Quadra Consultants

What Quadra Consultants does

Quadra Consultants is a privately held French executive search firm founded in 1995, headquartered in Paris at 25 rue Louis le Grand. The firm specializes in direct-approach (headhunting) recruitment of senior executives and managers for organizations carrying out public service missions — local authorities, public institutions, healthcare facilities, universities, social housing providers, cultural organizations, and social economy entities. Under the leadership of President Jean-Marie Leroy (joined 2003), Quadra operates as a multi-specialist firm organized around eight practice verticals, employing approximately 30 collaborators including 10 experienced consultants and 10 multi-specialist researchers. The firm conducts roughly 300 recruitment missions per year for clients across France, Switzerland, and Belgium.

The business model is professional services fee-for-engagement: each executive search is a bespoke project, typically priced at a percentage of the placed candidate's first-year compensation, negotiated individually with the client. The firm does not sell a software product or technology platform; its value proposition rests entirely on consultant expertise, a proprietary methodology (strategic analysis, systemic approach, research, evaluation, candidate accompaniment), and deep institutional knowledge of French public administration and political environments. Go-to-market is exclusively direct consultant engagement with elected officials and senior executives of public-sector organizations; there is no digital marketing or channel-partner distribution.

Quadra holds the exclusive French representation in INAC, an international executive search network, providing cross-border reach. The firm has additional offices in Aix-en-Provence, Lyon, Lausanne (Switzerland), and Brussels (Belgium). It was recognized as one of the 50 best French recruitment firms. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, and the firm operates without external investors or a parent organization.

Name

Quadra Consultants

Legal name

QUADRA CONSULTANTS

Website

https://quadra-consultants.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Founded in 1995, Quadra Consultants is a French executive search firm specializing in senior leadership recruitment for public service organizations. With approximately 30 collaborators, it conducts roughly 300 missions per year for local authorities, healthcare, education, and social housing clients across France, Switzerland, and Belgium.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Search Services

NAICS

Executive Search Services (561312), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Operations & Process Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Performance Management & Productivity Consulting (BPAHAGAL)

Keywords

• Executive search services
• Public sector recruitment
• Leadership recruitment
• Executive headhunting
• Public administration consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Executive Search and Recruitment Services: Direct approach executive recruitment services for senior executives and managers in public service sectors. The firm specializes in placing leaders in local authorities, public institutions, and related organizations through a rigorous and proven method combining expertise, openness, and leadership.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Quadra Consultants provides direct-approach executive search (headhunting) services for senior executives and managers of organizations carrying out public service missions, including local authorities, public institutions, healthcare facilities, higher education and research bodies, social economy entities, and public-interest real estate operators. Each year the firm runs roughly 300 recruitment missions, organized around multi-specialist practice verticals delivered by about 10 experienced consultants and 10 multi-specialist researchers using a proven methodology of strategic analysis, research, evaluation and candidate accompaniment.

Product overview

Quadra Consultants is an executive recruitment consulting firm (headhunting firm) specializing in executive team creation for public service organizations in France. Founded in 1995, the company operates as a multi-specialist organization with 10 experienced consultants conducting approximately 300 recruitment missions per year. Their service offering centers on direct approach executive search for senior managers and executives, with specialized practices covering local authorities and administration, territorial development and attractiveness, culture heritage and sport, education research and innovation, healthcare and social services, social and solidarity economy, industries and services, and real estate and development. The company serves as exclusive French representative for INAC, an elite international recruitment network. Quadra Consultants does not offer a software product or technology platform; its offering consists exclusively of professional consulting services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 300 recruitment missions per year
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• INAC (International Network of Executive Search)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerQuadra is the exclusive representative in France for INAC, an elite international recruitment network. This partnership enables Quadra to offer international reach and access to global executive talent while maintaining its leadership position in the French public sector recruitment market.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Approach People Recruitment: France-headquartered international recruitment firm placing executives and experts across Europe. Comparable in geography and consulting-led service model, though broader in industry scope than Quadra's public-sector focus.

Direct peers

• Heidrick & Struggles: Global executive search firm with strong practices in Public Sector, Education, and Healthcare. Direct competitor for senior leadership searches in quasi-public and government-affiliated entities, but with a much broader international bench.
• Egon Zehnder: Boutique-led global executive search firm known for senior-level assignments across public, nonprofit, and corporate sectors. Competes with Quadra for high-stakes Director General and C-suite public-sector searches.
• Spencer Stuart: Global executive search firm with a dedicated Public & Social Sector practice serving government, higher education, healthcare, and nonprofit clients. Most comparable to Quadra on the senior public-sector search mandate profile, though at materially greater scale and geographic reach.
• Boyden: Mid-sized international executive search firm with strong Public & Social Sector practice and a partner-led model similar in size and structure to Quadra. Closest competitor to Quadra on boutique international public-sector mandates.
• Russell Reynolds Associates: Global executive search firm with a dedicated Public Sector practice covering government, healthcare, and higher education leadership. Comparable in client profile and mandate seniority to Quadra.
• Odgers Berndtson: International executive search firm with a well-established Public & Social Sector practice serving UK, European and French government clients. Direct competitor for senior leadership mandates in the same verticals as Quadra.

Broad incumbents

• PageGroup (Michael Page): Global professional recruitment group with French operations covering mid-to-senior management placement. Adjacent rather than direct competitor: covers some of Quadra's addressable mandate range but at lower seniority and broader scope.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm whose Executive Search business unit (formerly Hay Group-adjacent) serves public-sector clients including ministries, agencies, and healthcare systems. Much larger and broader; relevant as the dominant incumbent in the same search category.

Emerging players

• Robert Walters: International recruitment firm with French offices recruiting senior professionals across public sector adjacent functions (finance, real estate, healthcare management). Partial overlap with Quadra's mandate range.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/quadra-consultants

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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