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Contingency Executive Search
Targeted searches for senior leaders, with professional fees earned when the selected candidate is successfully hired.
Boutique executive search | Strategic advisory
Confidential assignments. Exceptional leaders.
At Lemke Advisors, we help organizations solve high-priority leadership challenges through focused executive search, senior-level judgment, and discreet execution.
A selective boutique firm
Senior attention from beginning to end.
Lemke Advisors is a boutique executive-search and strategic-advisory firm specializing in confidential, high-priority assignments.
We accept a limited number of engagements so every client receives focused research, direct communication, and senior-level involvement throughout the assignment.
Our work is personal, responsive, and built around the business outcome — not the volume of searches we carry.
What we do
Focused support for pivotal decisions.
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Confidential Special Assignments
Discreet leadership searches and market intelligence for sensitive, urgent, or unusually specific business needs.
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Strategic Advisory
Experienced counsel on growth, sales effectiveness, customer strategy, organizational priorities, and transformation.
Why Lemke Advisors
The care of a boutique firm. The perspective of seasoned executives.
Selective engagements
We take on assignments where our experience, attention, and network can make a meaningful difference.
Direct access
Clients work directly with senior leadership — not through layers of junior account management.
Confidential execution
Every conversation is handled with discretion, professional judgment, and respect for all parties.
Our approach
A disciplined process without unnecessary layers.
1. Define
Clarify the business objectives, leadership mandate, required experience, and success measures.
2. Identify
Map the market and develop a targeted group of relevant, qualified prospects.
3. Engage
Approach candidates confidentially and assess motivation, experience, and leadership fit.
4. Present
Introduce well-qualified candidates with clear evidence, context, and practical next steps.
About our founder
Tom Lemke
Executive recruiter, strategic advisor, and former global retail executive
Tom brings more than 40 years of senior executive, consulting, and talent-assessment experience to Lemke Advisors. A former officer of two major global retailers, he has held leadership and advisory roles involving Kmart USA, Coles Group, TNS Global, and FTI Consulting.
His work has spanned more than 30 countries and contributed to growth strategies associated with over $5 billion in incremental revenue. Tom personally leads each Lemke Advisors engagement, bringing an executive operator’s perspective to candidate evaluation, leadership fit, and business performance.
Let’s discuss the assignment.
Contact Tom directly for a confidential conversation.