Helping organizations build high-performing leadership teams through insight-driven executive search and precise talent placement.
Exceptional leadership determines future direction. Decisions at executive levels are not about filling roles but shaping legacies. We partner with forward-thinking enterprises to identify transformative CXOs and business leaders who drive agility, resilience, and sustained performance. Operating exclusively on a retainer model, our approach ensures confidentiality, speed, and strategic alignment at every step.
We combine deep sector insight, proprietary research, and a curated network exceeding 300,000 leaders across functions from General Management and Finance to Technology and HR with a high-touch, consultative process. Each mandate is managed using market-proven intelligence and daily candidate engagement, transforming leadership hiring from a transactional event into a sustained, strategic advantage.
Performance defines us. With an industry-leading 81% closure ratio, a 72% repeat mandate rate, and trusted partnerships with over 250 premier organizations, our success is trackable and enduring. Nearly 75% of new engagements arise through referrals, an unmistakable signal of trust. At Sapphire, we don’t merely fill roles; we unlock leadership value that accelerates growth and defines futures.
We specialize in Board Advisory and Board Search services designed to help organizations elevate their governance standards and leadership effectiveness. Our focus is on building future-ready boards with strategic, independent leadership. We work closely with our clients to build high-impact Independent Boards that bring strategic oversight, drive business agility, and enhance credibility in an increasingly complex regulatory and stakeholder environment.
Our approach goes beyond placement. We understand the dynamics of corporate boards and align leadership capability with organizational vision. With rising demands for transparency, globalization, and accountability, we help companies identify and onboard board members who bring a balance of experience, industry knowledge, and foresight enabling boards to act with independence and clarity.
We also advocate for greater diversity at the board level. By enabling the inclusion of competent women directors and professionals from diverse backgrounds, we help organizations foster inclusivity and innovation. Our advisory services ensure that board compositions are future-ready, effective, and aligned with evolving business needs.
Our Managed Search Services is a strategic partnership model where organizations outsource their leadership hiring mandate to us. Built on a monthly retainer structure, it is best suited for companies with 10 or more leadership roles to fill in a year. The model ensures consistency, speed, and quality in fulfilling mandates across functions and geographies, while going beyond traditional search to align with business goals and anticipate future leadership requirements. This creates a long-term, insight-driven engagement that helps organizations stay competitive in a fast-changing talent landscape.
Under this model, we deploy a dedicated client-specific team led by a single point of contact (SPOC) or Account Manager who develops a deep understanding of the client’s culture, priorities, and evolving needs. The team acts as an extension of the internal HR and leadership function, managing interviews, driving faster closures, and proactively surfacing leaders who fit the organization’s vision and values. This approach streamlines the hiring process, improves turnaround times, and enhances overall leadership continuity through higher-quality placements.
Ideal for organizations scaling rapidly, undergoing transformation, or requiring continuous leadership hiring, Managed Search ensures proactive talent mapping, market insights, and complete hiring ownership. It not only drives cost efficiency but also enhances the quality of leadership talent brought into the organization. The partnership enables sustained leadership continuity, reducing business risk and driving organizational success.
Our Team Movement solution enables organizations to onboard entire high-performing teams rather than just individuals. With deep expertise in facilitating seamless transitions, we specialize in identifying cohesive, proven groups that have consistently delivered measurable results together. These teams bring the advantage of established collaboration and minimal ramp-up time, enabling organizations to accelerate growth and innovation by integrating ready-to-perform talent.
We are among the most experienced search firms in enabling successful team movements and aqui-hiring, having executed more than a dozen such transitions across industries. This includes one of India’s largest team movements by a search firm, where over 65 professionals joined a client in a single strategic move. By leveraging this expertise, we ensure that organizations gain not only leadership capability but also collective synergy that strengthens business outcomes from day one.
Our approach goes beyond placements to crafting a compelling value proposition tailored to the aspirations of incoming teams. We work closely with clients to align opportunities with long-term business vision, growth pathways, and cultural fit. By positioning the organization as a platform for career advancement and facilitating early engagement, we set the foundation for sustained success. This model helps clients secure strategic talent advantages while reducing risks typically associated with large-scale hiring.
In today’s fast-changing talent market, knowing how your competitors are structured, staffed, and compensated is a strategic advantage. Sapphire Human Capital’s Competition Tracker delivers in-depth, real-time intelligence on your top talent competitors, enabling you to anticipate moves, benchmark effectively, and refine your leadership strategy. From detailed organization mapping to live market pay data, we equip you with the insights needed to outpace the competition.
Our comprehensive approach covers organizational structure, designation benchmarking, compensation analysis, and leadership profiling for up to four key competitors you choose. We go beyond public data capturing live, role-specific insights directly from market professionals. This enables you to see exactly how decision-making flows, how roles are positioned, and how top leaders are sourced, creating a robust foundation for succession planning, targeted hiring, and structural optimization.
Competition Tracker is more than research it’s a decision-support tool. By aligning your internal structures with verified market benchmarks, you can design competitive pay strategies, close leadership gaps, and enhance your employer brand positioning. Whether you are entering a new market, scaling rapidly, or protecting your top talent from competitive poaching, our intelligence empowers you to make faster, sharper, and more confident leadership and hiring decisions.
ExploreSapphire Human Capital is a strategic partner in executive search and leadership advisory, powering leadership excellence and delivering market intelligence solutions that enable organizations to anticipate change, benchmark against competitors, and stay ahead of industry shifts. We are also transforming leadership engagement in India through thought-leadership recognitions and high-impact bespoke B2B events that inspire innovation, foster collaboration, and shape the future of work.
Through flagship platforms like RethinkHR, India’s Most Agile HR Leaders, and CXO Moves, we create powerful forums for knowledge exchange, recognition, and strategic dialogue at the highest levels. RethinkHR unites visionary HR leaders and industry trailblazers to reimagine the future of work, while India’s Most Agile HR Leaders celebrates adaptability and innovation in driving workplace transformation. CXO Moves delivers unmatched insights into leadership transitions, empowering boards and executives with intelligence that shapes succession planning and governance.
Every Sapphire event blends proprietary research, immersive formats, and exclusive networking opportunities to ensure participants leave with actionable strategies that deliver measurable impact. From high-level keynotes to interactive strategy labs and recognition galas, our bespoke B2B events connect India’s most influential decision-makers with ideas, innovations, and partnerships that define the next era of leadership and organizational success
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We are India’s most agile executive search and leadership advisory firm, with over 1,500 leadership closures across industries. We’ve placed more than 50 CEOs and 40+ Partners in top consulting firms, establishing a proven record of impact.
From building entire leadership teams for financial services houses to closing rare mandates like Chief Data Scientist for a US tech firm’s India R&D centre, we have deep expertise in BFSI, Technology & Consulting, Industrials, Infrastructure, Healthcare, Consumer, and Retail.
We executed India’s largest team movement by a search firm (65+ leaders in one transaction) and facilitated the highest-value leadership hiring deal in India.
Our Founder & CEO, Ankit Bansal, is a serial HR entrepreneur with prior experience at McKinsey, PwC, and Standard Chartered. He also co-founded one of India’s largest flexi-job platforms and is an Advisory Board member of the India Diversity Forum.
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