The right leader, for exactly as long as it matters.

A fractional executive is a senior C-suite leader, typically with 15 or more years of operating experience, who embeds directly into your business on a part-time or retained basis. The engagement is structured as a company-to-company contract, so no employment relationship is created between the executive and your organisation. Your leader holds the decisions in their domain, executes alongside your team, and is accountable to business outcomes, for the share of time the role actually requires. It is an established model globally and increasingly relevant to the scale-ups, BPO and GBS operators and consumer-facing companies shaping Manila today.

Engagements typically cost 30 to 60% less than a full-time executive at the same level of seniority, where a permanent CFO in the Philippines runs to several million pesos a year before the statutory load. There are no recruitment fees, no 13th month pay, no SSS, PhilHealth or Pag-IBIG contributions, and the arrangement is contracted between companies rather than structured as employment. You pay for the seniority and the time you need, invoiced cleanly between entities, and you retain one month’s notice to adjust the scope or conclude the engagement as circumstances evolve. Most engagements run between six and twenty-four months.

The model suits any Manila business that needs genuine board-level capability before it can justify a full-time hire at that seniority. In practice, that means fast-scaling consumer and retail brands building professional management disciplines; IT-BPM and GBS operators adding functional leadership as they move up the value chain; PEZA or BOI-registered export enterprises managing their incentive transition; family-owned groups professionalising governance and operations; and startups in BGC and Makati preparing for a raise or a regional expansion. The common thread is a business at a pivotal commercial moment where the cost of the wrong decision outweighs the cost of the right leader.

A company-to-company fractional engagement is a clean, lawful way to bring in senior leadership without the nominee and management-control arrangements that the Anti-Dummy Law (Commonwealth Act 108) places beyond reach. Under RA 11647, foreigners can own up to 100% of a domestic enterprise, with a reduced capital floor for registered startups or firms hiring 15 or more Filipinos, while public utilities and land remain capped. A fractional CEO or COO who understands the Foreign Investment Negative List and PEZA or BOI structuring stands up a compliant operation without parachuting in.

A consultant produces analysis and recommendations, then steps away. An interim is typically a full-time, short-term placement. A fractional executive embeds for the share of time the role needs, holds decision-making authority in their function, and is measured on business outcomes rather than deliverables or presentations. They work inside your business alongside your team, not at arm’s length from it, and the engagement runs for as long as the leadership moment requires.