Executive search

for Professional Services Leaders

Patrick Morgan’s Executive Search practice supports Professional Services firms and Private Equity-backed advisory platforms in securing senior leaders who drive measurable business impact. What sets us apart is our talent ecosystem, rooted in Professional Services yet spanning multiple sectors and industries. Our approach is designed to ensure cultural alignment while delivering long-term value creation.

  • Our Approach:

    Data Led, Market Validated

    1. Business Alignment: We conduct an in-depth review of your strategy, growth objectives, leadership requirements, and cultural DNA
    2. Market Validation: We engage with market stakeholders, target clients, and our wider network to validate and refine the ideal candidate profile.
    3. Proprietary Intelligence: We leverage anonymized candidate and market data from thousands of live interactions, analyzing every step of the search process and enhancing insights with advanced analytics and AI.

    Relationship Driven Access: We draw on a curated executive network across the Professional Services ecosystem.

  • Collaborative

    Tailored Approach

    1. Brief & Alignment: Define search priorities, timeline, process, cultural fit, market positioning, and any potential constraints.
    2. Talent Due Diligence & Longlisting: Conduct in-depth referencing and market mapping to identify top, relevant talent for your firm, delivering a tiered priority longlist.
    3. Candidate Engagement: Approach and evaluate priority candidates against key criteria, including experience, expertise, compensation expectations, and revenue contribution.
    4. Interview Process & Offer Negotiations: Facilitate feedback loops, coordinate scheduling, advise on offer structuring and negotiations

  • Insights

    Search

    • Timing: Identify the optimal outreach windows to maximize engagement and positive response rates.
    • Narrative: Tailor messaging to each candidate’s location, employer context, and career trajectory.
    • Preconceptions: Anticipate and address potential objections candidates may have about the client or role.
    • Push & Pull Factors: Pinpoint the drivers that may prompt top talent to leave their current firm, alongside the motivators that will make your opportunity compelling.

We Help Build High-Impact Leadership Teams

Our Specialities

We specialise in Partner/MD, C-Suite, and mid-level hiring across the Professional Services sector. Our track record includes securing individual rainmakers, orchestrating team moves and facilitating local acquisitions across EMEA, North America, and APAC. We work with both global incumbents and high-growth challengers, guiding firms through expansion, transformation, and succession.

Consulting
Accounting & Advisory
IT & Digital Services
Legal
Managed and Outsourced Services
Corporate Finance and Deal Advisory

Trusted Worldwide

Valued by firms across the world because we genuinely care about client success, we turn strategies into reality and equip companies for long-term growth.

  • Data-led Search Strategy & Methodology

    Our strength as a firm exists within our relationships with leading executives and consultants. As part of our search process, we leverage our pool of anonymised candidate data that we hold, using statistics and analytics software platforms to optimise our search strategies.