Great companies are built by the people they hire and by the people who truly understand what that means.

Zafira is a boutique executive search firm helping companies hire the people who shape their next chapter. But what sets us apart starts before the search: our founding partners have lived both sides of the table.

Their careers were built across multiple countries and markets and a track record spanning industries, company stages, and cultures. They've been the recruiters  (in-house and in consultancy) running searches, mapping markets, and building pipelines. They've also been the hiring managers, sitting across the table with a headcount to fill, a team to protect, and a business depending on the right decision. That dual perspective changes how we work at Zafira. We don't just understand what a great candidate looks like. We understand the pressure of the hire.

We work across three models, built around how companies actually grow:

Full Search
End-to-end recruiting for your most critical roles. We run focused searches, deep candidate mapping, behavioural assessment, reference checks, and a curated shortlist; all the way through to offer. We like to think we don't send candidates. Instead, we deliver decisions.

Talent Access
For recurring or urgent hiring needs, we give clients direct access to a pre-vetted talent pool, candidates already mapped and assessed, ready to move fast when the role demands it.

Advisory
Tailored support for founders and leadership teams navigating hiring strategy, org design, and talent decisions during moments of growth or change. The scope is built around what the client actually needs, not a fixed package.

We operate as an extension of your team, not a vendor. Based in São Paulo, working globally.

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