Founded in 1980 by senior executive search professionals, Savoy Partners is consistently among the Top Ten executive search firms based in the Greater Washington area. The firm conducts senior level retained searches, typically for Presidents or positions that report to a President. While most of its larger competitors use associates and research assistants and rely increasingly on databases or the Internet, Savoy continues to perform all searches at the Partner level. We rarely fail.

Each Savoy Partners professional has more than 20 years of experience working with commercial sector high technology, consumer products, financial services, telecommunications and aerospace/defense companies, recruiting on their behalf superior executives for accelerated growth, diversification, or turnaround situations. Clients range from venture-backed start ups to the Fortune 50 companies. Able to assess the strengths and weaknesses of management inside client companies, as well as recruit outside talent, Savoy Partners has the ability to help clients quickly make the changes necessary to ensure the success of their business strategies.

As consultants exposed to the successes and failures of literally hundreds of companies, we have worked with corporate clients, investor groups, and venture capitalists to help them penetrate new markets, provide management succession, solve organizational problems, change corporate cultures, and, on occasion, avoid ill-advised acquisitions, mergers or strategies. The true challenge of executive search is to help our clients determine what they really need, not just "fill an opening."

All searches are conducted directly by one of the firm’s Partners. We work on a highly-interactive basis for senior level executives, typically Chairmen or Presidents, who seek direct accountability from their search consultants. We are fast and efficient, often presenting only three or four candidates, all of whom meet our client’s specifications. Once the best candidate emerges, we are tenacious closers.

In a past survey of senior human resources executives, the International Association of Corporate and Professional Recruiters (IACPR) named Savoy Partners one of the 50 “Best Performing Search Firms.”