The fractional executive search firm built for 1–3 days a week.
We pair UK scale-ups, PE-backed portfolios and growing businesses with fractional CEOs, CFOs, CMOs, CTOs, COOs, CPOs, CHROs and CISOs — in 48 hours, outside IR35, at day rates we publish.
Why we exist.
Retained executive search is built for permanent hires. It optimises for the £200k+ base-salary placement, a 20–30% recruitment fee, and a 3–6 month timeline.
That's the right answer for some hires.
It's the wrong answer for most fractional engagements — where the company wants senior leadership at 1–3 days a week, structured outside IR35, with no notice period.
We built Fractional Quest to be the fractional-native alternative. Day rates published.
Outside-IR35 contracts on file.
A 48-hour shortlist instead of a six-month search.
The first call costs you nothing and the brief takes 15 minutes.
We're independent. No PE backers in the cap table dictating placement preferences, no roll-up of recruiter agencies.
Founder-led, UK-based, focused on one thing — making fractional executive hiring obvious.
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