FractionalFRACTIONAL|TOKYO
Fractional Executive Search.

The right leader, for exactly as long as it matters.

Senior leadership for the owner-led companies, scale-ups and foreign subsidiaries of the Kanto region, matched through a search and embedded directly into the business on a gyomu itaku services contract, for the share of time the work actually needs.

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350+Curated and vetted executives
2–3 weeksFrom brief to deployment
30–60%Less than a comparable full-time hire, on our engagements
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Governance as a service

We do not make an introduction and step away

Hire one leader and the perspective of the whole collective comes with them. We provide the support, structure and governance that keep the engagement working in Tokyo. The executive holds the decisions in their domain and owns the outcomes, which is what separates this from advice.

An operator, not an adviserYour leader embeds in the team, executes, and is measured on business outcomes rather than on deliverables. In a business that is owner-managed, and very often approaching a succession with no successor in place, they are also the outside voice that can say the thing insiders cannot.
A collective behind every placementOur collective of 350+ curated and vetted executives stands behind the engagement, across finance, operations, technology and people. That matters most where senior operators who can hold the room in Japanese and report to an overseas board in English, which is the single hardest combination to hire here are scarce.
The roles we place

A full C-suite, on the terms a growing business needs

We focus on the leadership functions that move a company forward. Start with one, or draw on the whole collective.

Chief Operating Officer

COO

Chief Operating Officer

Chief Financial Officer

CFO

Chief Financial Officer

Chief Technology Officer

CTO

Chief Technology Officer

Chief Revenue Officer

CRO

Chief Revenue Officer

Chief Marketing Officer

CMO

Chief Marketing Officer

Chief Human Resources Officer

CHRO

Chief Human Resources Officer

Proven leadership

Our executives have led at the companies you know

AccentureAmazonAmerican ExpressAntlerAppleBPBarclaysBoeingEmirates GroupErnst & YoungGEGoogleHSBCIBMJ P Morgan ChaseL'OréalLinkedIn
McKinsey and CompanyMercedes-Benz AGMicrosoftMoneyGram InternationalNestle S.A.NikeOraclePricewaterhouseCoopersProcter & GambleSAPSalesforceShell InternationalSiemensStandard Chartered BankThe Coca-Cola CompanyUnileverY Combinator
Where we are brought in

A leader for the moment in front of you

Most engagements begin with a moment: a departure to cover, a raise to close, a market to enter, a business to turn around. Find the one that fits.

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The Tokyo commercial case

Senior leadership, without the permanent cost

An engagement is company to company. You get board-level capability for the share of time the work actually needs, without the cost and the commitment a permanent executive appointment carries in Japan. A seishain appointment is protected and effectively permanent. A gyomu itaku services contract between two companies is not, and ends on one month either way.

Brief a search
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No permanent headcount

The engagement is a company-to-company contract. No salary on the payroll and no headcount to carry.

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No benefits burden

No medical cover, no benefits administration, none of the overhead a permanent hire brings.

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No recruitment cost

No search fees and no onboarding lag. Your leader is matched from a vetted collective and embeds within weeks.

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One month's notice

Scale the engagement up or down, or step away, on one month. You keep the optionality.

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Business to business

A company-to-company arrangement, invoiced cleanly. Senior leadership without the employment.

How an engagement works

From the moment to the match, in weeks

Tell us where you need leadership and we handle the rest. The first conversation does most of the work, and in Tokyo much of the real groundwork happens there rather than in a process.

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Tell us the moment

Share where you need leadership: a finance lead departing, a raise ahead, operations outgrowing the founder.

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A working conversation

We talk through the brief and sharpen the requirement together, so the match is right.

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The match

We search our collective of 350+ curated and vetted executives for the closest fit, and you choose.

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Deployment

Your leader embeds within weeks, holds the decisions in their domain, and gets to work.

Common questions

The questions founders ask first

A senior C-suite leader who embeds directly into your business on a part-time or retained basis. They do not just advise. They hold the decisions in their domain and stay accountable to the outcomes, without the cost of a full-time hire.

Engagements are business to business and typically run six to twenty-four months. Start with one leader or a micro-team, and scale either way on one month's notice as your priorities shift.

A consultant advises and steps away. A fractional executive embeds and executes. We provide the support, structure and governance that keep the engagement working; the executive owns the outcomes.

Our engagements typically run 30 to 60% less than a comparable full-time executive appointment. You pay for the seniority and the time you need, not idle headcount, and there are no recruitment fees, benefits or severance costs.

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The home of fractional leadership.

Tell us where you need leadership in Tokyo. We will match a vetted executive from our collective of 350+ in weeks, on a gyomu itaku services contract, with no permanent headcount and one month notice.

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