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Our Firm

Making the right leadership decisions will define the future of an organisation. As senior leadership advisors to owners and management teams, our Executive Search and wider Advisory services ensure that you can make the right leadership decisions, with conviction. We partner with this generation and the next, the leaders of today and the talent of tomorrow, to address the challenges and opportunities ahead.

Welcome to Per Ardua.

What We Do

Per Ardua provides sophisticated talent solutions to organisations in the Financial Services, Real Assets and Technology sectors. Our specialist teams support businesses in these industries in the management and delivery of their current and future leadership planning at Board and Executive level. We do this through the delivery of Search, Succession Planning, Market Intelligence Studies, Executive Coaching, data-driven Assessment and broader Leadership Advisory.

The Team

Our team has been carefully built over a long period.
It is designed to ensure the Practice Leaders are fully integrated across the firm, able to support clients in their own sector as well as contribute to the success of every other Practice. Our team consists of experienced individuals with expertise and reach across each sector that we cover and includes a dedicated Knowledge Management specialist.

The Experience

From day one, the firm was designed to operate as one unit with the aim of partnering the best possible team with each client. We do not operate as individual practices but rather as a group of experienced practitioners dedicated to the overall betterment of every one of our clients. Whether a requirement is entirely within one market segment or requires a cross-practice approach, our inclusive culture means that we field the best team every time. Regardless of the situation, each mandate is led by a practice leader.

We are an international firm with seven core areas of expertise.

Asset & Wealth Management
Banking & Consumer Financial Services
BOARD
Corporate Functions
Human Resources
Insurance
Real Assets

Our Purpose

The purpose of Per Ardua Associates is to partner with this generation and the next, elevating the best. An owner-managed boutique business, we are specialists in financial services, real assets and technology. As a team, our ambition is to continue being a long-term partner of choice, enjoying sustained market validation through collaboration, and being at the forefront in supporting our clients and each other. With a global client focus, and a nucleus of being sustainable and relevant, our values are part of our DNA.