Executive Search
Maven is in the business of creating and adding value to your company.
By combining our core search methodology, data-mining technology, sector specific knowledge and well established networks with old fashioned hard graft, we enable our clients to attract and retain outstanding executive talent delivering proven shareholder value.
For further information regarding timescales and methodology, please click here.
Board Networking
Please email caroline@maven-ventures.co.uk to receive the Maven Network Event schedule for 2011.
See you there!
Team Maven
Leadership Assessment/ Management Team Audits
Often pre or post-investment, Maven ‘audits’ the Management Team talent, both as a collective force and as individuals. This is crucial to ensure the right people are in the right place to take the business through its next stage of development.
We conduct a structured in-depth interview with each member, benchmark individual competency levels against desired ones and provide a rating of the best talent and suggest development recommendations. This process is easily adapted to your specific situation and is conducted in only a few days, provided all parties work closely.
We present the audit outcomes to the Board or prospective investor and discuss individual results with each participant to focus on strengths and important areas where a specific group of managers may lack knowledge and skills.
To retain impartiallity and trust, Maven proposes not to be retained for any resulting Search process.
Independant 360° Referencing
Maven has a long history of providing ‘one off’ independant references on people who you may already ‘know’ or have been made ‘known to you’ either through your own network or a recruiter.
As an Independent Director on any board, whether you are an investor or not, you have the right to thoroughly check out any potential new addition.
Tell us if there is a specific area of the candidates career you’d like clarity on if it a 360 degree reference for sound corporate governance and we will deliver a prefessional, confidential and often insightful background- specific to the value-add role you’re looking for them to perform to fullfill.
Remember, this activity is impartial and always outside of the references typically supplied by the candidate themselves.
Competitive Landscape Mapping
We are sure you know the usual suspects in your space but have you considered the earlier stage companies that have received venture capital funding or corporate ventures that are spinning out.
We pride ourselves on the quality of our research, not simply at the detailed level but across a broad geographical spread.
We have delivered projects in the past to show competitors in emerging product areas and geographics that have led to being acquisition targets and business partners.