PEOPLE
OF

Unapologetically good headhunters specialising in purpose-led executive search.

PURPOSE
Altrua people.

Expert in Retail, Consumer and Entertainment, global in our scope. We guide leaders and companies through commercial and cultural evolution, hiring skilled board teams. Our obsession is ‘Organisational Health.’ We practice what we preach; Organisational Health runs through our values and modus operandi.
Diversity and Inclusion is a mindset for Altrua. We work with, and hire, individuals and businesses who positively embrace age, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation.

WE BELIEVE IN thrival.

ALTRUA believes that performing to the best of your ability is wholeheartedly linked with strength in body and mind. We endorse the combination of leading with purpose and focusing on wellbeing. Purpose drives the culture, values and behaviours that underpin company Thrival. Altrua make appointments within the context of a team. We are clear that leaders are only as good as the talent that surrounds them.

STRENGTH IN LEADERSHIP FOR A WORLD THAT THRIVES.

ALTRUA believes leadership is the one ingredient that enables Thrival. Our purpose is to focus on what matters; values beyond what makes a profit.
For every leader we appoint, we pledge to support and nurture a potential leader of tomorrow, currently in search of their route. We do this in partnership with The Princes Trust.

RIGHT TALENT, RIGHT ROLES, RIGHT BEHAVIOURS.
HIRING FOR THRIVAL, REGARDLESS OF INVESTMENT MODEL AND SCALE.
MAIN BOARD
  • Chair
  • NED
  • Advisory Committee
  • CEO
  • CFO
OPERATING BOARD
  • Chief Product Officer
  • CMO/Chief Customer Officer
  • Chief Channel Officer
  • COO/Chief Operating Officer
  • CFO
  • CHRO/Chief People Officer
TRANSFORMATION
  • CDO/Chief Digital Officer
  • Transformation Director
  • Change Officer
  • Chief Innovation Officer
  • Internet of Things Director

Public Company     Private & Founder     Private Equity

Public Company
Private & Founder
Private Equity

OUR PROCESS IS DIGITAL, HUMAN AND CREATIVE.

Our approach gets under the skin of businesses and leaders alike, recommending key components for modern successful leadership.
We bring art, science and intuition to Executive Search. We reach the crux of what really matters. Precision and pace are essential to hiring for Thrival.
Whether you are planning to make single or multiple appointments, fit is critical. Referencing deeply provides perspective and enables contextural analysis.

OUR FEES REFLECT OUR PRINCIPLES. TRANSPARENT. FINITE.

We believe in purposeful process and remuneration. We commit to agreeing fixed fees. Understanding cost in this market is critical.
We assess each scenario individually and price according to scale and model.
Our subscription model allows us to operate in-house, as part of your team.
Supporting the leadership committee, our action-oriented expertise enables accelerated transformation.

BUILDING SUSTAINABLE & COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIPS.

We know building sustainable and commercial business dreams require teams; the Right Talent in the Right Roles demonstrating the Right Behaviour. ALTRUA are unique in offering both Executive Search and a monthly Talent Subscription model. The purpose is to enable business leaders to make better decisions about Talent. In practice this is a structured commitment between us to share our external point of view, expertise and consultative approach on a regular monthly basis. We bring contextual solutions, access to real-time data, conceptual thinking, modelling and action orientated results.

Arete:

An inherent focus on quality and effectiveness;
bound with the fulfilment of purpose.

Excellence:

We seek individuals and entities who,
by definition, make things great.

Integrity:

We operate without compromise.

Intention:

We do business because we choose to,
and with whomever we choose.

Invest:

We invest in the current and the
next generation.

Purpose:

We act with purpose, and we require purpose.

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Lucy Harris.
FOUNDING PARTNER

Lucy has been a headhunter for 25 years. She has hired more than 300 leaders into global retailers and brands within the fashion, lifestyle, general merchandise and consumer sector.
Shaping strong board teams, Lucy has enabled businesses and leaders to take brave decisions. Her grasp of omni-channel organisational models and emerging trends in talent combine, as she continues to modernise brands regardless of their route to market.
Her DNA: logical, technical, multi-cultural leadership, merged with a desire to understand, nurture and ‘make people better leaders.’ brain form the basis of her modus operandi and unique relationship building skills.

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