Built on Partnership

Search works best when it’s collaborative.We don’t operate as an external vendor. We work alongside your team, stay close to the process, and adapt as the role or business evolves.

  • Direct communication - You hear what we see in the market — early and honestly. No filtering, no over-polishing.
  • Shared accountability - We align on expectations, priorities, and trade-offs together, so decisions are owned — not outsourced.
  • Continuous calibration - As new information emerges, we adjust the search in real time to stay aligned with your reality.

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A senior team, directly involved.

BoldHouse is led by experienced search professionals who stay close to the work. Clients work directly with the people accountable for search strategy, execution, and outcomes — from kickoff through decision. No hand-offs. No junior-only execution. No disappearing after the brief is set.

Emily Murgatroyd

Emily Murgatroyd

Founder & Managing Partner
Emily is the Founder of BoldHouse, a modern executive search firm that helps leaders make high-confidence hiring decisions during moments of growth, transition, and complexity.

She combines more than 15 years of executive search experience with two decades as an entrepreneur, working across technology, professional services, social enterprise, and venture-backed organizations. Her background in sales, marketing, and corporate development - alongside founding Canada’s first sustainable event planning company and working in climate change advocacy - informs a clear-eyed understanding of how leadership, values, and execution intersect.

With deep experience in people-first leadership and modern hiring models, Emily is focused on helping organizations build leadership teams that can scale with integrity, purpose, and confidence, staying close to the realities leaders are navigating
Emily Murgatroyd

Phil Frappier

Senior Partner, Eastern Canada
Phil is a Senior Executive Search Partner who works closely with boards, founders, and executive teams to make leadership hires grounded in trust, judgment, and real business outcomes.

He brings a relationship-driven, people-centered approach shaped by deep listening and long-term partnership. With more than 15 years of executive search experience, Phil has supported leadership hiring across technology, telecommunications, media, and complex services environments. He also brings an operator and governance perspective through his role as a Board Director and Chair of the Compensation Committee at Intermap Technologies (TSX: IMP), informing a practical understanding of leadership, incentives, and organizational performance.

Phil is known for aligning leadership decisions with strategy, culture, and long-term growth, and for guiding clients through moments of change and complexity with clarity, integrity, and care.
Emily Murgatroyd

Sue Sinclair

Senior Associate
Sue is a Senior Associate with decades of experience in talent acquisition, partnering with organizations to build strong, values-aligned teams. She brings a strategic, human-centered approach grounded in deep listening, trust, and long-term relationships.

Sue has worked across a wide range of industries including technology, telecommunications, finance, healthcare, and hospitality, supporting both growing and established organizations. This breadth of experience has shaped her instinctive ability to read people, understand team dynamics, and make thoughtful, lasting matches.

She is known for her transparency, integrity, and collaborative style, and for guiding both clients and candidates toward hiring outcomes that are durable, human, and built to last.
Emily Murgatroyd

Mimi Buan

Senior Associate
Mimi is a Senior Associate with extensive experience in executive and senior-level talent acquisition, partnering with leaders to build high-performing, values-aligned teams. She brings a thoughtful, pragmatic approach grounded in trust and long-term partnership.

She has led full-cycle recruitment across a wide range of functions and industries, including senior corporate roles at Aritzia, and brings leadership and operational experience from globally recognized brands including lululemon and Kit and Ace. This experience has given her a strong commercial lens and a deep understanding of how talent, culture, and performance align.

Mimi brings a grounded, operator’s perspective to her work, shaped by hands-on experience inside high-performance brands. She is known for her steady execution, sound judgment, and ability to move searches forward with clarity and momentum. Her approach is practical, human, and focused on building teams that work in practice, not just on paper.

Why BoldHouse

We’re not trying to be the biggest firm in the room — just the best partner in it.

We bring the structure, clarity, and pattern recognition of top-tier executive search, without unnecessary complexity. We scale with you, flex with your needs, and help you hire with the confidence that comes from true alignment.
No hire follows the same playbook.
But every hire should be bold.