Benchmarks Built on Conversations, Not Just Data

We blend analytics with lived market experience to deliver compensation insights rooted in real conversations.


Contextual, discreet, and role-specific, our benchmarks reflect real mandates and leadership dynamics, not static models.

Off-the-shelf data lacks nuance 

Leadership compensation is influenced by ownership models, growth stage, governance structures, and even founder expectations. We don’t assume averages, we find actuals.

What Makes It Different

Network-Led

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We engage directly with sitting CXOs, founders, and investors, not just talent databases.

Network-Led

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We engage directly with sitting CXOs, founders, and investors, not just talent databases.

Network-Led

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We engage directly with sitting CXOs, founders, and investors, not just talent databases.

Context-Specific

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Each benchmark is built for your specific need and not an industry average.

Context-Specific

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Each benchmark is built for your specific need and not an industry average.

Context-Specific

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Each benchmark is built for your specific need and not an industry average.

Discreet & Reliable

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We operate with full confidentiality and benchmark against peer roles to ensure precision.

Discreet & Reliable

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We operate with full confidentiality and benchmark against peer roles to ensure precision.

Discreet & Reliable

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We operate with full confidentiality and benchmark against peer roles to ensure precision.

How It Works

Define the Role

We align on the mandate, context, stage, and structure to anchor every brief

Define the Role

We align on the mandate, context, stage, and structure to anchor every brief

Define the Role

We align on the mandate, context, stage, and structure to anchor every brief

Custom Research

We engage senior leaders, advisors, and decision-makers to shape real insight.

Custom Research

We engage senior leaders, advisors, and decision-makers to shape real insight.

Custom Research

We engage senior leaders, advisors, and decision-makers to shape real insight.

Triangulate Benchmarks

We analyse fixed, variable, equity, and benefits to reflect live market context.

Triangulate Benchmarks

We analyse fixed, variable, equity, and benefits to reflect live market context.

Triangulate Benchmarks

We analyse fixed, variable, equity, and benefits to reflect live market context.

Deliver Insights

We provide structured ranges, narratives, and recommendations ready for the board.

Deliver Insights

We provide structured ranges, narratives, and recommendations ready for the board.

Deliver Insights

We provide structured ranges, narratives, and recommendations ready for the board.

Use Cases

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Competitive Offers

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Founder Transitions

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Succession Planning

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Market Expansion

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Investor Transitions

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Market Corrections

You Get More Than a Number

You get the context behind it — how others are structuring comp, what drives acceptance, and where flexibility exists. Every insight is grounded in real-world conversations and delivered with partner-led judgment.

Beyond Benchmarking: Our Leadership Services

Bring data into leadership hiring with fitment signals that support sharper, faster decisions

Access on-demand leadership talent to solve for transition, urgency, or transformation.

Custom market benchmarks to structure competitive leadership offers.

Benchmark With Confidence. Decide With Context.

Every mandate deserves clarity backed by live market intelligence.
We combine verified data, peer comparisons, and confidential insights from senior leaders to help you design compensation that stands up to scrutiny.

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