Why Work With Us

High end, high touch, results driven service

We provide our clients with the expertise and experience of a global executive search firm coupled with the focus and high touch service of a boutique. Our Managing Partner is involved in every aspect of your search assignment and when you work with us you are tapping into our expansive and powerful network.

While many Executive Search firms may have an extensive list of “off limits” companies that they cannot recruit from due to their existing client relationships, given our boutique structure, we have clear access to attract the best potential candidates for your executive search assignments. This results in a relentless pursuit of exceptional talent.

Diversity and Inclusion

Gillian Tessis Executive Search is committed to helping our clients build diverse teams to embed the values of diversity, inclusion and equity into the core of their businesses because we believe that diversity, inclusion and equity drive innovation, profitability and sustainability. We take a highly intentional and intersectional approach to sourcing candidates that possess the range of human differences including but not limited to race, religion, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, marital status, physical ability, sexual orientation, age, and social class. We will not tolerate discrimination of any form and have designed a highly inclusive interview and candidate presentation process. Furthermore, we remain committed to educating ourselves on best practices in equity and inclusion to ensure we live our values through our practices.

Our new Vice President of Sales, North America was crucial to our growth plan. We contracted Gillian Tessis’ firm and she produced a fantastic short list from which we made an outstanding hire. She immediately understood our corporate culture and we subsequently hired her to help us with more essential roles.

TODD HARRIS
Vice President International Business Development, Stericycle Communication Solutions

From a candidate’s perspective, Gillian Tessis ran a seamless process and was detailed, transparent and thorough. Gillian is excellent at what she does. She clearly considers both the client and the candidate to ensure that the role is a perfect fit for both sides.

MAURA RICHARDSON
HR Executive

Gillian Tessis listened to us, appropriately challenged us, and offered insightful and practical advice while leading and delivering a methodical executive search process for us. Gillian was highly responsive and accessible and guided our selection committee to ensure we moved forward effectively and efficiently. She presented us a rich Shortlist of candidates from which we selected our new Executive Director and provided exceptional value-add to our hiring process.e to ensure we moved forward effectively and efficiently. She presented us a rich Shortlist of candidates from which we selected our new Executive Director and provided exceptional value-add to our hiring process.

GARY SAMUEL
Chair of the Board, Ve’Ahavta / CEO Rodenbury Investments

Gillian really got to know our business and culture. Before we even launched the search she spent many hours meeting with our executive leadership team as well as the direct reports and peers to the role for which we were hiring. This made a huge difference in terms of the quality of Short List we received and the time frame in which we received it. Gillian is a true professional. She is attentive, organized and responsive and she always made us feel like we were her #1 priority.

MARY GORDON
President and Founder, Roots of Empathy