Better Leadership Decisions.
Stronger Leaders. Better Businesses.
Aptitude Executive was built to challenge the status quo in executive search.
We combine deep commercial experience with world-class leadership assessment and executive coaching to help organisations make better leadership decisions.
We don’t just place leaders.
We prepare them to perform.
Why Aptitude Executive Exists
Traditional recruitment has focused on CVs, interviews and experience for decades.
Yet businesses continue making critical hiring decisions with limited insight into what truly determines leadership success.
Aptitude Executive was created to challenge outdated recruitment models and help organisations make stronger leadership decisions.
By combining executive search, leadership intelligence and executive coaching, we help organisations reduce hiring risk and build stronger leadership capability.
GRANT MCIVOR
Founder
Executive Search & Commercial Leadership
- 15+ years C-Suite experience
- Grew, scaled and successfully exited multiple businesses
- Successfully acquired and integrated multiple businesses
- Proven track record of driving revenue growth, margin and operational excellence
- Board-level commercial leadership across the print & packaging industry
- Specialist in executive search, strategy and business growth
DEREK CRAWFORD
Leadership Performance Specialist
- 25+ years C-Suite experience
- Former COO across multinational and multi-site organisations
- Responsible for over 5,000 employees globally
- Extensive experience in leadership development and transformation
- Certified EQ-i 2.0 Practitioner
- NLP Master Practitioner
- 1,000+ Executive Coaching Sessions Delivered
- Former Professional Athlete
- Global Leadership Consultant
Derek helps organisations assess leadership capability, develop stronger leaders and accelerate executive performance.
EXECUTIVE SEARCH
Targeted, rigorous and discreet. We find the right leaders.
LEADERSHIP ASSESSMENT
EQ-i 2.0 and advanced assessment to reveal true leadership capability.
EXECUTIVE COACHING
Coaching before they start to build confidence, clarity and readiness.
PREPARED TO PERFORM
Leaders enter your business prepared to make an immediate impact.
STRONGER RESULTS
Better leadership decisions lead to stronger teams, performance and growth.
Exceptional Leadership Is Not Found On Paper.
It is identified, assessed and developed.
Traditional recruitment firms focus on experience.
We focus on leadership capability.
That difference changes outcomes.
REDUCE HIRING RISK
Our assessment and coaching process ensures the right leaders are prepared to succeed.
ACCELERATE IMPACT
Leaders are ready to perform from day one and drive meaningful results.
BUILD LASTING SUCCESS
Stronger leadership today creates stronger businesses for tomorrow.
GLOBAL REACH
We search globally to connect you with exceptional leaders wherever you operate.