Our team comprises some of the industry’s leading consultants from the world’s most prominent board search and advisory, executive search and recruitment firms, enabling instant access to broad global networks. We value building trusted, long-term relationships with businesses to help them find and develop outstanding leaders, improve board and executive performance, and align organisational culture with strategy.

Johnson Partners’ specialist board services include advising on the structure, composition and operation of boards. We review individual director and team performance, conduct skills analysis, implement Chair and Director search and advise on non-executive director remuneration.

Acquiring Boardroom Partners in 2020 – a leading Australian Board Search and Advisory firm – strengthened our commitment to helping organisations to build exceptional boards of directors and to implement market-leading corporate governance. Together, with the team at Boardroom Partners we have made more than 350 Chair and non-executive director appointments and have delivered over 200 Board Reviews.

In a marketplace that connects across cultures and continents, access to a diverse workforce is essential. Increasingly, boards and executives are under pressure to ensure that the leadership teams of the organisation reflect the breadth of the customers, markets and stakeholders that they serve. We actively address diversity in the workplace, recognising that it strengthens a company’s ability to bring a full range of perspectives to their clients.

Over the past 12 months 72% of our executive appointments and 76% of our board appointments have been women. Our focus doesn’t stop at gender; we are committed to every shortlist including one culturally diverse candidate.

Johnson Partners are the proud founders of the 40 Under 40 Most Influential Asian-Australian Awards. Founded in 2019, the Awards address the under-representation of young Asian-Australians in senior leadership positions by recognising their achievements in a variety of fields. In its founding year, over 300 applicants put themselves forward for the award. The award nominees are selected by Johnson Partners and a panel of judges chaired by Jason Johnson, Founder and Managing Partner of Johnson Partners, making them more visible amongst the wider community and by providing a stepping-stone to further leadership opportunities. Winners are announced at The Asian-Australian Leadership Summit (an initiative co-convened by Johnson Partners, Asialink, PwC and the Australian National University).

Being a globally connected firm no longer requires a physical presence in major international cities. Unlike our competitors, we possess no off-limits abroad and few within Australia and New Zealand, enabling us to access talent in virtually every relevant organisation without any conflicts of interest. In turn, our selection is devoid of any bias or external loyalties. We operate solely in the interest of our clients, applying absolute discretion in our dealings with both clients and candidates.

We are widely recognised for appointing executives possessing outstanding experience in offshore markets. Our proprietary ExpatPORTAL is a dynamic resource that allows us to engage with, and track the careers of, leading global executives who we can then access immediately when an appropriate opportunity arises.

In 2022, we acquired Caldwell New Zealand wholly into the Johnson Partners business. At the same time we began our alliance partnership with Caldwell globally, extending on our capacity to connect and engage with leading talent around the world.

Our proprietary CultureFIT technology aligns a client’s strategic hiring needs with each candidate’s experiences and attributes. CultureFIT provides a framework for ranking and benchmarking candidates’ relative alignment with each specific role and organisational culture to guarantee a successful match.