World-class talent, placed where you need it 

leapster&co connects employers across the GCC and Europe with exceptional professionals from around the world — and handles the search, the visa and the relocation, end to end.

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2,400+
placements made
21 days
avg. to shortlist
96%
retention at 12mo
Hunters Race
VP Engineering — placed in 19 days
Fintech · relocated to Dubai
Trusted by employers
across GCC & Europe
NorthwindVanteonMeridianHalcyonBrightpathOtto LabsSolaris GroupKepler & CoArda Bank

Recruitment built for the enterprise

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01

Executive search

Board, C-suite and VP mandates run by senior partners — discreet, mapped against the full market, not just who's looking.

C-suite · Board · Confidential
02

Permanent placement

Full-time specialist and leadership hires across functions, with a shortlist you can act on in weeks, not quarters.

Permanent · Specialist · Leadership
03

Contract & interim

Vetted interim leaders and contract specialists deployed fast to cover gaps, transformations and surges.

Interim · Contract · Rapid
04

Managed recruitment (RPO)

We run all or part of your talent function — process, employer brand and pipeline — as an extension of your team.

RPO · Embedded · At scale
05

Global mobility & visa

End-to-end relocation for cross-border hires into the GCC and Europe — visas, permits, documentation and settling-in.

Visa · Relocation · Compliance
06

International talent sourcing

Pipelines from the world's deepest talent markets — India and beyond — built for Gulf and European employers.

Global · Sourcing · Mobility

Outcomes our clients measure us by

1,000+
Professionals Placed
50+
Global Partners
25,000+
Active Talent Community
15+
Active Sourcing Markets

Senior partners, not a database and a hope

Every mandate is run by a partner who knows your sector. We headhunt actively, calibrate early, and keep both sides fully informed — so hires land and stay.

01
Partner-led from day one
A senior consultant who knows your market owns the mandate end to end.
02
Active headhunting
We approach the people who aren't applying — then calibrate the shortlist with you early.
03
Offer to onboarding
We manage offers, references and the first 90 days so the hire actually sticks.

Searches that changed the trajectory

Technology

Built a SaaS leadership team from Series B to IPO

Six executive hires across engineering, product and revenue in 14 months.

6
exec hires
100%
retained
Financial services

Stood up a risk function for a challenger bank

Placed the Chief Risk Officer and four specialist leads ahead of regulatory deadline.

5
hires
9 wks
to offer
Healthcare

Scaled commercial leadership across three markets

Country GMs and a VP Commercial for a life-sciences scale-up entering the US.

4
leaders
3
markets

Specialists across the industries that scale

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Technology & SaaS

Engineering · Product · Data

Financial services

Investment · Risk · FinOps

Healthcare & life sciences

Clinical · Regulatory · Commercial

Industrial & energy

Operations · Engineering · ESG

Consumer & retail

Growth · Supply chain · Brand

Professional services

Strategy · Finance · People

leapster&co filled two VP roles we'd been stuck on for a year in under a month, with people who are still here and thriving.
Dana Whitfield
Chief People Officer, Northwind Capital
The shortlist was tight, briefed and honest. No CV-spam, just three people who could genuinely do the job.
Marcus Lee · CEO, Vanteon
They understood our risk function better than most candidates did. That's rare in search.
Priya Nair · COO, Meridian Bank

One profile. Every opportunity worth your leap

Book a meeting with us once, track where you stand, and let our consultants bring the right roles to you — with none of the black-box silence.

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Ready to make the leap

Book a 30-minute consultation. We’ll come back with a search plan and a shortlist timeline within 48 hours.

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