Senior HR
thinking,
without the
senior hire.
Most growing companies need CHRO-level judgment before they can afford a CHRO. Havreth fills that gap — embedding into your leadership team on retainer, without the overhead.
The stage where most
founders get stuck.
There's a predictable inflection point — somewhere between 30 and 150 people — where HR decisions start mattering, but the right solution isn't obvious.
- Offer letters and policies vary person to person, because there's no template
- Performance conversations only happen once someone's already unhappy
- Compliance gaps sit unnoticed until they become expensive
- Nobody can clearly say who owns HR decisions — it's whoever has time that week
Senior HR partnership, without the overhead
We work as your Virtual CHRO — building the HR foundation your company needs at its current stage of growth.
Virtual CHRO Retainer
Ongoing strategic HR partnership — org design, leadership counsel, and a clear HR roadmap.
HR Audits & Compliance
A structured assessment of your policy gaps, compliance risk, and process inefficiencies.
HR Setup for Startups
Offer, onboarding, and exit workflows built so nothing depends on one person's memory.
Performance Systems
Goal-setting frameworks and review cycles designed for your team's actual size and stage.
Leadership Hiring
End-to-end support for critical hires — role definition, sourcing strategy, and closing.
Policies & Handbooks
Clear, compliant, genuinely readable — written for your team to actually use.
A clear path, not a black box
HR Audit
A structured look at where compliance, policy, and process currently stand.
Roadmap
Audit findings become a prioritized plan — what's urgent, what can wait.
Engagement
An ongoing retainer or a scoped project — whichever fits your stage.
Partnership
Embedded in your leadership rhythm, reviewed quarterly as you evolve.
Built for the in-between stage
Most HR consultancies serve either enterprise clients or very early startups. We exist for the growth-stage gap between them.
2 decades of HR leadership experience
Across BFSI, Manufacturing, IT, Consumer Goods & Retail and Financial Services & FinTech — sectors with meaningfully different compliance and talent dynamics.
No bloated frameworks
Just the three or four things that matter most right now, in order of priority.
Scoped to your stage
Every engagement is built around your company's actual size — not a templated package.
Confidential by default
Sensitive leadership conversations stay sensitive. That's a working principle, not a promise.
“The HR your 40-person company needs is not the HR your 400-person company will need.”
— Havreth PrincipleBuilt for start-ups and growth-stage companies
We work best with founders at companies between 30 and 500 employees.
You're a strong fit if you're...
- Growing headcount quickly and processes haven't kept pace
- Preparing for a funding round and need to show HR maturity
- Making your first formal HR hire and want guidance in place first
- Navigating a leadership transition or restructuring
Early-Stage & Scale-up Startups
Companies transitioning past 50 employees that lack structured HR playbooks.
Family-Owned & Founder-Led Enterprises
Businesses professionalising legacy management systems and introducing performance review metrics.
Restructuring Organizations
Firms undergoing sudden mergers, acquisitions, or rapid geographic expansions.
Let's talk about where your HR setup stands
A free 30-minute strategy call — no pitch, no obligation. Just a clear look at what's working, what's not, and what to prioritize next.
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