Board Members & Executive Search · InterSearch Worldwide

Business consultantsin executive search.

Rather than simply sifting through any databases, we conduct genuine market research and build market intelligence from scratch, for every senior-leadership process. We create value for all our stakeholders.

25+Years in the market
600+C-Level searches
95%Retention at 2 years
90+InterSearch cities
Our purpose

Connecting leading organizations and talented people for the long term, in pursuit of business and personal success.

01

Absolute confidentiality

Every process and every conversation stays strictly private. No exceptions.

02

Rigor without shortcuts

Every search starts from scratch. We never recycle candidates or information.

03

Real executive judgment

We are former Fortune 500 CEOs who assess people from the very seat they will occupy.

04

Total commitment to results

We never stop a search until the client hires the chosen person.

Why the most demanding organizations choose us

Four differentiators no other firm brings together.

Executive Search, Board Search and Executive Development — led personally by a partner with a real track record as CEO, Regional Vice President or Board member.

01

Guarantee up to 2 years

Double the industry standard, backed by our own retention statistics. The exact term is tied to the level of the process.

The market standard is 1 year
02

Elite Service Level

Our partners personally support the newly hired executive through their first 90 days. Hiring doesn’t end when they sign: it begins.

Unique in the Peruvian market
03

RIM© · Market intelligence

Before the hiring decision we deliver a complete reading of the executive market for the role. A proprietary consulting tool, part of every one of our processes.

Exclusive distribution to the client
04

Executive Development

Executive Mentoring and Soft Landing© programs that accelerate the integration of your critical leaders. Experience is not taught: it is shared.

By multinational former CEOs
A guarantee backed by data
95%

of the people we place remain in the role beyond two years. A figure validated on our fifth anniversary across every process.

This statistic is not a promise. It is the foundation of our guarantee.

Market standard1 year
Our guaranteeup to 2 years
Our process

Head Hunting in the Cloud®

More than 20 years of proven practice. Agile, rigorous and fully tailored to each engagement.

Week 1

Search Strategy

Presentation and acceptance of the Search Strategy. Tailored market research begins.

Weeks 2–3

Market research

Continuous research from scratch, with two Status Reports to the client.

Week 4

Long List

Presentation of the Long List; the client defines the Short List.

The RIM© is delivered here
Week 5

Consultant interviews

The partner personally interviews the Short List.

Week 6

Finalist Report

Delivery of the finalist shortlist. The client begins its interviews.

Week X

360° references & close

References conducted personally by the partner, selection, negotiation and activation of the guarantee.

Our process does not stop until the client hires the chosen person.

Elite
Top Search Elite · Search + Soft Landing©

Hiring doesn’t end the day they sign. It begins.

In senior-leadership roles, the greatest risk is not the search but the first months of integration. Our Elite level extends the service with a structured 90-day accompaniment, led personally by the partner in charge of the process.

40%of executives in transition miss their objectives within 18 months
2.5×faster integration with structured accompaniment
60%less time to reach full contribution

Based on The First 90 Days by Michael D. Watkins (Harvard Business Review Press) and the STARS diagnostic model. No other executive search firm in the Peruvian market offers this level of post-hire accompaniment.

1

Alignment & diagnosis

Private meeting with the supervisor: expectations and success criteria. Executive onboarding with the STARS model.

2

Team, boss and early wins

Relationship with the direct superior, inherited team and high-impact early wins.

3

Influence, coalitions and culture

Building coalitions with integrity and reading the organization’s unwritten culture.

4

90-day plan and sustainability

A robust plan for the next 60–90 days and leadership sustainability commitments.

Our team of partners

When choosing a firm, the most important CV is that of the consultant in charge.

Every process is led personally by a partner. We never delegate to recruiters or junior professionals.

AC

Armando Cavero G.

Managing Partner

CEO and Regional VP at AT&T, NCR, Compaq and Oracle in Peru. VP for Latin America at NCR Corporation (Dayton, Ohio). 25+ years in executive search and 600+ C-Level searches. Author of Head Hunting: a manual for clients and candidates.

GV

Guillermo van Oordt F.

Partner

Executive Director of Corporate Governance at EY Peru. CEO at Macro Wealth Management. Director at BTG Pactual, Pacífico Seguros and Citibank. MBA from ESAN. Director at IPAE and several Advisory Boards.

FC

Fernanda Cavero

Senior Consultant

Specialist in competency assessment and people development. Responsible for the research stage and candidate investigation, ensuring methodological rigor in every search.

90+Business centers worldwide
50+Countries with active presence
Top 10Global in AESC and Hunt Scanlon rankings
Exclusive member of InterSearch Worldwide for Peru

When the right talented people make the difference.

Let’s talk about your next senior-leadership search, with the confidentiality and rigor it demands.

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