Our organisation
Founded in 2013, Consult Connect Pty Ltd is a specialized Executive Search firm operating at the high-stakes intersection of heavy assets and environmental responsibility. Our first decade was defined by deep immersion in the global mining and resources sector.
However, as the world changed, so did we. We have intentionally pivoted our 10+ years of heavy-industry heritage to focus exclusively on the Industrial Transition, ensuring the technical rigour of the past meets the sustainable demands of the future.
As a Franco-Australian team, we complement this industry depth with a unique dual-heritage perspective. We provide a strategic unfair advantage for organisations navigating the cultural and regulatory complexities between these two global industrial hubs.
Our values
Our values define a human-centric approach within the demanding sectors we serve. We reject shortcuts, choosing instead the ethical rigour required for long-term industrial success.
- Generosity: Investing in the next generation
We believe businesses carry a fundamental responsibility to societal well-being. To manifest this, we donate 50% of our profits to charitable organisations focused on educating younger generations in less fortunate communities. We aren’t just building leadership for today, we are investing in the global talent of tomorrow.
- Integrity: Radical transparency
In the high-stakes world of heavy industry, trust is the only currency that matters. We act with absolute honesty throughout our search processes, ensuring unwavering transparency between our team, our clients and our candidates.
- Collaboration: Shared success in transition
The industrial transition is too complex to navigate alone. We collaborate closely with all stakeholders to ensure fair, efficient and community-aligned recruitment processes. Together, we shape a better future, one strategic hire at a time.
- Empathy: Understanding the “Human” in human-led
We recognize that behind every technical requirement is a person with unique needs and challenges. By understanding what truly matters to every individual we engage with, we ensure placements that are not just functional, but mutually transformative.
- Responsibility: Accountable growth
We prioritize environmental sustainability, social responsibility and safety. We intentionally partner with organizations and projects that are actively shaping a responsible new economy, ensuring that growth never comes at the cost of the planet.
- Respect: The power of diverse perspectives
Innovation in the industrial transition requires a collision of different ideas. We champion diversity and inclusion, partnering with organizations that treat all stakeholders with respect and value the unique skills that drive progress.
- Commitment: Building long-term backbones
We don’t transact, we cultivate. Our dedication to long-term relationships is proven by the fact that the majority of our clients are returning partners. We invest in your future as if it were our own.
Our services
- Full search project: The leadership backbone
A structured, systematic and fully transparent partnership to secure the critical talent required for the new industrial economy. This is a shared commitment, providing full visibility and data-driven rigour throughout the process.
- Best for: When stakes are high, the talent pool is scarce, or hiring conditions are complex. Ideal for mission-critical roles that require objectivity and deep market insight.
- Modular search: Flexibility & trust
A versatile approach that breaks the recruitment process into distinct, purchasable stages. This allows you to manage specific parts of the process internally while leveraging our specialised industrial search expertise where it’s needed most.
- Best for: Growth phases where internal teams need a surgical injection of external expertise without the full recruitment overhead.
- Market mapping: strategic visibility
A discreet, research-led project that provides a clear “map” of a defined talent pool by geography, function, or skillset. We provide the actionable data and insights without the outreach, allowing you to see the landscape before making a move.
- Best for: Early-stage workforce planning, business case development, or when stakeholders need alignment on talent availability before a project kicks off.
- Talent pipelining: Future-ready readiness
Proactive relationship-building to create a “bench” of engaged, pre-qualified leaders for roles that don’t exist yet but are critical to your long-term transition. It is a structured, forward-looking investment in your organisation’s resilience.
- Best for: Recurring hiring needs, high-risk roles where a resignation would cause disruption, or businesses planning significant growth over the next 6–24 months.
- Confidential compensation & benefits studies: Data-backed decisions
Bespoke insights into market pay and benefits specifically tailored to heavy industry and transition sectors. More than a generic salary survey, these studies provide the intelligence needed to unlock stalled projects and inform business-critical decisions.
- Best for: Hard-to-fill roles, pay equity reviews, or when stakeholders are misaligned on the market value of specialized leadership.
“Our vision is to build the leadership backbone of the new industrial economy. We connect future-ready talent with the projects advancing our world.
Through robust, search-led practices, we identify and secure the leaders who can truly move our heavy industries forward. We believe that the industrial transition can only succeed if people thrive within these companies AND if these companies, in turn, create a positive impact on our communities and planet.
Because in the end, industrial progress is only sustainable when people and the planet prosper together.”
Emilie Chautard, Founder & Director
Our responsibility: A regenerative approach to business
At Consult Connect, we believe that true success is measured by the legacy we leave behind. As a firm operating at the heart of the Industrial Transition, we recognise that our role goes beyond filling seats, we are building the human backbone of a new economy.
– The 50% promise: Investing in the next generation
We believe that businesses have a fundamental responsibility to return their surplus to the systems that sustain them. To manifest this, we donate 50% of our profits to charitable organisations focused on education, literacy and community resilience.
By dedicating half of our earnings to empowering younger generations in less fortunate communities, we are ensuring that the industrial progress of today fuels the human potential of tomorrow.
Impact in action: Organisations we support
- Asia & the Pacific:
– Indigenous Literacy Foundation
– APA Sherpa Foundation in Nepal
- Africa & Madagascar:
– Vozama in Madagascar
– Graines de Bitume in Madagascar
– SOS Villages d’Enfants Madagascar
Our Capability & impact
The industrial world is in the midst of a profound evolution. Today, the challenge isn’t just growth, it’s transformation.
We recognise that the leadership models of the last decades are no longer sufficient for the complexities of the next.
We solve the critical leadership gap in the Industrial Transition, identifying the rare breed of “future-ready” leaders who can navigate the technical, social and regulatory demands of the new economy. We move beyond traditional recruitment to provide the human-led leadership architecture required for a sustainable, sovereign future.
Partners in the industrial value chain
We partner with the pioneers redefining how we extract, power and build. Our expertise is focused on:
- Sustainable extraction & transformation: Transitioning our deep mining DNA to support the critical minerals and green metals projects that underpin the new economy.
- Industrial decarbonization: Securing the leaders driving the shift toward net-zero operations and renewable energy integration.
- The Francophone network: Supporting French-speaking organizations and talent with specialised cross-border recruitment and cultural expertise.
Global reach, local insight
With over 350 successful recruitments across 6 continents, our team brings a rare combination of global perspective and localised “boots-on-the-ground” understanding. We have navigated the cultural, logistical and strategic nuances of cross-border hiring in more than 25 countries, from the established hubs of Europe to the emerging frontiers of the new industrial economy.
Whether it is securing the foundational leadership for a critical minerals project in the DRC, identifying the pioneers for a renewable energy hub in Indonesia, scaling a specialised environmental consultancy in Australia, or headhunting the visionary talent for a battery recycling R&D centre in France, we bring the same technical rigour and human-centric approach to every assignment.
Our Global Track Record Includes Placements in:
- Oceania & SE Asia: Australia, New Caledonia, PNG, Indonesia, Laos.
- Africa: DRC, West Africa (Senegal, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Mali, Ghana, Guinea), Gabon, Congo, Botswana, Tanzania, Zambia.
- The Americas & Eurasia: Argentina, France, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Algeria… and beyond.
Our geographic edge: The Francophone-Pacific & African corridors
While our reach is global, we offer a specialised “unfair advantage” in regions where cultural nuance is as critical as technical expertise. As a bilingual, Franco-Australian team, we are uniquely positioned to navigate the complex social and regulatory landscapes of:
- West & Central Africa: With a proven track record across Senegal, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Mali, Gabon and Guinea, we understand the “boots-on-the-ground” reality of operating in Francophone Africa. We don’t just find talent, we secure the leaders who can obtain and maintain your Social License to Operate in complex jurisdictions.
- New Caledonia & the Pacific: From our deep roots in the Pacific, we act as a strategic bridge for the critical minerals and infrastructure projects driving the region’s industrial transition.