JOlivier & Partners advises companies, boards and private capital stakeholders on executive search, succession, onboarding and leadership decisions across Europe.
JOlivier & Partners is a European executive search and leadership advisory firm. We work with boards, investors and senior management teams on the decisions that matter most — who leads, how they are chosen, and how they succeed.
Our practice spans executive search, board services, succession planning, executive onboarding and outplacement — operating across Geneve, Paris, Madrid, Lisbon and London.
Every mandate is led personally by a founding partner from first conversation to final appointment. We do not delegate searches to junior associates or researchers.
We work exclusively on a retained basis. This is not a procedural preference — it is what allows us to conduct a genuinely exhaustive search without the conflicts that contingency creates.
Boutique means accountability without hierarchy, market knowledge without bureaucracy, and the ability to be direct with clients in ways that large firms cannot.
Advisory on board composition, governance priorities and leadership alignment.
Targeted search for senior and leadership appointments across functions and sectors.
Structured support for leadership transition and succession-critical roles.
Support to accelerate integration, alignment and early executive impact.
Advisory on governance, leadership team assessment and organisational talent strategy.
Experienced executives deployed at pace for critical transitions and transformation mandates.
JOlivier & Partners is headquartered in Lisbon — the point from which we lead mandates across Portugal, Spain and broader Europe. Our Lisbon practice has the deepest executive market knowledge in the Portuguese market, across financial services, technology, private equity, industrial and family enterprise.
For organisations operating across the Iberian Peninsula, we provide a single point of accountability across both markets — without the complexity of engaging two separate firms.
Offices →We work with you to define the leadership requirement — role, context, stakeholders, success criteria and the non-negotiables.
We map the full relevant market, identify and approach the best passive candidates, and apply rigorous assessment before presenting a shortlist.
We support the decision process, manage the offer, and provide structured onboarding support to protect the appointment through the first 90 days.
Our engagement does not end at the offer. We remain available to the client and the executive through the critical first 90 days, available to address the issues that invariably arise during transition.
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