About

An established firm
with a single specialism

Manhattan Group was founded in Melbourne in 2001 and has done one thing since.

We are a retained executive search firm working exclusively in branded luxury hotels and resorts. We place general managers, executive committees, corporate and regional leadership, culinary leadership and specialist roles, on behalf of owners, operators and brand offices.

The firm has been led by the same founder for twenty-five years. The consultants who carry our mandates have been here for most of that time.

Asia Pacific,
principally

Our centre of gravity is Asia Pacific and always has been. We work from Melbourne and Singapore, and we have placed across Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Europe. We name the markets rather than claiming a global footprint, because a firm that says it is everywhere is usually telling you it is nowhere in particular.

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How we hold a standard

We have grown slowly and deliberately, and we decline mandates we cannot serve at standard.

International growth ought to strengthen a firm, not stretch it. Most search businesses that expand across borders lose the thing that made them worth engaging, because the standard travels more slowly than the ambition.

Illustrative city view of Melbourne at dusk

Melbourne

Level 8, 488 Bourke Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Illustrative city view of Singapore at dusk

Singapore

160 Robinson Road, #14-04
Singapore Business Federation Center
Singapore 068914

If you are appointing into a branded luxury property, we should talk