Interim Executive Search Leader Portfolio Career Strategist
Award Winning Author | Podcast Host
Connecting Leaders, Sharing Stories, Inspiring Success
Caroline McAuliffe
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Interim Executive Search Leader
Interim, Fractional + On‑Demand C‑Suite | Bridging the Leadership Gap | Outcomes‑driven leadership for Stabilisation, Transformation, Transition & Value‑Creation
Founded in 2026 by industry veterans Adam Neyenhuys and Caroline McAuliffe, BlackBridge Executives combines over 50 years of expertise in Interim and Executive Search to deliver exceptional value to our clients.
At BlackBridge, we offer a dynamic suite of Interim and On-Demand Executive Search solutions tailored for organisations encountering critical strategic inflection points. We bridge ‘The Leadership Gap’ of capacity and capability that exists at these inflection points; to provide executive appointments that ensure stability, growth, transformation and transition.
Our C-Suite Executive solutions are designed to provide immediate impact, empowering your organisation to navigate change with confidence.
The leadership gap is widening as transformation outpaces capacity and capability. I help organisations bridge that gap—fast, inclusively, and with measurable outcomes. For 20+ years I’ve pioneered the interim, fractional and on‑demand executive market in Australia, placing mission‑fit C‑suite leaders who deliver results and transfer capability so you’re stronger long after the mandate ends.
I deploy senior interim, fractional and on-demand executives—CEO, CFO, COO, CHRO, CIO/CTO, CRO, CPO, CISO—aligned to four proven archetypes, as outlined in the Bridging the Leadership Gap report. They close capacity and capability gaps, and move from problem to impact at pace.
The four Interim Executive Archetypes in action
The Stabilisation Executive: Restores order, confidence and operational rhythm. Deployed when there is a sudden executive exit, organisational disruption ad loss of confidence or control. They bring decision clarity, stakeholder confidence and business continuity.
The Transformation Executive: Leads and executes transformation with pace and discipline. Deployed when major change programmes stall, operating models no longer fit strategy and delivery risk escalates. They bring accelerated delivery, clear accountability and embedded change.
The Transition Executive: Ensures continuity while setting up the organisation — and successor — for success. Deployed when leadership handover is required, Pre- and post-M&A and there is succession risk. They bring reduced transition risk, knowledge transfer and clean leadership handover.
The Value-Creation Executive: Delivers measurable commercial outcomes within defined timelines. Deployed when there is PE ownership or investor pressure, high performance targets and time-bound value milestones. They bring EBITDA improvement, cost reduction or growth execution and exit readiness.
I’m co‑author of The Rise of the Interim Executive, co‑host of The Portfolio Pod podcast, and a recipient of the AESC Award of Excellence (2023) recognising contributions to the global executive search industry. I’m a qualified Executive Coach with a Graduate Certificate in Careers Education & Development, Certified in HR Management, and currently completing a Bachelor’s in Social Sciences (Psychology).