this success. As CEOs discover that their organisation’s people strategy cannot be as easily replicated as their commercial strategy, the role of the CHRO elevates to the very top. In addition to the CEO, the CHRO is the only person who has a full view across the organisation and is a thought partner to the CEO on both external and internal people risks. HR leaders of the future act as a true business partner and strategic advisor to the board and wider executive team. They work directly with the senior leadership team to ensure alignment between business strategy and people strategy. Marlin Hawk's talent, people and human resources consultant team unearths next-generation leaders who can shape and implement innovative talent strategies and address the wider needs of the business. Our typical search mandates in this space are Chief Human Resources Officers, Chief People Officers, Chief Talent Officers and senior leaders in the talent management and acquisition field. We have extensive experience in both executive search and leadership advisory in this space and our global team of consultants help our clients identify the right cultural fit and HR executives who can take their business to the next level.