Chasseurs de Talents

What Chasseurs de Talents does

Chasseurs de Talents is a French boutique executive search firm founded in 2015 by Arnaud Sanchez, a former parliamentary staffer (National Assembly and Senate) and territorial-administration practitioner. The firm specializes in direct-approach headhunting for senior management and cabinet-level positions — DGS, DRH, DGA, and functional directors — across French municipalities, departmental and regional councils, intermunicipal communities (EPCI), public establishments, and para-public organizations, with adjacent coverage of the housing, urbanism, real estate, and communication sectors. Its core product is direct executive search, committed to delivering a shortlist of at least two qualified candidates within a few weeks of engagement.

Name

Chasseurs de Talents

Legal name

Chasseurs de Talents

Website

https://chasseursdetalents.fr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Chasseurs de Talents is a French boutique executive search firm founded in 2015, providing direct-approach headhunting of senior management and cabinet-level executives for municipalities, regional councils, and other public-sector and para-public organizations across France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Search Services

NAICS

Executive Search Services (561312), Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Sector, Education & Nonprofit Leadership Search (BPACAAAI)

Keywords

• Executive search services
• Public sector recruitment
• Headhunting services
• Direct approach recruiting
• Management consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Executive Search Services: Direct approach headhunting services for executive and management-level positions in the public sector, including municipalities, departments, regions, and para-public organizations.
2. Organizational Audit: Organizational audit services to identify improvement opportunities and optimize internal processes for client organizations.
3. Management Consulting: Management consulting services to help clients make informed decisions and implement winning strategies.
4. Career Mobility Support: Internal and external mobility support services to support professional development of client organization employees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Chasseurs de Talents is an executive search firm specializing in direct approach (chasse de talents) headhunting for senior executives, cabinet-level members, and management positions in the French public sector, territorial collectivities, para-public organizations, housing, urban planning, real estate, and communication sectors. The firm identifies, evaluates, and attracts executive talent using AI-powered candidate evaluation and compatibility matching, and complements its recruitment services with organizational audit, management consulting, and career mobility support offerings.

Product overview

Chasseurs de Talents is an executive search and recruitment firm specializing in direct search (approche directe) for senior executives and cabinet-level positions in the public sector, territorial governments, para-public organizations, housing, urban planning, real estate, and communication sectors. The firm operates as a unified service offering centered on its core recruitment expertise, supplemented by organizational audit, management consulting, and career mobility support services. The portfolio is anchored by direct executive search, augmented by an AI-powered affinity matching capability for candidate evaluation and predictive compatibility scoring.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Recrutement par approche directe (Direct Search / Executive Search)

Quantifiable outcome

• Shortlist of at least 2 qualified candidates presented within weeks
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature1 record

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hays France: Hays is a multinational recruitment firm with a substantial French operation providing executive search and permanent placement across public and private sectors. Competes with Chasseurs de Talents for senior-level mandates in French organizations.
• Michael Page France: Michael Page is a leading French executive search and recruitment firm operating across multiple functions and sectors including public administration. Directly comparable to Chasseurs de Talents in offering executive search services in France, though at significantly larger scale.
• Boyden France: Boyden is a global executive search firm with a French practice including public-sector and para-public expertise. Closely comparable to Chasseurs de Talents as a boutique-style executive search firm serving similar senior leadership mandates.
• Robert Walters France: Robert Walters operates an executive search practice in France focused on mid-to-senior management placements. Direct competitor in the French executive search market with similar client types to Chasseurs de Talents.
• Cabinet Kuntz et Associés: Kuntz et Associés is a French boutique executive search firm specializing in senior public-sector and territorial administration placements. Direct niche competitor to Chasseurs de Talents in the French public-sector executive search segment.

Broad incumbents

• Spencer Stuart France: Spencer Stuart is a global executive search firm with established French practice serving public-sector, financial services, and corporate clients. Broad incumbent that competes with Chasseurs de Talents for senior public-sector search mandates.
• Korn Ferry: Korn Ferry is the world's largest executive search firm with a French operation. Serves public-sector and para-public clients across senior leadership mandates; competes with Chasseurs de Talents at the top end of the executive search market with substantially greater resources.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Heidrick & Struggles is a global executive search leader with presence in France, including public-sector and para-public practices. Operates at the higher end of the market where Chasseurs de Talents also competes for cabinet-level roles.
• Egon Zehnder: Egon Zehnder is a premium global executive search firm with French operations serving board-level and senior executive mandates, including in public administration. Adjacent incumbent competing at the high end of the same market segment.

Emerging players

• Expectra France: Expectra is a French specialist recruitment firm focused on mid-to-senior technical and managerial placements, including roles in public-sector adjacent organizations. Smaller-scale direct competitor in the French recruitment market overlapping with Chasseurs de Talents' mandate types.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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