Insights
This collection is STRANCE's own thinking on leadership hiring, board appointments, and market intelligence, written by the founder partners who run the searches. Each article reflects judgment formed inside real mandates across India and the Middle East, not commissioned research or third-party commentary.
Executive Search & Process
The strongest executives are rarely searching. Confidential executive search finds and approaches them directly, without a public mandate or an open advertisement.
Sania Nazeef · Founder Director, STRANCE — executive search across India and the Middle East.5 min read
Executive Search & Process
A clear C-Suite hiring mandate names the outcomes, authority and constraints before executives are approached. Boards need agreement on all three.
Sania Nazeef · Founder Director, STRANCE — executive search across India and the Middle East.11 min read
Executive Search & Process
Retained search funds a disciplined view of the market; contingency recruitment rewards placement. For senior mandates, that difference shapes the search.
Sania Nazeef · Founder Director, STRANCE — executive search across India and the Middle East.6 min read
Case StudyExecutive Search & Process
A specialty chemicals R&D mandate the visible market could not fill, and the assessment that ran in both directions before an appointment was possible.
Sania Nazeef · Founder Director, STRANCE — executive search across India and the Middle East.7 min read
Every mandate STRANCE runs is led personally by a founder partner, the judgment behind everything you read here.