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Executive Search

Exceptional talent for critical roles.

Top Hire helps organisations identify, attract and secure high-impact professionals for leadership and specialist positions. We find you the right people, right when you need them.

  • No fee for candidates
  • Reference-checked shortlists
  • Serving clients since 2016
Active search example

Plant Head

Automobile

Executive SearchPlant LeadershipPriority mandate

Market mapping

100%

Talent identified

78%

Shortlisted

58%

36

Reviewed

7

Shortlisted

3

Interview stage

One point of contact from briefing to joining — not a rotating desk.

Illustrative example · not client data

92% brief matchIndustry mappedSenior-led mandate

2016

Serving clients since

10

Industries served

3

Practice areas

Why clients stay

Trusted relationships. Long-term impact.

We are not the firm with the biggest database. We are the one a company calls when getting the hire wrong would be expensive — and the reasons for that are structural, not promotional.

A capped engagement list

A limited number of mandates at a time, so every search gets senior attention.

Vetted before you see them

Sourced, interviewed and reference-checked on our side, not forwarded on trust.

Confidential by default

Replacement and off-the-record searches handled discreetly as a matter of routine.

What we do

Hiring is not about filling a position. It’s about finding the right person.

Executive search is our core strength, and it sits alongside two practices most search firms do not offer — helping businesses grow, and helping the leaders inside them get better.

Executive Search Consulting

Finding the right fit for a role — leadership or otherwise — can be tough, and we understand this. We aim to find the right connect, not the fastest one.

  • CXO, functional head and senior specialist mandates
  • Confidential and replacement searches handled discreetly
  • Structured competency interviews before any profile reaches you
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Business Consulting

We help people with end-to-end business growth strategy, advisory and solutioning — on how they can start and expand their business.

  • Growth strategy and market-entry advisory
  • Organisation design and manpower planning
  • Process streamlining to reduce operating complexity
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Leadership Consulting

We believe every individual has the capability within to become a leader — irrespective of career stage, life stage or hierarchy.

  • Leadership assessment and capability mapping
  • Succession planning for critical positions
  • One-on-one coaching across career and life stages
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Who we work with

Two sides of the same conversation

Our commitment is equally to the companies who hire through us and to the candidates who trust us with their next move.

For employers

Find the people who move your business forward.

Stop reviewing profiles that were never going to work. Every candidate we send has been interviewed, reference-checked and matched to your culture as well as your job description.

  • A limited number of engagementsWe deliberately cap how many mandates we run at once. You are not one of forty open roles on a recruiter's dashboard — you get senior attention from the first briefing to the joining date.
  • Access to people who are not applyingThrough a wide network of contacts built within the industry since 2016, TOPHIRE has access to a large pool of potential professional candidates. Our exhaustive search helps match the client–candidate profile.
  • Vetted before you see themSourcing, interviewing, reference checking and culture matching all happen on our side. Every profile that reaches your inbox has already been through it.
  • Culture fit, not just skill fitWe match candidates with clients both in terms of the work culture and the specific requirements of the position. A technically perfect hire who cannot work with your team is not a hire.

For job seekers

Find opportunities that match your ambition.

You will never pay us a fee. What you will get is an honest read on whether a role is right for you — including when the answer is no.

  • Unbiased feedbackOur commitment is equally to candidates, who rely on us for honest feedback and career advice — including when a role is not right for you.
  • Your resume is not sprayed aroundWe do not forward your profile to a client without speaking to you first. Confidential searches stay confidential.
  • You are prepared, not just scheduledYou will know who you are meeting, what the team is like, what the compensation band actually is, and what the interview is likely to cover.
  • We negotiate for youOffer discussions, counter-offers and notice-period conversations are handled with you, so you are not negotiating alone against a hiring team.
How it works

From search to success.

Most agencies forward profiles and hope. We run a process, and we tell you where it stands at every stage.

  1. 01

    Understand the mandate

    We start with a proper briefing — the role, the reporting line, the team it sits in, the compensation band and, just as importantly, the culture a person has to survive in. A search that skips this stage produces resumes, not hires.

  2. 02

    Search and shortlist

    We work our network across the industry rather than posting and waiting. Every candidate is interviewed by us, reference-checked and matched against both the work culture and the specific requirements of the position before you ever see the profile.

  3. 03

    Interview and evaluate

    We coordinate the entire interview process end to end — scheduling, feedback collection, follow-ups — so your team spends its time evaluating strong candidates instead of chasing calendars.

  4. 04

    Close and onboard

    We manage the offer conversation, the counter-offer risk and the notice period, and we stay in touch after joining. Our commitment is equally to candidates, who rely on us for unbiased feedback and career advice.

See the full process

Typical timelines are agreed at the briefing stage — realistically, not optimistically.

Executive search

When the role is critical, the search has to be different.

Executive and leadership hiring requires deeper market intelligence, targeted outreach, confidentiality and careful evaluation. We reach professionals who are performing well today and are not applying anywhere — the people you will never find on a job board.

CXO and board-level appointments
Functional heads — Sales, Operations, Finance, HR, Legal
Plant, project and site leadership
Business unit and P&L leadership
Senior specialists and technical experts
Confidential and replacement searches
Sector focus

Deep expertise across industries.

We go deep in a handful of sectors rather than shallow across all of them. If your industry is not listed, call us — we will tell you honestly whether our network reaches it.

Specialist services

Financial Services and Consulting

Financial services, advisory and consulting organisations

Search-ready
Consumer & growth sectors

Media and Advertising

Media, creative, marketing and advertising organisations

Search-ready
Specialist services

Physical Security

Guarding, electronic security and physical risk operations

Search-ready
Specialist services

Forensic Investigation

Fraud examination, due diligence and forensic investigation teams

Search-ready
Consumer & growth sectors

Research and Marketing

Market research, insights, brand and marketing functions

Search-ready
Consumer & growth sectors

Education

Schools, higher education, training and learning businesses

Search-ready
Consumer & growth sectors

E-commerce

Digital commerce, marketplaces and online retail operations

Search-ready
Industrial & infrastructure

Power and Energy

Power, energy, utilities and allied infrastructure

Search-ready
Industrial & infrastructure

Infrastructure

EPC, construction, real estate and project delivery

Search-ready
Specialist services

Legal

In-house legal, compliance and regulatory roles

Search-ready
Industrial & infrastructure

Automobile

OEMs, component manufacturers and dealer networks

Search-ready
Specialist services

Banking & Insurance

Banking, insurance and allied financial institutions

Search-ready
Industrial & infrastructure

Telecommunication

Telecom, connectivity and communications businesses

Search-ready
About Top Hire

Built around people. Driven by purpose.

Independent, privately owned and operating out of Delhi NCR since 2016. TOPHIRE is a recruitment and HR services firm with executive search as its core strength, managing a limited number of engagements and offering best-in-class expertise across industries.

01

A capped engagement list

We deliberately manage a limited number of engagements at a time, so senior attention is a structural fact rather than a promise.

02

Network before advertising

We work a network built within the industry since 2016, which reaches professionals performing well today and not applying anywhere.

03

Assessment before shortlist

Sourcing, interviewing, reference checking and culture matching all happen on our side. Nothing reaches you unfiltered.

04

One point of contact

The person who takes your briefing runs your search and calls you with the news — good or bad — through to joining.

In their words

Thanks Refer & Connect for connecting us to agencies like Top Hire LLP — Ankit Sharma. They are absolute charmers with the work they have delivered, diligent professionals and such genuine humans. Would highly recommend them in their domain and thank them both.

Ironically, the realization to thank comes with a not so pleasant agency experience (not getting into details) but we all make wrong choices — as long as we learn from them and appreciate the goodness that comes our way.

TKTanu KhumbhatDirector, Marketing and Communications — Weather Risk Management Services Pvt Ltd
Next step

Looking for exceptional talent?

Tell us about the role you are hiring for and we will help you identify the right professionals — starting with an honest view on whether we are the right firm for it.