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Selected Search Assignments
Media & Advertising
EXECUTIVE SEARCH
Appointing a Head of Tax for a Global Advertising Group
A confidential executive search to identify and appoint a Head of Tax capable of providing strategic tax leadership across a complex international business while supporting governance, compliance and commercial decision-making.
Assignment overview
A global advertising group engaged Aequalis to identify and appoint a Head of Tax to lead its tax function across a complex international operating environment.
The appointment required considerably more than technical tax expertise. The successful executive needed to provide strategic advice, strengthen governance, manage international tax obligations and partner with senior business leaders across multiple jurisdictions.
Sector
Media & Advertising
Appointments
Head of Tax
Service
Executive Search
Assignment
Snapshot
Approach
Confidential Executive Search
The challenge
The client required an experienced tax leader capable of operating across a global organisation where technical excellence, commercial judgement and stakeholder management were equally important.
Success depended on identifying an executive with the credibility to advise senior leadership, manage international tax complexity and support the organisation's long-term commercial objectives.
How we delivered the search
Clarify the brief
Worked closely with the client to understand the technical requirements, leadership expectations and strategic priorities behind the appointment.
Map the market
​Mapped experienced tax leaders across multinational organisations, Big Four firms, listed companies and global professional services businesses.
Engage the right people
Approached highly respected tax executives with extensive international experience, including professionals who were not actively seeking a new opportunity.
Advise throughout
Provided market intelligence, candidate insight and practical hiring advice throughout the search, supporting informed decision-making from initial shortlist through to appointment.
The outcome
The search resulted in the successful appointment of a Head of Tax with the technical expertise, commercial capability and leadership experience required to support a complex global business.
The assignment also strengthened the client's understanding of the executive tax market and established a trusted relationship supporting future senior appointments.
The value of this assignment was not simply appointing a Head of Tax. It was securing a trusted commercial adviser capable of supporting strategic decision-making across a global organisation.
Why this search mattered
For multinational organisations, tax leadership extends well beyond compliance. It influences governance, commercial strategy, business performance and executive decision-making.
Executive search at this level is about more than identifying technically strong tax professionals. It is about finding leaders with the judgement, credibility and commercial capability to advise complex international businesses and create long-term value.
To protect client confidentiality, some identifying details have been intentionally withheld.