Executive Search for Ecommerce & Retail
Appointing the leaders who scale Australia's ecommerce and retail brands.
Ecommerce leadership specialists
Category knowledge, direct access, the right fit.
Senior appointments in a growing brand shape its pace, its culture and its value. Our executive search practice appoints leaders who know the category as well as the role, across D2C, omnichannel and B2B brands in Australia.
Ecommerce only
Two decades of search and executive recruitment across D2C, omnichannel and B2B brands, and nothing else.
Direct access
Discreet engagement with senior leaders who are rarely in market.
Stage alignment
Leaders matched to where the business is going next, from scale-up to exit.
Search approach
Search shaped by category knowledge and executive access.
Brief
Agreeing the role, its priorities and what success looks like at twelve months, with the founder, board or investors.
Market map
Identifying leaders across competitor, adjacent and aspirational brands, including those not looking.
Engagement
Confidential approaches to leaders aligned to the brief and the opportunity.
Appointment
Assessing capability, commercial judgement and stage fit, through to offer, package benchmarking, resignation and the first months in role.
Leadership we appoint
CEO
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director
Operators who have scaled a brand of your size and can lead a founder-built business through its next stage.COO
Chief Operating Officer
Supply chain, 3PL, systems and customer service, brought together into one operating rhythm.CFO
Chief Financial Officer
Cash, margin, inventory funding and board reporting, through a capital raise or an exit.CMO
Chief Marketing & Customer Officer
Brand, CRM and performance marketing under one leader accountable for growth.CDO
Chief Digital & Ecommerce Officer
Leaders who own the online P&L, the platform and the trading calendar.GM
General Manager & Head-of Leadership
General managers and senior leaders across ecommerce, marketing, operations, finance and people.Search environments
Leadership for growth, change and value creation.
Founder-led growth
Leaders who bring structure and pace without losing what made the brand.
Investor-backed
Appointments aligned to the value-creation plan and built for board scrutiny.
Omnichannel and wholesale
Leadership across stores, marketplaces and wholesale, as well as online.
Categories
Across Australian ecommerce and retail.
- Fashion & apparel
- Beauty & personal care
- Home & lifestyle
- Food & beverage
- Health & wellness
- Sports & outdoors
- Marketplaces & pure-play
- B2B & wholesale
For senior leaders
Confidential mandates, rarely advertised.
Executive Salary Survey
Anonymous, circa two minutes. Participants receive the Executive Salary Guide before release.
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QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions
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Ecommerce and retail are all we do, across founder-led and investor-backed D2C, omnichannel and B2B brands.
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No. Mandates also cover GM and Head-of leadership, often several roles as a business scales.
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Yes. Briefs can include the board and investors, and candidates are assessed against the value-creation plan.
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Yes. Many searches run before the wider team, or the incumbent, knows.
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Executive search is quoted per mandate.
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The terms are often used interchangeably. Executive search usually means a research-led approach to senior leaders who aren't actively looking, and it's how we run every C-suite and GM appointment.
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