Established in 2003, Touchstone Consulting has built a reputation as one of the most respected Executive Search companies in Australasia.

Founder and Managing Director, Chris Klingbeil identified the need within the executive search space, for a consultancy that provided partnerships which delivered quantifiable value to clients and potential candidates and raised the bar in terms of execution, ethics and service.

The name Touchstone was selected to represent Chris Klingbeil’s values and the company that he wished to build.

Touchstone remains true to its core values and has built lasting partnerships with both clients and candidates evidenced by the fact that 85% of Touchstone’s projects come from repeat customers, a testament to Touchstone’s ability to achieve outstanding results for its clients.

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Touchstone - Today

Touchstone continues to provide retained, relationship-based senior executive search services to a discreet handful of leading companies in a range of industries. Our tailored services give us the agility to properly target our clients' industries, without risking conflicts of interest. Our clients' core linkage is their understanding that top performing people deliver quantifiable value to the company bottom line.

These companies understand that, together with the right business strategy, PEOPLE make the difference between success and failure in today's business operating environment.

We provide tailored senior executive consulting services to a discreet handful of leading companies, providing us with the agility to properly target our clients' industries, without risking conflicts of interest.

Our clients demonstrate their trust in us by sharing their vision and strategies.

As a result, we have unsurpassed knowledge of your business, the environment in which you operate, as well as the key business drivers.

With this information, we become your ambassadors in the marketplace, attracting the best people for your key roles. This also enables us to establish strategies that are specific to your business needs, including:

• Custom-built senior executive talent databases created specifically for your business, which are continually updated and target all functions, enabling you to search quickly, effectively, and strategically.
• Ongoing, discreet dialogues with the top executives with your competitor companies.
• Benchmarking information, helping to understand how your business is viewed in the marketplace.
• Management Assessment - gauging how your executives stack up against your competitors.
• Market Intelligence, enabling you to understand the shifts in strategy and directions of your competitor companies.

True executive search, done correctly, targets the best people available for your roles, without alerting the marketplace of your strategies, or potential weaknesses.

Our partnerships are established to suit our clients' individual needs, and deliver the outcomes that will grow your business, giving you traction against your competitors, and creating real value by maximising the standard of managers in your critical roles.