Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026

Top 25 Independent director recruitment companies worldwide

RevenueBase identified 691 independent director recruitment companies worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 6,525 professional contacts across them, including 1,871 with verified work emails. The United Kingdom is the largest market and London the largest hub.

This list covers independent director recruitment companies worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 28, 2026. Country and city lists for independent director recruitment companies follow the table.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 28, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
691Companies
6,525Contacts tracked
1,871Verified emails
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The 25 largest independent director recruitment companies worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 691 independent director recruitment companies worldwide, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 28, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to independent director recruitment companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidencePhiladelphia, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026501-1,000807 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“True is modernizing executive hiring by combining global search expertise with the True AI Capability Index™, the industry’s only methodology for assessing candidate adaptability…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
2Indirect evidencePune, IndiaHQ checked Sep 28, 2026201-500190 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Huntsmen & Barons is a premier executive search and board advisory consulting firm focused on service excellence & disciplined execution.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
3Partial evidenceLas Vegas, NV, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200160 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Boardsi is a modern recruiting company providing executives with Board of Advisors and Directors positions and companies with top C suite Executive talent.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
4Indirect evidenceSeoul, South KoreaHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200158 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“1992 HR, 1984.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
5Partial evidenceMumbai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200141 contacts →

Partial evidence

“TalentAhead is specialized provider of Board & Executive Search, Recruitment Services, Diversity Hiring and HR Consulting.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
6Indirect evidenceSydney, AustraliaHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-200133 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Derwent is one of Australia’s leading Executive Search and Board Advisory firms, partnering with organisations to appoint high-impact leaders who drive long-term success.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
7Partial evidenceDubai, United Arab EmiratesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a128 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are the Middle East’s independent board advisory and executive search firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
8Indirect evidenceUnited StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 2026201-500123 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“On the 1st July 2015, CTPartners joined forces with DHR Global to create one of the world's largest executive search firms with more than 200 consultants and 60 wholly-owned…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
9Indirect evidenceSão Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a87 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“A To Hunt Consultoria foi criada em 2011 por Cláudio Pereira, headhunter com mais de 13 anos de experiência, para atender empresas nacionais e multinacionais nas demandas de…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
10Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20074 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Dore Partnership is a global specialist executive search firm whose purpose is to help boards and corporate leaders build great companies by delivering exceptional talent and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
11Indirect evidenceSingapore, GermanyHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20073 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“ChapmanCG is the global leader in Human Resources executive search, spanning corporate leadership, board appointments and advisory.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
12Indirect evidenceStuttgart, GermanyHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5072 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“division one With our office in Stuttgart along with our partner offices of the international ENEX organization in more than 40 countries (Europe, Asia, Australia, North and South…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
13Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5068 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Lancor is a global retained executive search firm serving public and private companies, private equity firms and other investors.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
14Partial evidenceMünchen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20063 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are the leading European independent Board Advisory and Executive Search firm for the make-or-break leadership decisions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
15Indirect evidenceEdinburgh, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5058 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Headquartered in Edinburgh, FWB is one of the UK’s leading boutique Executive Search & Board Advisory businesses.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
16Indirect evidenceParis, FranceHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5058 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Xperts Council connects Private Equities, Consulting Firms, and Corporates with high level professionals for industry sector consultations, senior advisery missions, and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
17Indirect evidenceZurich, SwitzerlandHQ checked Sep 28, 2026n/a55 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Successful companies need – but finding the is often time-consuming, expensive, and inefficient.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
18Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 202651-20051 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Nurole is the UK's leading Non-Executive Search Specialist, placing Chairs, NEDs & Trustees annually.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
19Indirect evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5040 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Warren Partners is a leading purpose driven, employee-owned search firm, devoted to building and supporting diverse boards and executive leadership teams internationally.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
20Indirect evidenceTrondheim, NorwayHQ checked Sep 28, 2026501-1,00040 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Fremogruppen er en erfaren aktør innen rekruttering, rådgivning og bemanning.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
21Indirect evidenceVancouver, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5039 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Watson, we help Boards be more effective so they can positively shape the future of their organizations.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
22Indirect evidenceMumbai, IndiaHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5039 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Accord India is a retained executive search firm, that has specialized in C-suite executive search for almost three decades, with offices in Mumbai, NCR, Kolkata and Bengaluru +…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
23Partial evidencePorto Alegre, BrazilHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5037 contacts →

Partial evidence

“A reference in executive recruitment, Evermonte’s purpose is to drive the evolution of corporate governance through the identification and selection of strategic leaders and board…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
24Indirect evidenceCape Town, South AfricaHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5035 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Sirdar, we understand the challenges of a boardroom and the trepidation that some entrepreneurs, founders and family businesses experience when considering implementing a board.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026
25Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 28, 202611-5034 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At JMA, we specialise in advising and placing exceptional leaders in some of the world's most successful and innovative businesses.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 28, 2026

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Independent director recruitment companies worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 28, 2026
28.7%Verified-email coverage
9.4Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
10.0%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 28, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
495
11-50
163
51-200
19
201-500
5
501-1,000
8

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among independent director recruitment companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
Coverage
Every country. Country and city lists for independent director recruitment companies are linked below.
What qualifies
Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “independent director recruitment companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names independent director recruitment companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among independent director recruitment companies, and records with no verified work email.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,871 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 28, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Independent director recruitment companies by location

5 lists · largest first

Every Independent director recruitment companies list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names independent director recruitment companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many independent director recruitment companies are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 691 independent director recruitment companies worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

True Search, headquartered in Philadelphia, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which country has the most independent director recruitment companies?

The United Kingdom leads with 118 companies, followed by the United States (106) and Australia (34). Every independent director recruitment companies list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most independent director recruitment companies?

London leads with 69 headquartered companies, followed by Mumbai (13) and Sydney (13).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,871 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 691 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 28, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.