International executive search boutique
Rare finds, carefully selected.
Leadership is the investment that compounds.
We find the leaders who shape what an organization becomes, working directly with the boards, CEOs and investors who own the decision.
Across industries
Board, C-suite and Director-level appointments
Specialist practice
Private equity, private markets and portfolio companies
Three vantage points
We have sat on every side of the table.
Every leadership decision looks different from each seat. Vintage brings all three perspectives to every search.
The client
Two decades building talent functions inside global multinationals, briefing search firms from the buyer’s side. We know what a leadership team expects from a search, and where searches fail.
The search partner
A career built across borders, including years originating and executing executive search mandates worldwide, across industries. We know how to map a market in any region, open doors to leaders who are not looking, and close.
The investor
An investor’s lens on every search, built inside an alternative asset manager. We read a leader the way an investor reads a business: on substance, and on the thesis behind it.
Founder
Marianna Tuimil
Founder & Managing Director
Marianna Tuimil brings two decades of talent leadership seen from three sides of the table: the search firm, the corporate client and the investor. She began her career on the advisory side, with three years as an RPO consultant followed by five years as a headhunter at an international executive search firm, originating and executing executive search mandates worldwide. She then moved in-house, building and leading talent functions at Nike, Givaudan, R/GA and BHP, across consumer, flavor & fragrance, creative and mining businesses.
Most recently, as Head of Global Talent Acquisition at Patria Investments, a NASDAQ-listed Latin American alternative asset manager, she led the scaling of the organization beyond Latin America, into EMEA and APAC, hiring investment and corporate teams across private equity, infrastructure, private credit, real estate and public equities.
Trained in Medicine, she holds an MBA from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella and a postgraduate degree in Investment Management & Capital Markets from Universidad del CEMA, where she is now pursuing a second in AI & Automation Management. She is also a visiting professor in the HR master’s program at Universidad ORT Uruguay.
Corporate, search and investment judgment, in every mandate.
Services
Executive search, at the core of what we do.
Executive Search is the core of the firm. Market intelligence supports it, and fractional talent leadership is available on request.
Executive Search
Board, C-Suite & Director Level and Above
For the appointments that set an organization’s course, in any industry: CEOs and executive committees, board directors, general managers and directors across finance, operations, commercial, technology and people. Equally at home in a listed multinational, a family-owned group, a fast-growing scale-up or an investor-backed company.
Every mandate runs on a seven-phase method, from strategic brief to integration, with a clear deliverable at each step.
Complementary
Market Intelligence & Talent Advisory
Insight for strategic decisions
Before you hire, invest or enter a market: competitor leadership maps, compensation benchmarks, succession pipelines and talent due diligence for acquisitions and new investments.
On request
Fractional Talent Acquisition
Senior TA leadership, for a defined period
A senior Talent Acquisition leader inside your team for a defined share of time, for start-ups, scale-ups, family businesses and investor-backed companies that need senior hiring leadership before a first full-time Head of People.
Why Vintage
Focused by design. Rigorous by method.
A leadership appointment is decided in weeks and judged over years. Few decisions carry more weight, or are harder to reverse. Vintage was built for that decision, and works with a small number of clients at a time to do it well.
The craft
Timeless craft. Advanced intelligence.
Great search still depends on what cannot be automated: deep knowledge of the market, patient selection, and the judgment to know when the moment is right. We practice headhunting as a craft: relationships built over years, discreet conversations, and a sharp reading of people.
And we practice it with the tools of today. Our advanced AI capability is built into every search, making every search faster, broader and better informed. Technology widens the field. Judgment makes the selection.
Market maps built in days, not weeks
Discreet access to leaders who are not looking
Evidence-based assessment of every finalist
Senior judgment at every decision
Senior attention, by design.
Every mandate is led by the founder and accountable at the most senior level, from first brief to integration, with AI-driven research doing the heavy lifting underneath. The person who hears your strategy is the person who presents your finalists. And we take on a limited number of mandates at a time, so each one gets the attention it deserves.
A real-time view of the market.
Traditional search often goes quiet for four to six weeks before the first longlist. With Vintage, you see the market as it takes shape: live mapping, early names and candid market feedback from the first week, so you can calibrate and decide sooner.
Terms that fit the mandate.
Every engagement is structured around the role, the market and the client’s stage, not a fixed template. Commercial terms are agreed upfront and shaped to each mandate.
Fewer conflicts, wider reach.
Large firms often cannot approach executives at their own clients. Our off-limits commitments are narrow, transparent and agreed upfront, so your search can reach further.
Cross-border by design.
Experience across industries in Latin America, North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. We work remotely across time zones, so every search can reach beyond a single market.
Private Markets Practice
Private markets, from the inside.
Alongside its cross-industry work, Vintage runs a dedicated practice for investment firms and the companies they back, built on years inside an alternative asset manager. We speak the language of the deal, the fund and the value creation plan.
Who we serve
- Private equity, growth and venture investors
- Infrastructure, private credit and real estate managers
- Investor-backed portfolio companies
- Alternative asset managers building their platforms
Mandates we lead
- Investment professionals, from Vice President to Managing Partner
- Operating partners and value creation leaders
- Portfolio company CEOs, CFOs and executive teams
- Investor relations, fundraising and platform leadership
What we look for
Value created within a holding period, not titles held.
A small, tightly networked pool where reputations travel fast. Unvested carry and co-investment keep the best people in place, and every approach demands real discretion.
Approach
Rigorous from brief to integration.
Seven phases, each closing with a defined deliverable, so you see progress, evidence and risk at every step.
01
Strategic Brief
What this leader must deliver, agreed with board, CEO and shareholders.
Deliverable
Mandate Charter
02
Market Intelligence
Who is out there, at what cost, and where the real trade-offs lie.
Deliverable
Market Map & Compensation Benchmark
03
Targeted Approach
Discreet outreach, calibrated early against the market’s response.
Deliverable
Calibrated Longlist
04
Leadership Assessment
Finalists measured against the success profile, not a job description.
Deliverable
Shortlist & Assessment Reports
05
Due Diligence
360° referencing, credential and reputational checks before you commit.
Deliverable
Referencing & Verification Report
06
Offer & Close
Full package, negotiation and counter-offers, managed end to end.
Deliverable
Signed Offer
07
Integration
Support through the first 100 days and key milestones of year one.
Deliverable
100-Day Alignment & Check-ins
Throughout
Live updates on the market from week one, not a report after six weeks.
Candidate Experience
Every conversation carries your name.
For every leader you hire, dozens of senior executives meet your organization through us. Most will not join. All of them will form an opinion. At the top, that opinion travels, so we manage it as carefully as the appointment itself.
An accurate picture of the opportunity.
Your organization, the role and its challenges represented honestly, so candidates decide on real information.
Discretion on both sides.
Confidentiality protected on both sides: your strategic plans and the candidate’s current position.
Clear timelines and no silence.
Every candidate engaged knows where the process stands and hears the outcome from us directly.
A respectful close for everyone.
Finalists who are not chosen receive considered feedback, and leave thinking well of you.
Perspectives
Notes on leadership, talent markets and private capital across Latin America, Europe and the Middle East.
Start with a conversation.
Considering a key appointment? Start with a confidential market snapshot: a first look at who is out there for the role, before you commit to a search.
We take on a limited number of new mandates each quarter.