What interim executive appointments does

Interim Executive Appointments (iEA), trading as Farmhand Investments Pty Ltd, is a Perth-headquartered boutique management consultancy founded in 2006 that places experienced senior executives, managers, and specialists into short-term assignments with Australian organisations. The firm is led by Director and Principal Consultant Peter Westlund and serves primarily small and medium-sized enterprises, with secondary exposure to logistics/freight forwarding, customs broking, hazardous waste, mining supplies, and industrial services verticals. Core use cases include filling sudden leadership gaps, leading change or turnaround initiatives, providing specialised project expertise, and enabling organisations to test management roles before committing to permanent hires.

iEA's service is a high-touch, human-judgment placement model rather than a technology platform. The firm's principal methodology differentiator is its exclusive use of Birkman Assessments for candidate-role matching, supported by Westlund's Certified Management Consultant (CMC) credential (held since 2011 and recertified in 2022), CMC-Global Accredited Trainer status, and his role as National President and Board Chair of the Institute of Management Consultants. Adjacent offerings include the CEO Masterclass (chair role in Western Australia, 2021) for strategy-to-implementation support, and Birkman-based executive mentoring and team building. Pricing is bespoke and quote-based, varying by assignment scope, duration, and seniority.

The go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven: all client engagements are personally managed by Westlund via direct phone and email outreach, with referrals and LinkedIn job postings functioning as top-of-funnel channels. The firm claims assignments can commence within two weeks of agreement. Revenue is generated entirely from professional services fees on placement and monitoring engagements, with no disclosed technology subscriptions or marketplace commissions. The company has no external funding, operates independently, and discloses no revenue figures.

Name

interim executive appointments

Legal name

Farmhand Investments Pty Ltd

Website

https://interimexec.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Interim Executive Appointments is a Perth-based boutique consultancy, founded in 2006, that places senior executives and managers into short-term assignments for Australian SMEs across logistics, mining, and industrial sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Perth

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Interim Executive Placement Services: Professional placement of experienced senior executives, managers and specialists for short-term management assignments. Services include identifying, briefing and placing interim executives with client organisations, with ongoing monitoring during assignments to ensure scope delivery. Revenue derived from fees for matching skilled executives to organisations requiring interim leadership or specialist expertise.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Interim Executive Appointments (iEA) places experienced senior executives, managers and specialists into short-term management assignments for client organisations. The firm identifies, briefs and matches interim executives to client-defined briefs, monitors ongoing assignments to ensure scope delivery, and supports leadership transitions, change initiatives and specialist projects across SMEs in Australia.

Product overview

Interim Executive Appointments (iEA) operates as a single unified professional services platform providing senior executive and management placement for short-term assignments. The core offering is the iEA interim executive matching service, supported by the CEO Masterclass program for strategy and implementation support, and Birkman Assessments for candidate-role alignment. Solutions are designed to satisfy business and management needs so that organisations are more successful at achieving goals and objectives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Interim Executive Appointments (iEA) Placement Service Professional placement service that identifies, briefs and matches experienced senior executives, managers and specialists to client organisations for short-term interim management assignments, with ongoing monitoring during assignments to ensure scope delivery. Intended for SMEs and other organisations requiring leadership coverage, change management or specialist expertise without a permanent hire.
• Birkman Assessments Psychometric assessment service used by Interim Executive Appointments to evaluate candidate-role fit for interim appointments, executive mentoring, professional development and team building, providing combined occupational and interpersonal reporting.
• CEO Masterclass Strategy and implementation program assisting senior management of established SMEs and start-up businesses to close the gap between strategy development and execution; chaired by Peter Westlund in Western Australia.

Quantifiable outcome

• Timeframe from agreement to commencement can be as little as two weeks
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Robert Half: Global staffing and consulting firm with a sizable interim solutions practice placing senior finance, operations, and technology leaders on a project basis. Comparable to iEA in the core interim placement model but at vastly larger scale and broader geographic footprint.
• Hays: Global staffing and recruitment group with an established interim and contract executive placement practice across multiple geographies including Australia. Comparable to iEA on core interim placement services but as a much larger, multi-segment incumbent.
• Hudson Global: Global talent solutions company providing permanent, contract, and interim executive recruitment across professional services and functional leadership roles. Comparable to iEA in interim executive placement, with Australian operations competing for the same SME market.

Direct peers

• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm combining executive search, interim leadership, and talent advisory. Its interim practice directly competes for the same SME and mid-market interim executive mandates iEA serves, with comparable assessment-driven methodology.
• Heidrick & Struggles: International executive search and leadership advisory firm with a dedicated interim executive placement practice. Comparable to iEA on target customer (senior leadership), service offering (interim placement), and assessment-based candidate matching.
• Russell Reynolds Associates: Global executive search firm with a leadership advisory and interim placement capability, focused on senior executive and board-level mandates. Overlaps with iEA's C-suite/GM interim placement focus, though operating at enterprise scale.
• Egon Zehnder: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm with senior interim executive capabilities across industries. Comparable to iEA in targeting C-suite and senior functional leadership interim mandates, particularly during transformation and turnaround situations.
• Spencer Stuart: Global executive search and leadership consulting firm placing senior executives across industries with assessment-led methodology. Directly comparable to iEA in the senior executive and functional leadership placement space.
• Frazer Jones: Specialist executive search and interim management firm focused on senior HR, reward, talent, and people-related leadership roles. Comparable to iEA as a specialist boutique in interim executive placement, though narrower in functional scope.

Regional players

• Watermark Search International: Australian boutique executive search firm placing senior executives across industries in Australia and the Asia-Pacific. Highly comparable to iEA on geography, boutique scale, and SME executive placement focus, making it the closest direct Australian competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/interim-executive-appointments

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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