Meet Rachel Sheehan

I've hired at C-suite level, commissioned executive searches, and been the person deciding what departure support should look like for senior leaders leaving under difficult circumstances. I've also sat with those leaders afterwards, helping them work out what comes next.

Human Resources Suite is a boutique consultancy based near Geneva. I work with senior professionals and organisations across four areas: executive search, executive coaching, HR consulting, and outplacement.

The Perspective I Bring

Before running these processes for clients, I commissioned them. As a CHRO, I bought executive search, outplacement, and coaching programmes from the outside. I know what a well-run search looks like from the other side of the table, where the shortlists feel genuinely considered rather than just compiled, and where the large firm's promise of senior attention tends to break down in practice. I know what a senior leader actually needs in the days after being told their role is gone.

That experience is the most useful thing I bring. It means conversations with CHROs and leadership teams happen at peer level. It means I know how to position candidates because I spent years reading applications and making hiring decisions. And it means clients don't have to explain the context twice.

I am a certified executive coach and the mother of two teenagers, which keeps my sense of perspective sharp and my calendar honest. Outside of client work, I serve as Chairperson of the Advisory Committee at World Bicycle Relief Switzerland.