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We deliver access to the most sought after leaders to enable business performance.

We help you make informed, insightful decisions about your most important asset, your leadership talent, and are committed to your organisation’s long-term success.

 
 

 

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What We Do

Our clients trust us to provide expert, specialist advice about their most important asset, their leadership talent. We’ve created a robust executive search process informed by over 18 years’ experience that is personalised, professional and proven to result in the appointment of impactful, high performing leaders. Our approach is insight-led, outcomes-focused, and designed to enable your long-term business success.

Client Testimonials

Our Board partnered with Baxter Executive Search to identify a new CEO and to lead a Board appointment process. We valued their thorough and extensive research, and their disciplined and effective methodology. Jo and the team invested time and effort from the outset to learn and understand our organisation and added value through insightful market knowledge. Their commitment to customer satisfaction and informative and regular communication was delivered with a personalised and professional approach.

Lachie Johnstone, Chairman, CentrePort Wellington

Jo, Caroline and Nikki at Baxter Executive Search provided a great process and one of the best I have experienced across New Zealand and Australia in terms of professionalism and thoroughness around interviews, reference checking and due diligence. As a candidate, the follow up and support through the process was exceptional. 

Nick Youngman, Chief Executive Officer, Altus

 
 

Our clients are mid sized to large privately held businesses, cooperatives and publicly listed companies including agribusiness, viticulture, horticulture, infrastructure, building materials, construction, technology, dairy, pharmaceutical, veterinary, engineering, logistics and farming sectors. We work with organisations throughout New Zealand including in the Waikato, Otago, Canterbury, Marlborough, Nelson, Bay of Plenty and Auckland regions.

Our successes include:-

  • Chief Executive, Altus, a leading national aluminium business

  • Chief Executive Officer, market leading farm machinery supplier

  • Chief Executive Officer, leading New Zealand construction firm

  • Chief Executive, Indevin Group, New Zealand’s largest wine producer

  • GM Supply Chain, Indevin Group, New Zealand’s largest wine producer

  • GM Global Sales, Indevin Group, New Zealand’s largest wine producer

  • Chief People Officer, Indevin Group, New Zealand’s largest wine producer

  • General Counsel, Indevin Group, New Zealand’s largest wine producer

  • GM Thornhill, Indevin Group, New Zealand’s largest wine producer

  • Chief Purpose and Transformation Officer, Comvita

  • Chief Digital and Marketing Officer, Comvita

  • Chief Executive Officer, MilkTestNZ

  • Chief Digital Officer, Tuatahi First Fibre

  • Chief People, Culture & Sustainability Officer, Tuatahi First Fibre

  • Group Head of Reward, Performance & People Technology, Beca

  • Board Directors, CentrePort

  • Chief Executive, CentrePort

  • Independent Director, large family farming enterprise

  • Chair designate, large family farming enterprise

  • Independent Director, large building materials business

  • Chief Executive, Otago based cooperative

  • Chief Executive Officer, national veterinary business

  • GM Clinical Operations, national veterinary business

  • Large Animal Business Manager, national veterinary business

  • GM Marketing & Sales, Tatua

  • President, Shanghai, Tatua

  • 3x Business Managers, Tatua

  • Group Financial Controller, Tatua

  • Chief Financial Officer, Entrada Travel Group

  • Chief People Officer, Entrada Travel Group

  • Chief Executive Officer, NZ Hops

  • Finance & Commercial Manager, NZ Hops

  • Chief Financial Officer, family owned integrated fresh produce exporter

  • Chief Financial Officer, privately held, international technology business

  • CEO, construction technology business

  • Chief Financial Officer, construction technology business

  • Chief Financial Officer, fast growing tech business

  • Global Head of People & Performance, global animal health organisation

  • Global Head of Health, Safety & Environment, global animal health organisation

  • Product Development Director, global animal health organisation

  • Head of Operations, global animal health organisation

  • General Manager NZ, global animal health organisation

  • National Manager, People & Culture, leading national industrial manufacturing business

  • GM Commercial, LIC

  • CEO, AsureQuality

  • General Manager, People & Culture, AsureQuality

  • GM Ingredient Sales, Bega Group

  • GM On-Farm Excellence, Miraka

  • Director, On-Farm Excellence & Business Sustainability, Synlait

  • GM Processing, large publicly listed fisheries business

  • Head of Marketing, family owned global building materials business

  • National Marketing Manager, global water solutions business

  • Executive GM, NZ, Griffiths Equipment Limited