Premier Recruitment in Nigeria

Connecting exceptional
Nigerian talent with
world-class organisations.

Talent45 is a executive search and recruitment firm placing senior leaders, specialists, and rising professionals across Nigeria's most ambitious companies — from Lagos boardrooms to global multinationals.

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Years Experience

2,400+

Successful Placements

96%

Client Retention

98%

Placement success within 60 days across executive roles

★★★★★

"Talent45 found us a CFO in 21 days. Remarkable."

Nigerian business team in strategy meeting

Years of Excellence

About Talent45

A different kind of recruitment partner — built for Nigerian ambition.

Founded in Lagos with a singular conviction: that every great Nigerian company deserves access to world-class talent, and every gifted professional deserves a partner who genuinely understands their craft.

For over five years, we have placed visionary leaders into Tier-1 banks, fast-scaling fintechs, multinationals, and family-owned enterprises across West Africa. Our process is rigorous. Our network is deep. Our care for both clients and candidates is uncompromising.

Our Mission

To architect careers and organisations that transform Nigeria.

Our Vision

Africa's most trusted name in executive talent by 2030.

— Adaeze O.

Founder & Managing Partner

What We Do

Tailored solutions for every talent need.

From C-suite executive search to high-volume staffing, we bring precision, discretion, and deep market insight to every engagement.

Executive Search

Confidential C-suite and senior leadership recruitment for boards, founders, and global firms operating across Nigeria.

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Permanent Placement

Mid-to-senior professional hires across functions — finance, technology, marketing, operations, legal, and engineering.

Hire with us

Contract & Interim

Flexible workforce solutions, project-based hires, and seasoned interim leaders ready to deploy in days, not months.

Scale rapidly

Recruitment Process Outsourcing

End-to-end RPO for organisations scaling rapidly — we run your hiring engine while you focus on growth.

Outsource hiring

Talent Mapping & Intel

Market intelligence reports, compensation benchmarking, and competitor talent mapping to inform strategic decisions.

Get insights

Career Advisory

Coaching, CV refinement, and confidential career navigation for senior professionals planning their next move.

For candidates

Industries We Serve

Deep expertise across Nigeria's growth sectors.

From Victoria Island fintechs to Bonny Island energy giants, our consultants understand the nuances of each industry we serve.

Banking & Finance

Tier-1 banks, asset managers, microfinance & fintech

Technology & Fintech

Software, SaaS, payments, telcos & emerging tech

Oil, Gas & Energy

Upstream, downstream, renewables & power

FMCG & Retail

Manufacturing, distribution, e-commerce & consumer

Healthcare & Pharma

Hospitals, HMOs, pharmaceuticals & biotech

Real Estate & Construction

Development, infrastructure & property management

Agriculture & Agritech

Agribusiness, food processing & rural innovation

Public & Development

Government, NGOs, multilaterals & development finance

Our Methodology

A proven process, refined over 5 years.

Every successful hire begins with discipline. Here is how we deliver, consistently.

— Step One

Discover & Define

We immerse ourselves in your organisation — culture, ambition, and the specific challenge the hire must solve. No assumptions.

— Step Two

Source & Attract

Targeted headhunting from our 60,000+ database and active market mapping. We approach passive talent others can't reach.

— Step Three

Assess & Vet

Behavioural interviews, technical evaluations, psychometric profiling, and rigorous reference checks — all before you meet anyone.

— Step Four

Shortlist & Present

You receive 3–5 highly qualified candidates with detailed profiles, our recommendations, and full transparency on trade-offs.

— Step Five

Negotiate & Close

We manage offer negotiations, counter-offers, and resignation coaching to ensure your chosen candidate joins — and stays.

— Step Six

Onboard & Sustain

Structured 30-60-90-day check-ins with both client and candidate, plus a 6-month replacement guarantee. We stand by our work.

21 days

Average time-to-hire for senior placements in 2024.

Why Choose Us

More than recruiters. Strategic partners.

We are deliberately small, rigorously selective about the mandates we accept, and obsessively focused on long-term outcomes — not transactions.

Discretion as Standard

Confidentiality is non-negotiable. Many of our most senior placements are never publicly announced.

Local Insight, Global Standards

We understand the Nigerian market intimately while operating to the standards of Mayfair and Manhattan.

6-Month Replacement Guarantee

If a placement leaves within six months, we replace them at no additional fee. We have not invoked this in 18 months.

60,000+ Vetted Network

The largest curated database of senior Nigerian professionals — many of whom we have known and tracked for years.

For Employers · For Job Seekers

Wherever you stand, we have you covered.

— For Employers

Hire remarkable people.

Whether you're scaling a startup, replacing a critical executive, or building an entire division, we deliver pre-vetted talent that fits your culture and ambition.

Confidential executive search
Curated shortlists in 14–28 days
Salary benchmarking & market intel
6-month replacement guarantee

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— For Professionals

Build the career you deserve.

Submit your profile to our confidential database. We will only contact you when we have a role that genuinely matches your trajectory and aspirations.

Confidential career consultations
Access to unadvertised senior roles
CV review & interview coaching
Long-term career partnership

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Client Voices

What our partners say.

A selection of testimonials from clients and candidates who have entrusted us with pivotal moments in their growth.

Talent45 delivered our Group Head of Risk in under a month — a role we had been struggling to fill for nearly a year. Their candidate intelligence is in a class of its own.

Abisola Adegoke

CHRO, Tier-1 Commercial Bank

For three consecutive years, every senior leader in our Nigerian operation has come through Talent45. They simply understand executive search at the highest level.

Chioma Nwankwo

Country Director, Global FMCG

As a candidate, I felt genuinely advised — not sold. They guided me through three career moves over six years, each better than the last. A rare partnership.

Emeka Okafor

Chief Technology Officer, Fintech

Connecting exceptional Nigerian talent with world-class organisations.