Executive Search & Leadership Advisory for the organisations that move, build, power and enable Australia.
Leadership decisions shape the future of organisations.
The right appointment can accelerate growth, unlock opportunity and create lasting competitive advantage.
In complex industrial markets, leadership requires more than technical capability. It demands executives who understand the realities of operating businesses that build, move, power and enable Australia.
Clifton & King partners with organisations to identify and appoint exceptional leaders, whilst providing the market insight and talent advisory solutions needed to make critical leadership decisions with confidence.
WHO WE ARE
Clifton & King is established to partner with the industries that move, build and power Australia. We partner with organisations across industrial, infrastructure, transport, energy and resources to solve their most critical leadership challenges. We're a boutique search firm disrupting an industry too often defined by generic process and shallow market knowledge.
Our focus is singular: finding the leaders who will shape the future of Australia's asset-intensive sectors.
MARKET EXPERTISE
Two decades of executive search experience across global markets, spanning aviation, transport, rail, logistics, industrial services, mining and construction. This depth gives us something most firms can't replicate; unparalleled knowledge of the leadership talent driving these sectors, built through years of relationships, placements and market immersion. We don't learn your industry on the job. We already know it, and we know exactly who the best operators are, wherever they sit.
APPROACH
A specialist team of researchers and project coordinators map every relevant market in forensic detail. We maintain a constant pulse on passive executives - the best leaders, often not actively looking, who never appear on a job board.
Combined with deep sector specialisation, this delivers top-tier search calibre without the global firm price tag, filling a genuine gap for organisations who want premium outcomes, without high overheads.
LEADERSHIP ADVISORY SOLUTIONS
01.Executive Search
We identify, assess and secure leaders with the competence, experience and sector expertise to drive and deliver commercial performance from day one. Backed by deep networks and unparalleled market knowledge across industrial, infrastructure, transport and energy, we connect organisations with executives who understand the operational and commercial realities of leading and running critical, asset-intensive businesses.
02.Talent Mapping & Succession Planning
We map the leadership talent across your sector before you need it - identifying passive executives, tracking career trajectories and building a live view of who's leading where. Grounded in deep industry knowledge, this gives you a genuine market advantage: informed succession decisions and faster and sharper hiring when critical roles open up.
03.HR and Talent Advisory
We help organisations navigate complex people challenges with confidence. Our expertise spans workforce and organisational planning, leadership and culture, capability, and governance and risk, delivering pragmatic advice that drives stronger business outcomes.
04.Market & Salary Trend Mapping
We track remuneration, movement and structural shifts across industrial, infrastructure, transport and energy leadership markets, providing you with hard data to benchmark packages, structure roles competitively and understand where the market is heading. Real data led intelligence, so hiring and retention decisions are grounded in what's actually happening in your sector.