Search/Country Head in Delhi NCR

Country Head search firm in Delhi NCR.

Retained Country Head search in Delhi NCR and across Gurgaon · New Delhi · Noida. Country Head mandates are usually first-or-second hires for an inbound multinational, or a strategic reset for an existing entity. We run them with a market-entry lens, not a pure leadership-search lens.

01 / What we evaluate

How we read a Country Head.

Every Country Head candidate we shortlist for a Delhi NCR mandate is evaluated against five lenses, refined over two decades of Country Head placements across India and the GCC:

  • 01Market-entry or scale-up experience in similar businesses
  • 02Regulatory, legal and tax fluency in the target market
  • 03Talent-acquisition firepower (the next 20 hires)
  • 04Headquarters fluency — comfort working across time zones and matrices
  • 05P&L ownership at the relevant scale
Compensation

₹2.5–8 Cr fixed + variable + LTI

Typical Country Head band for Delhi NCR-based mandates, fixed plus variable plus long-term equity / ESOP. Adjust upward for listed-company and PE-backed roles.

Timeline

14–20 weeks

Kick-off to signed offer. Add 4–6 weeks for confidential CXO replacements and cross-border briefs.

Engagement

Retained

Single-firm retainer, milestone-billed at 25–33% of target compensation. 12-month replacement guarantee.

02 / Why us in Delhi

From the ground.

Cross-border Country Head mandates are a core franchise — we have placed Country Heads of global banks, technology majors, consumer brands and family-office vehicles.

Delhi NCR is home to our headquarters and the largest concentration of consultants in the firm. Most national CXO mandates we run — for banks, NBFCs, technology majors, GCCs, consumer brands and infrastructure businesses — are operated from here.

  • Country Head mandates in Banking & Financial Services
  • Country Head mandates in Information Technology & GCCs
  • Country Head mandates in Consumer Goods & Retail
  • Country Head mandates in Infrastructure & Real Estate
  • Country Head mandates in Auto & Auto Components
  • Country Head mandates in Pharma & Life Sciences

Brief us on a Country Head search in Delhi.

A consultant from our Delhi NCR office will be in touch within one business day.

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