Fractional Executive Search

Strengthen Your Investees Without Becoming Their Operator.

You backed fast-growing Vietnamese founders. Growth now depends on leadership they cannot yet hire. We find, vet and match fractional executives for your portfolio companies and stay involved in every engagement you refer.

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The situation

For investors, the real risk is how the leadership gap gets filled, not the gap itself.

Investors backing Vietnamese companies keep running into the same problem:

01

You can see the gap clearly

You understand what type of leadership would fix it. But you don't have a reliable, high-quality source you trust enough to refer.

02

Referring wrong is worse than doing nothing

It costs time, money, and founder trust. Your reputation with the portfolio company is at stake.

03

You do not want to carry management risk

Being seen as directing the company beyond your governance role creates complications.

04

The governance boundary

You want to add value beyond capital, but need to respect the line between governance and management.

We run executive search fractionally, with governance attached, rather than listing freelancers. A referral to us brings your investee a vetted match, a check-in rhythm and a clear plan if circumstances change.

Is it the right fit?

Who this is for, and who it is not

Best for

  • Adding operational value to investees without taking on management risk
  • Giving founders a vetted operator you can refer with confidence
  • Supporting several portfolio companies from one standing relationship
  • Professionalising an investee while respecting its existing culture
  • Staying in your governance role while the engagement is run for you

Not for

  • Installing a controlling manager to run the company for you
  • A single one-off introduction with no ongoing oversight
  • Investors who want to direct day-to-day operations themselves
  • A freelancer directory rather than a managed engagement
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Operating leadership your portfolio can draw on.

For investors in Vietnam

What a Saigon portfolio company gets from us

A curated, governed partner that protects your standing with founders across Ho Chi Minh City and Vietnam.

1 monthNotice, either way
800+Curated and vetted executives
2–3 weeksBrief to deployment
30–60%Less than a full-time hire, on our engagements

Senior operators, carefully matched

We match for stage, sector and temperament as well as skill. In a market short of experienced executives, a good match is worth more than a quick one.

Oversight that continues

We stay involved after the match. If another gap appears, the next search starts from the brief we already hold.

Our collective of 800+

A portfolio CFO can consult a CTO or revenue leader from our collective. One engagement opens a wider circle of senior expertise across Vietnam and the region.

Continuity on our side

If an executive steps away, we manage the handover and the replacement search ourselves, from the context we have kept.

Family-owned holdings

For founder-led and family companies in the portfolio, our executives professionalise leadership within a clear scope and with respect for the people who built the business.

How it works

The partnership model

One relationship. Portfolio-wide coverage.

01

Establish the standing relationship

We understand your investment thesis, your portfolio, and the types of leadership gaps most common across your investments.

02

You introduce us when needed

When a portfolio company needs operational leadership, you make the introduction. We handle everything else.

03

The right operator, fast

Discovery, matching, scoping, engagement management, and ongoing oversight, without you managing or coordinating it.

04

Visibility without burden

Lightweight reporting to you, not operational detail, but confidence that the engagement is performing. Investor-grade oversight without investor-level involvement.

Who we support

Support by investor type

Different investors carry different portfolio needs. We match the operator to the need and manage the engagement, so it never lands back on you.

Investor type
Common need
Investor typeVC fund
Common needFounder support, CFO readiness, go-to-market help
Investor typeFamily office
Common needProfessionalisation without cultural disruption
Investor typeGrowth investor
Common needScale-up systems and leadership depth
Investor typePE fund
Common needValue creation and 100-day execution
Investor typeStrategic investor
Common needLocal operating leadership and market entry
Fractional executive search

The operators we embed in your portfolio companies

Every operator is matched to the portfolio company's stage, sector and challenge.

Proven leadership

Our executives have worked across

BlackRock
Goldman Sachs
Morgan Stanley
JPMorgan
Franklin Templeton
Fidelity
Schroders
Amundi
Common questions

The questions buyers ask first

The portfolio company engages us directly. We hold the brief, the scope and the oversight, and you stay in your investor role with the visibility you choose.

Yes. We match for stage, so a seed-stage company and a Series B scale-up receive very different executives. Where the brief needs it, we look for experience of Vietnam's startup scene in particular.

Yes. A standing arrangement with your fund lets us understand the portfolio once and match executives for several companies as needs arise, in Saigon, Hanoi or across the region.

We match for Vietnam experience where the brief calls for it, including foreign-invested structures. Registration, legal and tax specialists remain the investee's own advisers; your executive keeps those workstreams on schedule.

Yes. We can agree a short update rhythm with you, giving confidence on progress and direction without passing on management detail.

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Give your portfolio companies operators you can refer with confidence.

We match vetted fractional executives to your investees and manage the engagement end to end, so you add operational value while staying in your governance role.

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