Our Services

Armitage specializes in Director/CEO/COO and VP-level searches. The firm has developed in-depth expertise in staffing fast growth companies and also businesses in periods of transition. As well, working with specialist affiliates, we can offer clients complimentary strategic, funding, and corporate development advisory assistance as needed to compliment our staffing involvement.

The firm has evolved a reputation for consistently delivering high impact candidates through a proactive and comprehensive “below the radar” search approach. That approach has been refined through many assignments across multiple industry sectors. The firm’s current sectoral focus is on 5 vertical markets:

• Investments/ Alternative Investments
• Other Financial Services
• Technology
• Real Estate
• Clean Tech/Infrastructure

The firm’s core focus is retained executive search. We conduct – either one-off assignments and also projects to build/rebuild entire teams. Our client involvement can also extend to finding interim executives, completing internal management assessments, and also identifying strategic/joint venture partners.

Senior Executive/Board of Director/Advisory Board Search

Our main emphasis is executive search within the Canadian market but we are also active in staffing Canadian companies “going global” by working cross-border assignments jointly with our U.S. and overseas affiliates. As well, we regularly recruit Board and Advisory Board members for some of these same clients.

Interim Executive Search

The firm has developed specific strengths in recruiting for companies in transition or at inflection points in their growth cycle. This can involve finding temporary CEO/COO/VP’s for individual firms as well as for portfolio companies sponsored by venture capital and private equity firms or institutional/family office investors.

Building Start-Up/Project Teams

Armitage Associates has developed unique methodologies/expertise and track record around building/rebuilding high performing teams. This expertise allows us to assemble high performing teams either for start-ups or special projects by creatively weaving together core executive teams and contract/virtualized specialty resources.

Management Assessments/HR Advisory

We are frequently called on to do individual or team assessments (including arranging psychological testing) either as part of our executive search mandates - or in advance of major investment or potential acquisitions by our clients.

For early stage businesses, we can serve as the external HR advisor and then recruit a contract HR executive to get that role formalized within the organization. This can include involvement in helping design and implement internal recruiting practices/processes which leverage current Internet-based search tools.

Venture Advisory

Armitage Associates has been active for many years in helping entrepreneurs and venture investors with the challenges of growing their companies. Building management teams has been our core value add but we are also advisors to CEO’s and Boards on the broader aspects of company building- from strategic, to choice of funding partners, to identifying/evaluating non-organic routes to accelerating growth.

For example, companies are increasingly aligning themselves with strategic or joint venture partners to more effectively expand into international markets. Our extensive database and in-depth industry knowledge within our areas of specialty enables us to assist clients in identifying and choosing such strategic and joint venture partners.