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.
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
₹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.
14–20 weeks
Kick-off to signed offer. Add 4–6 weeks for confidential CXO replacements and cross-border briefs.
Retained
Single-firm retainer, milestone-billed at 25–33% of target compensation. 12-month replacement guarantee.
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
Other Delhi search practices.
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A consultant from our Delhi NCR office will be in touch within one business day.
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