Padula & Partners

What Padula & Partners does

Padula & Partners (legal entity: Talent First, S.L) is a Madrid-based talent consulting firm founded in 2005 by Euprepio Padula, operating as a boutique practice serving CEOs, boards, and senior executives of large enterprises, as well as individual senior executives, politicians, and business leaders. The firm operates as the exclusive IMD International Search Group member for Spain, giving it access to a global executive search network handling 2,000+ top manager placements annually.

Its core offering is 'Talent First Executive Search,' a retained search methodology with contractual guarantees including a 4-5 week shortlist SLA, 3-5 referenced candidates per position, a reported >95% success rate, and a 6-12 month replacement guarantee, supplemented by 30+ years of accumulated methodology in Assessment & Development Centres. Around this core, the firm has built six additional service lines: Innovative Leadership Programs, Personal Branding and Leadership, Executive Coaching, Diversity/Equity/Inclusion consulting, Political Advisory, and the 'Factoría del Alma' (Soul's Factory) emotional management practice with an NGO-linked CSR component.

The business model is purely professional services: all engagements are bespoke, tailor-made, and priced individually based on scope and seniority, with executive search typically billed as a percentage of placed candidate first-year compensation. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales driven by senior consultants, with brand awareness amplified by the CEO's recurring presence on Spanish television (La Sexta, Antena 3) and by the El Círculo Independiente podcast and blog, distributed across Radio Círculo, Spotify, YouTube, Ivoox, Instagram, and TikTok. The firm operates in Spanish, English, and Italian, with disclosed service geographies including Spain, Italy, and Latin America.

Name

Padula & Partners

Legal name

Talent First, S.L

Website

https://padulapartners.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Padula & Partners is a Madrid-based boutique talent consulting firm offering retained executive search, leadership development, executive coaching, DEI consulting, political advisory, and personal branding services to CEOs, boards, senior executives, and politicians across Spain, Italy, and Latin America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Search and Leadership Consulting

NAICS

Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Performance Management & Productivity Consulting (BPAHAGAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Customer, Marketing & Sales Consulting (BPAHACAG)

Keywords

• Executive search
• Leadership consulting
• Executive coaching
• Talent management
• Political advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Executive Search (Talent First): Retained executive search engagements, typically billed as a percentage of the placed executive's first-year compensation. The firm offers contractual guarantees including replacement coverage for 6 months to 1 year, making this a performance-based consulting revenue stream. This is the core revenue driver for Padula & Partners.
2. Leadership Training & Development Programs: Customized training and development programs for organizations, covering digital leadership, communication skills, organizational consulting, succession planning, and high-performance team development. Billed per program engagement, typically tailored to client scope and duration.
3. Executive Coaching: Individual and group coaching engagements focused on strategic vision, people leadership, empowerment, emotional management, commercial skills, and communication. Spans senior executives, politicians, and management committees of multinationals.
4. Political Advisory Consulting: Political consulting engagements including campaign strategy, speech writing, spokesperson training, electoral campaign management, crisis cabinet services, and institutional relations. Covers local, regional, national, and international levels.
5. Personal Branding & Positioning: Personal brand and leadership positioning services for executives, business leaders, and politicians. Includes communication training, media coaching, and social media strategy. Always delivered as individualized, ad hoc projects.
6. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Consulting: DEI consulting and training engagements helping organizations build inclusive cultures, comply with legal requirements (gender equality, disability inclusion), and develop internal diversity plans.
7. Factoría del Alma Emotional Management: Emotional management consulting with a solidarity component: a portion of fees from this practice is directed to NGO projects as part of the firm's CSR/legado solidario initiative.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Padula & Partners provides bespoke executive search, leadership development, executive coaching, personal branding, diversity-equity-inclusion consulting, political advisory, and emotional management services to CEOs, boards, and senior executives of large enterprises, multinationals, and institutional clients. All engagements are delivered as tailor-made consulting projects, with executive search featuring contractual guarantees (4-5 week shortlists, >95% success rate, 6-12 month replacement guarantees) supported by exclusive Spanish membership in the IMD International Search Group.

Product overview

Padula & Partners is a consulting firm operating as a unified portfolio of specialized consulting practices rather than a single product with modules. The core offering is Talent First Executive Search, supplemented by six distinct professional service lines: Innovative Leadership Programs (training and development), Personal Branding and Leadership, Executive Coaching, Diversity/Equity/Inclusion consulting, Political Advice, and the Soul's Factory (emotional management). All services are delivered on a bespoke, tailor-made basis with a reported 30+ years of experience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• El Círculo Independiente: External communication brand of Padula & Partners, channeled through an audiovisual podcast and news site covering diversity, communication, leadership, and social commitment.
• Talent First Executive Search
• Factoría del Alma

Products and services

• Talent First Executive Search Bespoke executive search service for CEOs, boards, and management committees of multinationals and large enterprises, delivering ternas of 3-5 referenced candidates within 4-5 weeks, with a >95% historical success rate, headhunting mentoring sessions, 1-year off-limits protection of client employees, and a 6-month to 1-year replacement guarantee.
• Innovative Leadership Programs (Programas de Liderazgo Innovador) Tailor-made leadership training, development, and consulting programs covering individual, team, and organizational effectiveness, digital leadership, communication skills, training plans, train-the-trainer, succession planning, Assessment & Development Centres, high-performance team development, and support for generational transitions and M&A integration scenarios.
• Executive Coaching (Coaching) Individual and group executive coaching practice focused on strategic vision, people leadership, empowerment, emotional management, commercial skills, and communication, delivered through senior coaches across Spanish, English, and Italian languages.
• Personal Branding and Leadership (Marca Personal y Liderazgo) Artisanal, tailor-made personal brand building and leadership positioning service for executives, entrepreneurs, and politicians, structuring experiences, goals, and values into a positioning strategy supported by media and digital coaching.
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Consulting Diversity, equity, and inclusion consulting and training services addressing disability, gender parity, ageism, sociocultural diversity, and LGBTQ+ matters, including team training, diversity consulting, and legal compliance enablement.
• Political Advice and Consulting (Asesoría Política) Political advisory and consulting covering political leadership training, speech writing, spokesperson coaching, communication skills, institutional strategy, electoral campaign management, crisis cabinet services, coalition building, and institutional relations.
• Soul's Factory / Factoría del Alma Emotional management consulting practice focused on developing and improving emotional intelligence for leaders and organizations, helping executives navigate moments of emotional complexity, with a solidarity component dedicating part of revenue to NGO projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• >95% success rate in executive search placements
• +3 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• IMD International Search GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1972Padula & Partners is the exclusive IMD International Search Group member for Spain. IMD was founded in 1972 and is a leading global executive search organization with consultants and offices across the Americas, Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East. The partnership enables Padula & Partners to fulfill cross-border executive search mandates for international clients, providing immediate access to a pool of world-class executive talent and the global database of IMD. All services are delivered in accordance with IMD's highest ethical and qualitative standards: honesty and integrity, quality and expertise, innovative and flexible business approach, teamwork and knowledge sharing. IMD manages more than 2,000 top manager searches annually for clients worldwide.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/padulapartners
• YouTubeyoutube.com/playlist?list=PLND6FUfsRB70oGyQK3YUroB6XzX3BFoO2
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/padula-&-partners

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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

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