Frontier Fintech Executive Search
Frontier Fintech × Triage
I’m pleased to announce a partnership between Frontier Fintech and Triage, a pan-African executive search firm, to offer executive search for African Digital Financial Services.
The Problem
The hardest leadership hires in African DFS aren’t hard because of a talent shortage. They’re hard because the roles demand people who can hold multiple contexts at once.
The Head of Revenue who combines scrappiness with commercial gravitas. The CTO with platform experience who can also navigate a high-growth people environment. The banking veteran who actually has a tech and growth mindset. The senior leader who brings seniority without losing startup energy. It also helps if they’re willing to fly economy.
These profiles are rare. They don’t surface through keyword searches or LinkedIn filters. And when companies hire for credentials alone, they end up with people who look right on paper but can’t operate in the real environment.
Six months later, everyone’s back to square one.
The Solution
This partnership brings together two practices that believe context determines success:
Frontier Fintech brings ecosystem context. Years of deep coverage across African DFS - fintechs, banks, telcos, insurers - means we understand the operating realities of different business models, growth stages, and market conditions. From our extensive advisory work and operating experience in the industry, we know what a role actually demands in your specific environment, not just what the job description says.
Triage brings leadership context and rigorous search methodology. Their Five Dimensions of Investable Leadership framework assesses leaders across Company, Context, Competency, Chemistry, and Character. This isn’t credential matching - it’s a structured and proven approach to defining what success looks like and identifying leaders who can deliver it. I like Triage because they go wide and deep, they don’t leave any stone unturned when it comes to finding the right candidate. It’s also a founder-led organisation just like us.
Together: Ecosystem intelligence. Leadership science. Rigorous execution.
Areas of Focus
We work across C-suite and C-1 roles, with particular depth in:
CTO and CPO leadership – with deep technical experience, the ability to zoom in and out, stepping away from the detail and leading large technical teams to deliver;
CFO and strategic finance leadership - The strategic CFO who can partner with the CEO, engage boards, manage investor relationships and provide big picture strategic support to the CEO and board;
COO and operational leadership - Leaders who can build systems while thinking commercially about where the company is going;
Commercial leadership - Heads of Revenue, Sales Directors, and commercial leaders who combine scrappiness with gravitas;
Why Us
The Frontier Fintech network is the decision-making layer of African DFS. We access high-context operators who aren’t on job boards and don’t respond to recruiter outreach - professionals who understand this sector because they’ve built in it.
Triage brings disciplined search methodology honed across years of African executive placements, with particular depth in fintech, credit-led financial institutions and banking. Their rigor ensures no stone is left unturned - and their framework ensures we’re finding the right person for your specific context, not just the most impressive CV.
Why Now
The next 12-24 months will separate the companies that get leadership hiring right from those stuck in cycles of mis-hires. Every month with the wrong person - or no person - is momentum lost.
How It Works
Scoping call - 30 minutes to understand your needs and context, and an introduction to the process. No obligation.
Role definition and briefing - We pressure-test requirements against both ecosystem realities and leadership dimensions.
Search and assessment - Rigorous sourcing and candidate evaluation against the defined profile.
Pricing is scoped on the initial call and presented in an executive search proposal thereafter.
Interested?
Write to samora@frontierfintech.io