Empowering Visionary Leaders

The Thirdway: Recruitment Built for Leaders Who Want to Win


A high-performance, founder-led process engineered to protect momentum, reduce risk, and secure leaders who elevate your organisation.

Empowering Visionary Leaders

The Thirdway: Recruitment Built for Leaders Who Want to Win

A high-performance, founder-led process engineered to protect momentum, reduce risk, and secure leaders who elevate your organisation.

EXPLORE THE THIRDWAY

Why Thirdway?

 Experience the Thirdway difference

From ambitious hiring briefs to transformative career moves, here’s how we deliver impact that lasts.

Proven leadership

Dan has worked for over two decades alongside senior decision-makers globally and understands the pressure, precision, and accountability required to deliver high-stakes hiring outcomes.

Risk reducing performance

Our process delivers consistent results - 98% first-year retention, with approximately 90% of candidates submitted progressing to interview.


Process discipline

Our methodology mirrors high-performance sport, where results are achieved through preparation, discipline, and execution, not chance.

True

partner

Founder-led and delivery-focused. We provide transparent reporting, direct communication, and outcome-driven service, acting as a trusted partner, not a vendor.

Our Executive Search Process

1. Leadership Alignment

We bring leadership together to define success, clarify expectations and ensure alignment. It's the foundation for a hire who can thrive, not just survive.

2. Role Readiness

We shape the role for impact, assessing team dynamics, behaviours and environmental factors to ensure the position is genuinely set up to succeed.

3. Go-to-Market Strategy

We craft a compelling narrative that cuts through the noise, engaging high-performing, passive talent who weren’t looking, until now.

4. Market Mapping

Using AI-enabled search and deep market intelligence, we map the field fast and identify top talent aligned to your technical, behavioural and cultural needs.

5. Human Evaluation

Every person is assessed by us in depth for behaviours, chemistry and performance potential. AI accelerates reach; human judgment ensures the right fit.

6. Shortlist & Calibration

We present a precise, behaviour-led shortlist and refine together through feedback loops to stay aligned and on target.

7. Leadership Integration

We support onboarding and early integration, helping your new leader build trust, connection and momentum in their critical first 90 days.

8. Impact & Reflection

We embed review points to measure early impact, refine expectations and ensure long-term performance, because a hire is only successful when they deliver

What our clients say

As Head of Talent Acquisition for a large GigaProject in the Kingdom, I’ve had the privilege of working closely with Dan Moussa for five years, and his support has been instrumental in achieving our ambitious recruitment goals. He consistently demonstrates a deep understanding of the Saudi market, cultural nuances, and the unique talent needs of our sector. Dan operates with exceptional professionalism, responsiveness, and attention to detail — from sourcing and screening high-calibre candidates to ensuring a smooth and efficient hiring process. What truly sets him apart is his ability to act as a true strategic partner, aligning his approach to our long-term business objectives and adapting quickly to changing priorities. Thanks to his dedication, market insight, and strong candidate network, we have been able to attract and secure top talent in highly competitive areas. I have full confidence in his ability to deliver outstanding results and would recommend him to any organisation seeking a reliable, knowledgeable, and results-driven recruitment partner.

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Head of Talent Acquisition, PIF GigaProject, KSA

What our clients say

As Head of Talent Acquisition for a large GigaProject in the Kingdom, I’ve had the privilege of working closely with Dan Moussa for five years, and his support has been instrumental in achieving our ambitious recruitment goals. He consistently demonstrates a deep understanding of the Saudi market, cultural nuances, and the unique talent needs of our sector. Dan operates with exceptional professionalism, responsiveness, and attention to detail — from sourcing and screening high-calibre candidates to ensuring a smooth and efficient hiring process. What truly sets him apart is his ability to act as a true strategic partner, aligning his approach to our long-term business objectives and adapting quickly to changing priorities. Thanks to his dedication, market insight, and strong candidate network, we have been able to attract and secure top talent in highly competitive areas. I have full confidence in his ability to deliver outstanding results and would recommend him to any organisation seeking a reliable, knowledgeable, and results-driven recruitment partner.

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Head of Talent Acquisition, PIF GigaProject, KSA

I cannot recommend Dan and Thirdway Advisory highly enough. Looking after employees starts well before their first day — it begins with their first engagement with your organisation during recruitment. For me, no one has placed the best interests of our company and its future employees better than Dan. From providing insights into the roles we pursue, ensuring they are achievable and relevant to our needs, delivering a seamless candidate review process, to following up post-employment — Dan was with us from start to finish to ensure we secured the right fit for our company.

Scott McMahon

Australian Director, NMT

I’ve had the opportunity to work with Dan both as a candidate and as a client across multiple organisations, and I recommend him highly. As a candidate, I felt well informed and supported throughout the process, and had the opportunity to robustly assess whether the role was aligned with my career aspirations. As a client, I’ve always appreciated Dan’s thoughtful and thorough approach — he takes the time to truly understand the business, the role, and the broader organisational context. The result in a resource constrained industry is consistently high-quality, well-matched candidates who are well-prepared and clear on what the role involves. Many recruiters claim they’re better or different — Dan genuinely is.

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 CHRO, EDF Power Solutions Australia

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Frequently asked Questions

  • What types of roles does Thirdway Advisory specialise in?

     Thirdway Advisory specialises exclusively in leadership appointments across industries, including C-suite, Executive General Managers, Directors, Heads of Function and high-impact senior leaders. Our work spans Australia, New Zealand, APAC, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Because our expertise is in leadership itself, not specific sectors, we partner with organisations in infrastructure, technology, government, ESG, commercial environments, property, energy, professional services and emerging markets. Our process focuses on behaviour, alignment and performance — enabling us to place leaders who can thrive in any complex environment.

  • How is The Thirdway Process different from traditional executive recruiters?

    Traditional search firms often specialise in sectors; Thirdway Advisory specialises in leadership performance, regardless of category. The Thirdway Process mirrors high-performance sport: readiness, disciplined execution, and long-term impact. Instead of rushing to CV matching, we begin by aligning leadership, defining success and understanding the environment the new leader must perform in. During the campaign, we combine AI-enabled global mapping with deep behavioural assessment. Post-placement, we support onboarding and early performance. This approach reduces risk and enhances leadership impact across industries and geographic regions.

  • Do you recruit leaders outside Australia, and how does cross-industry hiring work globally?

    Yes. We recruit senior and executive leaders across APAC, the Middle East, and global markets including Singapore, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Because we specialise in leadership capability rather than industry experience, we identify individuals who can adapt across functions, cultures and operating models. Our cross-industry approach works exceptionally well for transformational roles, sustainability, commercial leadership, operational excellence, digital, people & culture and growth-focused mandates. We look beyond sector background to find leaders with the behaviours and capability to deliver results anywhere.

  • How do you assess cultural and behavioural fit for leadership roles across different industries?

    Cultural fit is not defined by sector — it’s defined by how a leader thinks, behaves and performs. Through stakeholder interviews, in-habitat discovery and behavioural mapping, we build a Success Profile that captures the real conditions needed to thrive. Every candidate is then benchmarked against these behaviours — decision-making, collaboration style, communication patterns, adaptability and leadership identity — rather than sector-specific experience. This ensures the leader you hire can not only deliver results, but elevate the culture, cohesion and performance of your organisation.

  • Why do organisations across industries choose Thirdway Advisory for leadership hires?

     Organisations choose Thirdway Advisory because we specialise in leadership, not categories. Our founder-led process is built for environments where alignment, clarity and behavioural excellence matter more than a sector résumé. Clients value our ability to understand complex operating conditions, engage senior passive talent and reduce the risk of mis-hire. With a high-performance methodology and global reach, we deliver leaders who create meaningful impact across construction, technology, government, financial services, energy, ESG, professional services and purpose-driven organisations. We place leaders who shift trajectory.

  • Why do organisations across industries choose Thirdway Advisory for leadership hires?

     Organisations choose Thirdway Advisory because we specialise in leadership, not categories. Our founder-led process is built for environments where alignment, clarity and behavioural excellence matter more than a sector résumé. Clients value our ability to understand complex operating conditions, engage senior passive talent and reduce the risk of mis-hire. With a high-performance methodology and global reach, we deliver leaders who create meaningful impact across construction, technology, government, financial services, energy, ESG, professional services and purpose-driven organisations. We place leaders who shift trajectory.

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