Firm profile
Christian & Timbers
Christian & Timbers was named in 1 of the 9 executive search firms questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 110 of the 235 AI responses sampled across those questions (46.8%).
Christian & Timbers is strongest on “Which firms specialise in the role we are hiring for?”, where it was named in 110 of 235 responses (46.8%), placing it in tier 4 of that report.
What Christian & Timbers is surfaced for in executive search firms
Based on the measured answers, Christian & Timbers is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “Which firms specialise in the role we are hiring for?”.
How the answers describe the firmSpecializes in CTO, product, and technology leadership searches, having placed 800+ product and technology leaders.
In this sample, Christian & Timbers was named on 1 of the 8 executive search firms ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:
- Executive search by role — named in 110 of 235 responses (46.8%), tier 4.
This describes when the firm is surfaced, not whether it is the right firm to hire. The sample measures recommendation visibility, not client outcomes.
Every question in executive search firms
Christian & Timbers was named on 1 of these 8 ranking questions. The rest are questions buyers ask that it did not come up for — with whoever did.
Who leads executive search firms overall: Spencer Stuart tops 3 of 8 · Egon Zehnder tops 1 of 8 · Heidrick & Struggles tops 1 of 8 · Korn Ferry tops 1 of 8 · Riviera Partners tops 1 of 8 · Russell Reynolds Associates tops 1 of 8. See all reports.
Where Christian & Timbers was named
| Question | Tier | Responses | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Which firms specialise in the role we are hiring for? | 4 | 110 of 235 | 46.8% |
What Christian & Timbers gets named for
Across the 9 executive search firms questions measured, Christian & Timbers is named most often on “Which firms specialise in the role we are hiring for?” — it appears in 110 of the 235 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 46.8% of them.
That is the only question in this set where Christian & Timbers cleared the reporting threshold, so its visibility is concentrated in one kind of buyer question rather than spread across the category.
What Christian & Timbers’s tier placings mean
On “Which firms specialise in the role we are hiring for?”, Christian & Timbers sits in tier 4 of 6, named in 110 of 235 responses (46.8%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 90.2% of responses against Christian & Timbers’s 46.8%. It shares tier 4 with Cowen Partners, which the sample cannot separate from it. 5 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Christian & Timbers from them.
What this page is, and is not
- It is a count of how often AI assistants named Christian & Timbers when asked buyer questions about executive search firms. Nothing here is a review, a rating, or an assessment of the firm’s work.
- Christian & Timbers did not submit this listing, was not contacted about it, and cannot pay to change it, move up, or be removed.
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