Executive Co-Pilot
Change your world and the world around you
Big roles. Small Circles.
You are a senior leader or executive in transition. You want control, clarity and a sparring partner who deeply understands elite hiring.
Executive Co-Pilot is a high-touch partnership for CEOs, CFOs, C-Suite, VPs and other senior leaders looking to take control.
Together, we define the right role, analyse the market, build advocacy and move faster.
New Perspectives
The challenge is rarely a lack of experience or success.
More often, the challenge is that the approach is out-of-date, the positioning is unclear, the network is inefficient and too much of the process is being driven alone.
Executive Co-Pilot is built for senior leaders who do not need generic job search or career advice. They need a serious sparring partner who can help them think clearly, position credibly, excel in high-stakes conversations and take a meaningful amount of the thinking and structuring off their plate.
This is a strong fit if you are:
✔ Considering an important move and want to pressure test the approach before acting
✔ Credible at senior level, but want a sharper, outside in view of how the market will read you
✔ Sitting on a strong network and want to turn it into structured advocacy rather than vague goodwill
✔ Preparing for conversations with boards, investors, founders or corporate hiring leaders
✔ Time-poor and do not want to carry the entire search process alone
✔ Looking for a modern, discreet and intelligent way to navigate your next move
This is not the right fit if you are looking for a standard CV service, a highly structured teaching programme or support aimed at job search fundamentals.
"At this level, the issue is not only what you have done. It is whether the right people can picture backing you for what comes next."
Assessing The Approach
Is this the right move, or simply the most familiar one?
Perception
Does the market see your experience the way you do?
Network
Do those around you know how to effectively advocate for you?
Executive Co-Pilot is designed to answer those questions and more.
A New Way
Outside-in, not inside-out
✔ We start with what great looks like, what the market is rewarding, what influential decision makers need to feel and how your experience lands in those circles. Not simply how you describe yourself.
Strategic sparring, not generic support
✔ This is a serious thinking partnership. I challenge assumptions, pressure test options and help you make better decisions at moments where clarity matters.
Burden relief
✔ I do not just advise from the sidelines. I take a meaningful amount of the structuring, thinking and practical load off your plate, so the process feels more controlled and less draining.
What others say
“One side was always going to be disappointed. John helped me handle that in a way that protected important future relationships.”
SVP, Legal & IP, London
“Turning my network into something more intentional led to conversations and introductions that would not have happened otherwise.”
CEO, London
“The sparring was critical. It helped me challenge my assumptions, stay goal-aligned and ultimately secure the role and venture outcome I wanted.”
CCO, Zug
Overview
A mapped and ranked universe of target employers, investors and headhunters.
Executive storytelling deep-dive as well as creation and framing of interview answers for multiple audiences.
Interview simulations and complex negotiation handling.
Connections to other local leaders.
Full flexibility to tackle situational topics.