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A travelling position is a private staff role where the candidate moves with the principal or family between residences, yachts, seasonal locations, and international trips. The job is not a standard
Most principals approach their first family office hire as if they were filling a job. They write a description, list the responsibilities, set a budget, and start interviewing. The first hire in a si
Private Office Team Structures at Different Stages
A family office is not a static organisation. It evolves with the family's wealth, the complexity of the mandate, and the principal's appetite for structure. The team that serves a family wi
Founders hire differently from inherited principals. The pace is faster, the priorities shift more often, the work bleeds across personal and professional life, and the decision rhythm is rarely struc
Family office recruitment is a different discipline from corporate executive search. The candidate pool is smaller. The brief is rarely written down. The principal is often the decision-maker, not an
Most recruitment agencies present CVs. We present candidates. The distinction matters. A CV is a document. A candidate is a person whose personality, judgement, and behaviour under pressure have been
Chief of Staff in a Family Office: What the Role Actually Is
A Chief of Staff in a family office is the principal's operational right hand. Not an assistant. Not a secretary. A CoS is the person who decides what reaches the principal, owns cross-adviser co
Public salary data for private household staff is misleading. The figures on job boards reflect the mid-market, not the UHNW segment. A housekeeper at a three-bedroom home in the suburbs and a houseke
Principals who have built successful companies often have large, well-resourced HR functions. Dedicated teams, executive search partners, internal talent pipelines, and sophisticated hiring processes.
The three ways to engage a recruitment firm look similar on paper and produce very different outcomes in practice. Clients who understand the distinction get better hires, faster, with less disruption
The net-gross distinction is the most common source of budget confusion in private hiring, especially for cross-border households. Candidates describe salaries in net terms, clients budget in gross, a
The Definitive Guide to Executive Assistants in Family Offices
An Executive Assistant in a family office is not a corporate EA working for a wealthy person. The title overlaps, but the job is different. A family office EA sits inside a small, discreet team that s
Family offices sit somewhere between private capital and institutional investing. They have the long time horizons of family wealth, the flexibility of private capital, and increasingly the institutio
Three of the most common support titles in private life are used almost interchangeably. A principal says they need a PA. The brief describes an EA. The role as hired turns out to be a Chief of Staff.
Private office hiring fails for a predictable set of reasons. Principals are often sophisticated operators in their own businesses, but private hiring follows different rules. The candidate pool is di
A Family Office Director runs the family office day to day. They are the person a principal hires to make the office work as a business: staff, systems, compliance, cost, and coordination. The role si
Family office compensation is not a salary market. It is a collection of bespoke packages, shaped by the size of the office, the preferences of the principal, the geography, and the scarcity of the in
Most principals, if asked to rank their hires by importance, would name the Chief of Staff, the Family Office Director, or the senior investment hire. These are large, visible roles. They carry titles
