Executive search

for Professional Services Leaders

Patrick Morgan’s Executive Search practice helps Professional Services firms secure senior leaders who deliver measurable business impact. Our process ensures both cultural alignment and long term value creation.

  • Our Approach:

    Data Led, Market Validated

    1. Business Alignment: We conduct a deep review of your strategy, growth goals, and leadership needs.
    2. Market Validation: We engage your target clients and market stakeholders to validate and refine ideal candidate profiles.
    3. Proprietary Intelligence: We leverage anonymized candidate and market data from thousands of live interactions, enhanced by advanced analytics.

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

  • Data-Driven

    Search Insights

    • Timing: Predict optimal outreach windows to maximize positive response rates.
    • Narrative: Tailor messaging based on candidate location, employer, and career trajectory.
    • Preconceptions: Anticipate and overcome objections candidates may have about the client or role.

  • During Each Search

    We deliver additional intelligence

    • Push Factors: Identify systemic reasons why top talent may leave their current firm.
    • Pull Factors: Highlight key motivators to position your opportunity more effectively.
    • Market Response: Gauge and report on how your firm is perceived by talent in the market.

We Help Build High-Impact Leadership Teams

Our Specialities

We specialise in MD and Partner-level hiring, as well as management teams, across the Professional Services sector, from individual rainmakers to full leadership pods. Our work spans both global incumbents and high-growth challengers, supporting firms through expansion, transformation and succession.

Consulting & Research
Accounting & Advisory
Precision Hiring
Business Intelligence

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.