Chairman - Transformation Professional Services

Title: Active Chairman - High-Growth Professional Services Platform
Location: Sydney
Engagement: Part-time / Non-Executive Chair (active) - 1 day per week

The opportunity
Talenza has been exclusively retained to appoint an Active Chair for a founder-led, multi-brand professional services platform operating across executive search, transformation consulting/delivery, and specialist data/AI and delivery partnerships, which has grown to $120m revenue under 10 years. The group is profitable, has achieved strong growth and industry recognition, and is now entering an integration and scale phase focused on building a single operating system to unlock enterprise value.
This is a build and expand role, not a turnaround. The Chair will work closely with the founders and an established executive team to help lift maturity, accelerate execution, and support decisions that compound over the next 12 months.

The mandate (what you'll actually do)
This is an active, value-creation role, not passive oversight. You will help the business:

• Shape strategy at a critical inflection point where decisions compound
• Create alignment across founders, brands and leadership on priorities, decision rights and standards
• Lock the integrated go-to-market motion across top accounts (cross-sell + account plans)
• Standardise group operating cadence (forecasting, margin management, delivery governance)
• Improve cash conversion (billing discipline, working capital controls)
• Define the capital pathway + readiness milestones (self-fund vs raise vs strategic partner)

What we're looking for
We're selectively engaging Chairs aligned to the stage and ambition. Ideal experience includes:

• CEO/Founder background with proven scale experience in professional services or consulting (typically $50m+ revenue environments)
• Scaling multi-brand services platforms through integration, PE-backed or pre-investment growth phases
• Governance through margin expansion and operating leverage
• M&A strategy and value-creation frameworks
• An active Chair style with the time and willingness to lean in and support execution to growth phase

Time commitment and alignment

• Open to discussion on time commitment; ideally c. 1 day per week in the business supporting the ELT.
• The role is aligned through long-term value creation and equity participation, not short-term incentives.

Next step
This is a confidential search. Shortlisted candidates will receive a detailed brief including financials and performance metrics, the strategic roadmap, capital pathway, governance structure, and role definition.
Apply via SEEK or contact Talenza for a confidential discussion.