Executive Search · Strategy · Casablanca & Paris

Connecting talents, driving success.

Executive search, hand-tailored to your mandate.

Senior-led search for the roles that think the enterprise — strategy consulting, corporate strategy, transformation and M&A — across Europe, Morocco and the Middle East.

Clients across
Strategy consultancies Private equity Scaling tech ventures Industrial groups Pharma
Manifesto

A different idea of executive search.

Executive search was never meant to be a numbers game. More profiles. More interviews. More CVs. But fewer candidates who truly fit.

We come from the environments we serve

We are former consultants, strategists, and operators. We've worked the roles we now recruit for — so we know what a CV doesn't say.

Briefs built with you, not simply received

Shorter shortlists. Every name a conviction. One mandate at a time, one senior interlocutor throughout.

Hicham Boumnade

Founder

Convictions

What we believe.

Five convictions that shape every search.

I

Mis-hiring costs ten times the fee

A wrong strategic hire costs ten times the search fee in lost momentum. Yet most regional markets still treat external recruitment services as a luxury.

II

A wrong brief produces a wrong hire

We push back on the brief more often than our competitors — building the story with you, that's where the work starts.

III

The best candidates aren't looking

They're building. They have to be reached — by someone whose call they'll actually take.

IV

At senior level, why matters more than where.

Why they joined. Why they left. What they refused. That's where the real signal hides.

V

Your recruiter is your reputation

Every clumsy pitch from a recruiter who doesn't understand your story reaches the candidates you actually want — and the market remembers. We protect your name as our own.

Approach

How we work.

A single sequence, run end to end by one senior interlocutor. No hand-offs.

01
Mandate intake

We co-build the story and the pitch with you — the narrative that moves the right candidates, not just a job description.

02
Augmented sourcing

AI-powered mapping of the market — coverage no manual search can match.

03
Senior screening

Every long-list candidate is interviewed by a senior recruiter. No junior screening. No exceptions.

04
Defended shortlist

Three to five names, each presented with their angle, trade-offs, and trajectory.

05
Onboarding support

We stay involved through offer, signing, and the first months in seat.

One mandate at a time. One senior interlocutor throughout.

Expertise

Where we operate.

A deliberately narrow focus — the roles that think the enterprise.

Strategy & Management Consulting

01

From Tier-1 strategy houses to specialist boutiques — the analytical talent that frames where an organisation is going, and what kind of operator can take it there.

Management Consulting Corporate Strategy Transformation & M&A

Financial Services & Private Equity

02

Banking, asset management and PE portfolio teams — senior operators with financial expertise and strategic judgment.

Tech & Digital

03

Scaling ventures hiring their first senior strategists and the leaders who build a resilient digital core.

Industrials

04

Heavy industry navigating the green transition and a generational shift in leadership.

Pharma

05

R&D-driven organisations shaping regional and global healthcare.

Leadership

  • C-Level executives
  • Strategy Managers & Directors
  • Board & advisory roles

Consulting & transformation

  • Consultants — Analyst to Partner
  • Transformation & PMO leads
  • M&A & Private Equity professionals

Functional expertise

  • AI, cyber & decarbonisation
  • Sales & Business Development
  • Functional experts

We don't pretend to cover everything. We go deep where we add value.

Our reach

One network, several geographies.

World map — Casablanca, Paris, Geneva, Düsseldorf, Dubai, Riyadh
MoroccoHub
FranceHub
SwitzerlandActive
GermanyActive
UAEActive
KSAActive
20+

Strategic mandates delivered every year

5+

Countries actively sourced from

3–5

Candidates per shortlist — never more

Selected mandates

Recent searches.

Selected mandates across strategy, leadership and expertise seats.

Strategy Consulting

Consultants & Project leaders

Top tier / MBB consulting firm · Casablanca

Multiple senior consultants and project leaders for a global strategy house's regional build-out.

Partner, Private Banking

Management consultancy · Paris & Geneva

Cross-border partner hire bridging advisory and private banking practices.

Principal — real estate

Strategy consulting boutique · Dubai

Specialist principal for a Gulf-based strategy and investment boutique.

Financial Services Consultants — Analyst to Partner

Financial services boutique · Paris

Multiple hires across seniority for a financial services consulting practice.

Digital Transformation Consultants — Analyst to Partner

Management consultancy · Paris

Full-spectrum build-out of a digital transformation practice, analyst through partner.

Private Equity Consultant — Manager

Private equity advisory · Paris

Manager-level hire for a commercial due diligence team.

Corporate Strategy & Leadership

Strategy Manager

Trade-credit insurer · Paris

Corporate strategy hire inside a global trade-credit insurer.

Chief Operating Officer

Fintech · Casablanca

Founding-team COO for a scaling regional fintech.

Head of Region

LEADING QUICK-DELIVERY SCALE-UP · CASABLANCA

Regional leadership for a high-growth platform business.

Tech & Expertise

Chief Technology Officer

Tech startup · Casablanca

First senior technology leader for an early-stage venture.

AI Senior Consultant

Applied-AI advisory · Paris

Specialist hire for an applied-AI advisory practice.

Cyber Security Expert

Consulting firm · Paris

Senior functional expert hire for a cyber security advisory team.

Decarbonisation Expert

Sustainability consultancy · Paris

Functional expert hire to lead decarbonisation engagements.

Selected mandates, anonymised. Search engagements are subject to client confidentiality.

Hicham Boumnade, Founder of Nexa Partners
Leadership

Hicham Boumnade · Founder

Every senior career move should be intentional, meaningful, and strategically aligned — for both the candidate and the company.

Hicham founded Nexa Partners after several years in strategy consulting and executive search. Trained in financial services advisory and operating between Paris and Casablanca, he brings a sharp understanding of the talent markets that matter to fast-moving organisations.

Top consulting and transformation practices, tech ventures hiring their first senior strategists, and corporate strategy seats at scaling businesses — these are the mandates he takes personally, one at a time.

For candidates

A senior moves once or twice a decade. It should count.

If you lead strategy, consulting, transformation or M&A work, we'd value knowing you — long before there's a mandate to discuss. No databases, no spam. A conversation with someone who has done the role.

Start a mandate

Let's find the leader your strategy needs.

One mandate at a time, one senior interlocutor throughout. Book a call to discuss the brief — not just the job description.