Retained executive search
Executive search for agriculture leadership
AgriHires runs confidential executive searches for agriculture companies: CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CHROs and business heads. We map leaders across the industry, approach them discreetly, and present a shortlist of people who have already run businesses through Indian crop cycles.
- Search method
- Retained executive search
- First shortlist
- 14 days
- Typical close
- 90–120 days
Roles
Which leadership roles do we fill?
- Chief Executive Officer
- Chief Operating Officer
- Chief Financial Officer
- CHRO
- Business Head
- Country Manager
Across all six sectors: Seeds & crop protection, Farm mechanisation, Food processing, Fertilisers & agri inputs, Dairy & animal husbandry and Agri-tech & FPOs.
Screening
What do we check first?
- Business results through good and bad monsoon years
- Leadership of large field organisations
- Board and investor experience
- Discreet 360-degree referencing
Questions
About leadership hiring.
- How long does an agri leadership search take?
- Most CXO and business-head searches close in 90 to 120 days, with a first shortlist in about 14 days.
- Is the search confidential?
- Yes. Leadership searches are run confidentially, and candidates learn your company's name only after they sign a confidentiality agreement.