Agreus Group

What Agreus Group does

Agreus Group is a London-headquartered specialist recruitment and consulting firm exclusively focused on Single Family Offices (SFOs). Founded in 2009 as Agreus Limited, the company operates through wholly-owned subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, United States (Agreus USA Inc), Singapore (Agreus Asia Pte Ltd), and the United Arab Emirates (Agreus Tech Limited, Dubai), positioning it across the four principal global corridors of family-owned wealth. Its core offering is SFO-specific recruitment across the full organizational hierarchy — from Governance and Board Level hires to Executive Leadership (CEO, CIO, CFO, COO) and Core Team positions spanning Investments, Legal, Finance, and Operations.

The firm has built a differentiated service portfolio that extends beyond search into Compensation Consulting (drawing on over 15 years of proprietary benchmarking data collected from 1,500 Family Offices), Family Office Governance and Strategy consulting (covering family constitutions, succession planning, and investment governance), and the proprietary Agreus Family Office Maturity Model, a diagnostic framework for assessing organizational readiness. Strategic co-development partnerships with KPMG Private Enterprise (Global Family Office Compensation Benchmark Report, 2023 and 2025 editions) and UBS Family Office Solutions (Family Enterprise Governance Report, 2025) anchor its thought leadership positioning.

Agreus generates revenue through professional services fees — primarily contingent placement fees on successful recruitment mandates and project-based consulting engagements — delivered via a consultative, enterprise field sales motion. Pricing is bespoke and quote-based; no public pricing exists. Customers are exclusively Single Family Offices and family enterprises globally, served through senior consultants operating from four offices. Recurring Forbes thought leadership by President Paul Westall and an extensive Knowledgebase support top-of-funnel demand generation in a relationship-driven, trust-dependent market.

Name

Agreus Group

Legal name

Agreus Limited

Website

https://agreusgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Agreus Group is a London-based specialist recruitment and consulting firm exclusively serving Single Family Offices worldwide. It places professionals from board-level to operational roles and provides compensation benchmarking, governance advisory, and a proprietary Family Office Maturity Model across offices in London, New York, Singapore, and Dubai.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Search & Family Office Advisory

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Family Office Advisory (Single/Multi-Family) (FSAEAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Family Office Administration & Operations (Accounting, Reporting, Payroll) (FSAAADAD), Family Business & Succession Advisory (FSAAADAL), Family Office Technology & Data (Portfolio, Reporting, Cybersecurity) (FSAAADAN)

Keywords

• Family office recruitment
• Executive search services
• Compensation consulting
• Governance advisory
• Talent placement

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Recruitment Services: Agreus provides specialist recruitment services for Family Offices, placing professionals from entry-level to executive roles across Investments, Legal, Finance, and Operations. Services include Governance and Board Level Hires, Executive Leadership Hires (CEO, CIO, CFO, COO), and Core Team Hires. The firm charges for successful placements, providing bespoke, tailored solutions for each Family Office's unique needs.
2. Consulting Services: Agreus provides compensation consulting and Family Office Governance and Strategy consulting. Compensation consulting includes discovery, assessment, and presentation phases, benchmarking against over 15 years of proprietary data. Governance consulting covers family organization design, investment governance, corporate governance, and global reporting advisory services.
3. Research and Benchmark Reports: Agreus produces the Global Family Office Compensation Benchmark Report (in collaboration with KPMG Private Enterprise), which has become one of the most sought-after industry resources. The firm also publishes the Family Enterprise Governance Report with UBS Family Office Solutions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Agreus Group provides specialist recruitment and consulting services exclusively for Single Family Offices globally. The firm places professionals from entry-level to C-suite (CEO, CIO, CFO, COO) across Investments, Legal, Finance, and Operations functions, and delivers consulting in compensation benchmarking, family-office governance, and strategy. It also produces the annual Global Family Office Compensation Benchmark Report in collaboration with KPMG Private Enterprise.

Product overview

Agreus Group is a specialist recruitment and consulting firm serving Single Family Offices worldwide. The company offers two core service lines: Single Family Office Recruitment (covering Governance and Board Level Hires, Executive Leadership Hires, and Core Team Hires across Investments, Legal, Finance, and Operations) and Consulting Services (encompassing Compensation Consulting and Family Office Governance and Strategy). The company also produces the annual Global Family Office Compensation Benchmark Report in partnership with KPMG Private Enterprise. These offerings are designed to help Family Offices build effective teams, strengthen governance, sharpen strategy, and optimise operations for lasting success.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Single Family Office Recruitment
• Consulting Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully partnered with hundreds of Single Family Offices delivering talent that drives success
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• UBS Family Office SolutionscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Agreus and UBS Family Office Solutions co-released the Family Enterprise Governance Report 2025, examining governance practices across 106 global participants with an average family net worth of $2.4 billion. The study examines governance practices and calls on family offices to take ownership of governance journeys and serve as strategic partners in sustaining these practices.
• KPMG Private EnterprisecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Agreus and KPMG Private Enterprise developed the Global Family Office Compensation Benchmark Report, with the 2025 edition drawing on contributions from 605 Family Office professionals and 20 in-depth interviews. The 2023 edition featured data from 625 Single Family Office professionals. This collaboration positions Agreus as a thought leader in Family Office compensation benchmarking.
• Withers (Law Firm)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStephen Ross, Partner at Withers Law Firm, serves on the Agreus Advisory Board, bringing expertise in legal aspects of Family Office structuring and governance.
• ZEDRA, Trust & FiduciaryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDavid Rudge, Managing Director at ZEDRA, Trust & Fiduciary, serves on the Agreus Advisory Board, contributing expertise in trust structures and fiduciary services.
• ONE Family GovernanceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGregoire Imfeld, Founder of ONE Family Governance, serves on the Agreus Advisory Board, providing expertise in family governance frameworks and structures.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Citrin Cooperman: US accounting and advisory firm with a dedicated Family Office Services practice offering tax, advisory, and operational consulting that competes with Agreus's non-recruitment consulting engagements.
• Spencer Stuart: Large global executive search firm with significant family office and private wealth search engagements; competes for senior Family Office placements and broader governance advisory work.
• Egon Zehnder: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm that serves Family Office clients on board, CEO, and senior investment leadership hiring across regions.
• Korn Ferry: Largest global organizational consulting firm with executive search and a dedicated family office advisory offering, competing at the top of the Family Office recruitment market.
• Russell Reynolds Associates: Global executive search firm with family office and private capital leadership practices, recruiting C-suite and investment committee members into Single Family Offices.

Direct peers

• Heidrick & Struggles: Global executive search firm with a dedicated Family Office Practice that recruits C-suite and investment professionals for Single Family Offices, directly competing with Agreus's core recruitment service line.
• Boyden: Mid-sized executive search firm with a recognized Family Office practice that recruits CEOs, CIOs, CFOs, and operational leaders into Single Family Offices globally.
• FJG Ltd: Boutique recruitment firm dedicated to the family office and private wealth sector, placing investment, finance, and operations professionals into UHNW family organizations.
• Tandem Search: Boutique executive search firm specializing exclusively in Family Office and private wealth recruitment, the closest direct comparable in scale and vertical focus.
• Anderson Bradshaw: Specialist family office executive search firm focused on recruiting senior professionals into Single Family Offices across investments, finance, and operations functions.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AgreusLimited
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/agreus

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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