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Retained executive search that changes everything.

We find the senior leaders who transform organisations. Retained search for finance leadership, strategy, general and country management, and marketing, from Paris across France and Europe.

Talent builds teams.

Teams build companies.

We create the opportunity.

Precision retained search, delivered with conviction

96%
Completion rate
38
Avg days to shortlist
100%
Retained mandates
8
Sectors covered
Trusted by leading organisations
Accor Orange Renault Chanel Capgemini Havas Grant Thornton Equativ BETC Fullsix Alixio Lumière CVC DIF
“Max has been a very reliable and performant partner helping Equativ to grow its Product Management organization in a very challenging context of super fast growth and business acceleration. Max has demonstrated a great ability to understand our market structure and specificities.”
Grégory Cornuz
CPO, Equativ
Max Maydon, Founding Director, Audacity Talent

Max Maydon, Founding Director

Every search is led by Max from the first brief to the first day in the role. He spent a decade in executive search with leading global firms, then led global talent acquisition for the Havas group, before founding Audacity Talent in Paris.

About Max and the method

Executive search insights that shape leadership.

Analysis and perspectives on executive talent, search methodology, and the leadership landscape across our sectors.

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Deep specialisation across eight practice areas

Finance · Legal · HR · Corporate Functions · Media & Advertising · Consulting · Executive Functions · Non-Executive Directors

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Thought leadership from the field

Executive Search

Five Reasons Your CFO Search Will Fail (And How to Fix Them)

Most CFO searches don't fail because great candidates don't exist. They fail for much more preventable reasons: unclear board alignment, lazy sourcing, search partners who don't understand finance, unrealistic timelines, and wrong compensation benchmarks. Here are the five signals that predict failure, and how to fix them before you start.

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Executive Search

The CHRO Who Never Made It to Strategy

Most boards hire CHROs for operational excellence and then wonder why they don't shape business direction. The problem isn't the person, it's the job specification. We confuse HR expertise with strategic leadership, and it costs companies millions.

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Perspectives

Why Perfect CVs Produce the Wrong Leaders

A board hired a CFO with impeccable credentials, top school, 15 years at a multinational, perfect references. Six months later, he was lost. He'd spent a decade managing decline, not building growth. Here's why perfect CVs often produce the wrong leaders, and what boards should actually be searching for.

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Executive Search

Eight Steps to a Job Search That Actually Works

Most job searches fail before they start, not because of bad luck, but because talented people panic into the first opportunity. Here are eight steps that separate a job search that actually works from one that just happens to you.

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