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Executive Search · Spain · Florida

The talent your competitors can’t find

A partner-led executive search boutique powered by our own AI system. We screen thousands of profiles per search and personally interview every finalist.

90%+
of searches successfully completed

Thousands
of profiles screened on every search

≤2 wks
to the first shortlist

2 countries
Spain and the US, one single team

About us

A partner’s judgement,
the reach of AI

BGS Headhunters is an executive search boutique founded by three partners, with a presence in Spain and Florida and a network of independent sector advisors. We have completed dozens of searches across renewable energy, real estate development, construction, infrastructure, logistics and trading, finance, marketing and communications, foundations and legal, with a success rate above 90%.

We work every mandate from start to finish, backed by our own AI system that multiplies the reach of every search and by advisors who technically vet each finalist.

Success fee only

No retainers, no upfront payments: we only get paid when you hire our candidate.

100% partner-led

The person who sells the search is the person who runs it.

Our own AI

Over a year building a system that scans, scores and filters thousands of profiles per search.

Sector advisors

Active experts in each industry technically interview the candidates.

Our AI system

We don’t search where everyone does,
we search everywhere

We have spent over a year building and refining our own fleet of AI agents covering the whole sourcing cycle: scanning, evaluation and prioritisation of candidates. It is not an off-the-shelf tool: it is ours, and it gets better with every search.

01

It scans

The AI gathers all the public information on thousands of candidates per search, not just LinkedIn: trade press, corporate websites, registries, conference talks and sector publications.

02

It evaluates

Every profile is checked one by one against the exact criteria of the mandate drawn from the JD (years of experience and career progression, location, level of responsibility, current role, sector and company size, track record and stability, sector fit, team managed, compensation, red flags, bonus points for an MBA, technologies used, academic background, languages, achievements…) and receives a substantiated score.

03

It analyses

The system weighs each candidate’s fit for the role quickly and accurately, and cross-checks it against our internal database. The score is never final: it tells us who to call first and lets us reach the right profile before our competitors do.

No candidate reaches your desk without a partner having interviewed them personally for your specific mandate and checked their references.

Requirement 1 Requirement 2 Requirement 3 Requirement 4 Skills Motivation

Fit radar · anonymised example from the report that accompanies every finalist, with the evidence behind each axis.

Process

Timeline

An efficient and rigorous executive search process.

Week 1

  • Initial briefing and drafting of the Job Description
  • Market mapping + AI-powered sourcing

Week 2

  • Interviews with our headhunters
  • Technical calls with the sector advisor
  • Presentation of the first shortlist to the client

Week 3

  • We keep sweeping the market: updated market mapping and AI sourcing
  • We fold in the client’s feedback on the first shortlist
  • New interviews with our headhunters

Week 4

  • Technical calls with the sector advisor
  • Presentation of the second shortlist to the client

Up to week 16

  • Management of the client’s selection process
  • Onboarding preparation
  • Follow-up on the candidate’s fit

Our commitment: shortlist within 2 weeks at most and a closed hire within 1 month for most positions.

Team

The people behind BGS Headhunters

Bertran Santivanes

Bertran Santivanes

Partner · Spain

  • 5+ years in logistics and trading and 4 years in executive search
  • Background in commodity trading
  • Strong network across global trading companies

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Casilda Finat

Casilda Finat

Partner · Spain

  • 10+ years in international programme and operations management
  • Has built offices from scratch in the Americas and Africa
  • Extensive experience recruiting, leading and scaling national and international teams

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Marco Carrizosa

Marco Carrizosa

Partner · Florida

  • 15+ years in real estate, development, construction and property investment in Florida
  • Former head of talent acquisition for a major South Florida developer

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Spain

Address

C. de Guerrero y Mendoza, 24, Chamartín, 28002 Madrid, Spain

Florida

Address

8325 NE 2 Av, Miami, FL 33138, USA

Clients

What the people who hired us say

Testimonials from executives who ran a search with us, with name, role and company.

What sets BGSHH apart is something rare in recruitment: genuine transparency. They give honest, well-rounded assessments of each candidate, covering motivations, interests, and cultural fit, even when that feedback does not work in their favour. They do not tell you what you need to hear to move the process forward. They tell you the truth so that you hire well.

On top of that, Bertrán and Casilda bring real enthusiasm and urgency to every search, and the candidates they deliver reflect that. When a profile has not been an exact fit, they have adapted quickly to our needs, which are often complex and specific. Having worked with other firms before, I can say with confidence that BGSHH operates at a different level in terms of speed, quality, and overall service. That is what will keep us coming back.

Luis PatiñoM&A Manager, Constellation Software

My experience with BGS Headhunters has been impeccable. Professionalism, agility and rigour are the three words that best define my relationship with the firm. A highly recommendable team for their ability to understand the client's needs and run every process with excellence.

Luis Díaz-Barceló SuanzesCEO, PentatelTranslated from Spanish

Delighted with BGS's service. What stands out most is their ability to understand the needs of both the company and the candidates. A very fast process, with constant communication. Highly recommended for anyone looking for talent.

Julio CamposInternational Markets Manager, Ebro FoodsTranslated from Spanish

In the press

Publications that have quoted us.

Best Companies AZ2026/10

The first brief is a hypothesis. The real criteria only show up when the client reacts to the first real candidates, so we rewrite the criteria with that feedback and score everyone again.Read the article →

The Business Journals2026/10

Senior-level jobs rarely appear on job boards.Subscriber-only articleRead the article →

Crain Currency2026/09

Profiles combining AI governance with finance, compliance or trust work are scarce. The people with the AI side come from banks, consultancies and tech, and they expect a budget, a team and a career path a five-person office cannot give them.Free registration requiredRead the article →

HR Vendor News2026/09

Our rule at BGS Headhunters is that the AI ranks and a partner decides. No candidate reached a client without a partner interviewing them first.Read the article →

Small Biz Leader2026/09

We invoice one time, for 100%, on the day the hired candidate starts work. No retainer, no split payment, and the terms are published before the first call.Read the article →

All press coverage and facts for journalists →

Resources

What people ask before they hire

What people ask before hiring a search firm, answered with our own data.

BGS Observatory

Our own search data, published every quarter.

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Executive search fees

Fee models, guarantees and our published terms in Florida.

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Retained vs contingency

Which model fits a mid-size company.

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Bilingual leadership in Miami

What the Spanish-English executive market looks like.

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A search, week by week

What happens on our side from brief to guarantee.

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