Insights

Boardroom thinking and market reads from Hunters and Skipper.

We publish where we have a point of view, and stay quiet where we do not. Every piece is written for the leaders who hold the roles it concerns.

Featured  ·  Executive Search

Why part of our fee follows the outcome

A board judges a senior appointment a year after it is made. Our fee schedule, our money back guarantee and our 365 day continuity assurance are built around that judgement.

Hunters and Skipper. 22 September 2026. 6 min read

Technology, Media and Telecom  ·  6 min read

The technology leader who ships: appointing for the age of applied AI

Hunters and Skipper. 15 September 2026
Executive Search  ·  5 min read

The case for confidential search

Hunters and Skipper. 8 September 2026
Consumer and Retail  ·  5 min read

The retail chief executive the next decade needs

Hunters and Skipper. 1 September 2026
Civil Engineering and Infrastructure  ·  6 min read

The programme leader the Gulf pipeline depends on

Hunters and Skipper. 25 August 2026
Banking and Financial Services  ·  5 min read

Should the next Chief Risk Officer come from credit, or from technology?

Hunters and Skipper. 18 August 2026
Founder's Notes  ·  4 min read

The window that does not reopen

Sanjay Sharma, Founder. 17 August 2026
Leadership Advisory  ·  5 min read

Succession in founder and family enterprises begins before the vacancy

Hunters and Skipper. 11 August 2026
Healthcare and Life Sciences  ·  5 min read

Leading a clinical enterprise as a business, with the confidence of its clinicians

Hunters and Skipper. 4 August 2026
Executive Search  ·  4 min read

Who really owns executive hiring?

Hunters and Skipper. 29 July 2026
Leadership Assessment  ·  5 min read

Evidence beyond the CV: how we read a leader before the offer

Hunters and Skipper. 28 July 2026
Professional Services  ·  5 min read

The lateral partner appointment: verifying what a partner really brings

Hunters and Skipper. 21 July 2026
Real Estate  ·  5 min read

When a developer becomes a platform: the leader real estate now needs

Hunters and Skipper. 14 July 2026
Industrial and Manufacturing  ·  5 min read

Localise, automate, decarbonise: the operations leader for industry's decisive decade

Hunters and Skipper. 7 July 2026
Oil and Gas  ·  5 min read

Energy leadership for two futures at once

Hunters and Skipper. 30 June 2026
Aerospace and Defence  ·  5 min read

Discretion, programmes and partnerships: appointing leaders in aerospace and defence

Hunters and Skipper. 23 June 2026
Leadership and Governance  ·  3 min read

Interrupt the interruption

Hunters and Skipper. 18 June 2026
Automotive and Mobility  ·  5 min read

Protecting one franchise while launching the next: the automotive leader's test

Hunters and Skipper. 16 June 2026
Founder's Notes  ·  4 min read

The third commission: a new word for retirement

Sanjay Sharma, Founder. 13 June 2026
Leadership Assessment  ·  3 min read

Passion is powerful. Discipline gives it direction.

Hunters and Skipper. 12 June 2026
Sustainability and Environment  ·  5 min read

The Chief Sustainability Officer, from reporting to operations

Hunters and Skipper. 9 June 2026
Leadership and Governance  ·  8 min read

Both halves of the employment contract

Hunters and Skipper. 7 June 2026
Leadership and Governance  ·  6 min read

The hidden cost of the chair

Hunters and Skipper. 14 May 2026
Technology, Media and Telecom  ·  6 min read

The GCC technology talent shift has begun, and Saudi Arabia is leading it

Hunters and Skipper. 12 May 2026
Executive Search  ·  5 min read

Executive search is not recruitment. It is command.

Hunters and Skipper. 8 May 2026
Leadership and Governance  ·  5 min read

Why “independent” is not a compliment

Hunters and Skipper. 6 May 2026
Leadership and Governance  ·  5 min read

Crisis prepared organisations: a discipline of leadership, not circumstance

Hunters and Skipper. 17 April 2026
Leadership and Governance  ·  3 min read

Where do we find such people?

Hunters and Skipper. 23 January 2026
Executive Search  ·  5 min read

Missions, surgeries, orchestras: elite teams are recruited to execute together

Hunters and Skipper. 22 January 2026
Leadership and Governance  ·  3 min read

From the battlefield to the boardroom: why military talent matters

Hunters and Skipper. 27 December 2025
Founder's Notes  ·  5 min read

The invisible loss: when mothers leave work

Sanjay Sharma, Founder. 1 July 2025