Our Approach
How a matchmaker actually works: what we ask, what we look for, and how an introduction is made.
How it works
How an introduction is made
- Request a conversation
A conversation
Forty minutes, confidential, no obligation and no charge. We ask what you are looking for and — more usefully — what has not worked so far.
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Getting to know you properly
If we both want to go on, we spend two or three hours together. It is the part clients say they did not expect to enjoy and always do.
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The search
We look through the people we know, the people we can reach, and — where it is right — we go and find somebody specific. That last part is what a matchmaker is actually for.
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The introduction
We tell you about them properly first: who they are, why we think this, and what we are less sure about. If you want to meet, we arrange it. Neither of you handles the logistics.
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Afterwards
We speak to you both, separately, within a few days. What we learn shapes the next introduction — which is why the fourth is usually better than the first.
Who we work with
We are not for everybody, and that is the point
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People who are genuinely ready
Not "open to it". Ready — out of the last thing, clear about what they want, and with room in their life for somebody. We ask directly and we can usually tell.
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People who are interesting on a Tuesday
Achievement is not what makes somebody good to be around. We look for curiosity, humour and the ability to be still. Our clients tend to have accomplished a great deal and to lead with none of it.
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People who will take our advice
The introductions that work are frequently not the ones a client would have chosen from a photograph. Working with us means being willing to be surprised.
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People who are kind
We have declined clients for this reason and we would again. Everybody we introduce is somebody else’s introduction too.
The team
The people you will work with
A small team. You will work with one of us, not with a queue.
Isabelle
Founder & Matchmaker
Eleven years matchmaking
Started the service after fifteen years in executive search, having noticed that the hard part of both jobs is the same one: understanding what somebody actually needs as opposed to what they have asked for.
Marcus
Matchmaker
Seven years
Handles most of our clients outside Europe and does the post-introduction conversations. Trained as a psychotherapist, which is exactly as useful as it sounds.
Rania
Matchmaker & Client Care
Four years
Joined from hospitality and brought its standards with her. She is the reason nobody in this service has ever had to chase us for an answer.
