Resource Bridge is a specialist CEO executive search firm based in Mumbai. We help boards, promoters and PE-backed companies across India hire CEOs, MDs, BU Heads and P&L leaders, through a retained, research-led search rather than a database-driven recruitment process.
A CEO hire is the single most consequential decision a board or promoter makes, and the right candidate is rarely looking for a job. Generalist recruitment agencies spread their effort across many roles and levels. As a specialist executive search firm, we work on only two kinds of mandates: CEO search and CFO search. That focus gives us deeper networks, sharper assessment and a clearer view of which leaders will actually deliver in your context.
Our CEO Practice covers CEO and CEO-type roles where business criticality is high and there is a strong P&L angle. These include MD & CEO, Deputy MD, BU Head and critical direct reports to the CEO such as Sales and Marketing leaders. For example, we have run an MD search for a chemical firm, and placed a Spaniard as Chief Marketing Officer for a client where the role drove both top-line growth and margins through pricing.
Most CEO searches in India run 8 to 14 weeks from kickoff to offer acceptance. Our fastest recorded closure is 3 weeks.
A sample of recent CEO Practice mandates, published without client names for confidentiality:
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Over 20 years we have worked with boards, promoters and PE-backed companies in India and abroad, including a chemical conglomerate, a home-grown private equity firm, a foodtech soonicorn, one of the top 5 business houses in Oman and one of India's top 3 offline retailers.
Our CEO Practice publishes original research on the Indian CEO market, including the CEO Landscape 2025 annual report, the quarterly CEO Hiring Trends index, and the CEO Portrait 2024 profile of the modern Indian CEO. Browse all insights.
Most CEO searches in India take 8 to 14 weeks from kickoff to offer acceptance, depending on role complexity, industry and how tightly the mandate is scoped. Resource Bridge's fastest recorded CEO search closure is 3 weeks. Highly specialised or confidential mandates can take longer.
A recruitment agency typically fills roles from active candidate databases and job boards, often on contingency. A CEO search firm is retained exclusively to run a research-led process: mapping the market, directly approaching passive candidates who are not looking, and assessing them in depth before presenting a shortlist. Retained search is the standard for CEO roles because of the depth and discretion required.
CEO and CEO-type roles with high business criticality and a strong P&L angle: MD & CEO, CEO, Deputy MD, BU Heads, and critical direct reports to the CEO such as Sales and Marketing leaders.
Retained executive search firms in India typically charge a fee calculated as a percentage of the placed candidate's first-year compensation, billed in instalments across the engagement. Resource Bridge scopes and quotes each CEO mandate individually. Contact us for a specific quote.
Yes. Confidentiality is standard, especially for replacement searches or when an incumbent is still in the role. Resource Bridge manages outreach discreetly and publishes past mandates without client or candidate names.
Resource Bridge is headquartered in Mumbai (Andheri East) and runs CEO searches for companies across India and, on select mandates, internationally. See our Mumbai executive search page.
