STATE GOVERNMENT

STATE GOVERNMENT

OUR PILLARS

 SECTOR

AUTHORITY

EVIDENCE-BASED SELECTION

PUBLIC SECTOR

ACCOUNTABILITY

Clive Brown leads Capstone State Government. He is a Founding Director of Capstone and has worked at the most senior levels of government executive recruitment for 30 years, with particular depth in government property, housing, and infrastructure leadership across NSW, VIC, and federal jurisdictions. The mandate you commission is overseen by Clive personally.


The methodology you are engaged through is the Capstone Government Selection Framework - evidence-based, grounded in design, not opinion.

 

Every Capstone engagement is run through a documented, evidence-based methodology the Capstone Government Selection Framework. Each appointment is anchored in a competency framework agreed before a search begins, supported by validated psychometric assessment, and delivered through a structured interview process. Every stage produces a written record that is auditable, defensible, and aligned to the accountability standards councils and state agencies operate within.

Local government and state agency executive appointments are publicly visible, politically scrutinised, and subject to accountability frameworks that simply do not exist in the private sector. Capstone's process is built around that environment, not adapted from a generalist platform. Every stage is auditable. Every recommendation is defensible. Every decision is documented to a standard that withstands review by elected members, audit committees, and the community itself.


GOVERNMENT RECRUITMENT & ADVISORY SPECIALISTS

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EXECUTIVE SEARCH

Executive Search is the core of the Capstone Government Practice. Every CEO, General Manager, Director, and senior leadership search we run is delivered through the Capstone Government Selection Framework - a documented, evidence-based methodology authored in-house and applied to every engagement.



The mandate you commission is overseen personally by Clive Brown or Gareth Broadrick. Each search produces a written record that is auditable from first brief to final recommendation - defensible to elected members, audit committees, and the community.

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INTERIM SOLUTIONS

Executive Interim engagements place experienced senior leaders and professionals into local government and state agencies during periods of transition: acting CEO and Director appointments, transformation leadership, post-departure stabilisation, or specialist capability ahead of a permanent appointment.



Each interim is shortlisted using the same assessment rigour applied to permanent searches - competency-anchored, psychometrically benchmarked, and personally vetted by the Practice lead. Capstone does not place from a generic interim pool. Every engagement is purpose-matched to the specific operating context of the council or agency, and the candidate is selected against the same evidence base used in our permanent search work.

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BOARD ADVISORY

Board Advisory provides confidential counsel to Chairs and Ministers on the highest-stakes leadership decisions: contested CEO appointments, post-inquiry succession, executive performance and exit, governance restoration after public failure, and the structuring of selection processes that must withstand external scrutiny.



This is not executive search. It is the strategic counsel that sits around an appointment decision - independent assessment of incumbent executives, structuring of selection panels and probity frameworks, advice on appointment defensibility, and direct support when navigating politically complex leadership change.


Board Advisory engagements are personally delivered by Clive Brown and Gareth Broadrick. Strict confidentiality. Direct principal-to-principal access. No intermediaries.

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EXECUTIVE SEARCH

Capstone is the leading search firm for corporate, private and government organisations, with proven capabilities sourcing C-Suite and Executive business leaders from both local and international markets.


We understand successful Executive Search requires specialist skills and experience to identify and nurture appropriate talent through the recruitment process within critical timelines.

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CONTINGENT RECRUITMENT

We deliver tailored recruitment services for both individual roles and projects where large numbers of people need to be hired. Capstone’s proven track record assures technical capability, suitable experience and cultural fit are skilfully matched with the right talent to deliver successful outcomes.

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INTERIM SOLUTIONS

Capstone delivers quality, timely and cost-effective staffing solutions for immediate and specific resourcing challenges.


Capstone’s dedicated interim resources team responds swiftly and effectively to understand your specific needs, matching them with the right talent, whether from our established network or sourced externally, to meet even the most demanding timelines.

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PERFORMANCE ADVISORY

We offer a suite of advisory capabilities outside of pure recruitment designed to improve performance.


By analysing and benchmarking key data, we deliver robust analysis, advice and strategies, which enhance performance. The key to identifying today and tomorrow’s best talent for ongoing success is ensuring the organisations design, company culture, and employee engagement strategies are all best in class.

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ACCOUNTING & FINANCE

DEDICATED TO DELIVERING BEST IN CLASS ACCOUNTING & FINANCE TALENT

Capstone's dedicated Accounting and Finance Recruitment team offers a full range of search, recruitment and people performance solutions. Our specialist consultants recruit for all mid to senior Accounting and Finance positions, including permanent, interim and contract roles.

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TECHNOLOGY

DEDICATED TO DELIVERING BEST IN CLASS TALENT FOR AUSTRALIA'S ICT SECTOR

Capstone Technology Recruitment Team have a proven track record in delivering exceptional recruitment solutions across the Information communication and technology specialist sector. For ICT jobs, staffing, executive search, full time, contract and interim roles in Technology, we're your trusted staffing leaders.

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SALES & MARKETING

STELLA USANOVIC LEADS THE CAPSTONE SALES & MARKETING PRACTICE.

Stella and the team work across the Capstone customer base, providing search, permanent recruitment and interim solutions in Sales & Marketing Roles include, Head of Marketing/ Marketing Directors, Digital Marketing

Specialists, Head of Sales/Sales Directors and Sales Consultants.

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BUSINESS SUPPORT

THE BUSINESS SUPPORT TEAM ARE COMMITTED TO DELIVERING TOP-TIER TALENT.

By building long-lasting relationships, we strive to connect talent with opportunities that empower them to thrive, and clients with exceptional EA's and PA's that align with their values and are the perfect cultural fit. We provide temporary, permanent, and fixed-term solutions across Australia.

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