Executive Search

Identifying and appointing senior talent has a significant impact on the bigger picture and we are mindful of the shifting pressures on our client organisations and their leadership teams. With 20 years’ experience of winning and delivering retained Executive Search Campaigns, we respond through the design and execution of tailored retained recruitment strategies driven by data, deep market insight and extensive networks across the public, private and third sectors. Most of our work over the last decade has focused on the civil service at Pay Bands 1, 2 and 3 as well as non-executives. Our clients include:

  • Department for Transport

  • Ministry of Defence

  • Department for Work & Pensions

  • Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office

  • Cabinet Office

  • Ministry of Justice

  • Department for Food, the Environment and Rural Affairs

  • Department for Culture Media & Sport

  • Department for Business & Trade

  • Department for Education

  • The Scottish Government

  • The Welsh Government

Arm’s length Bodies, Government Agencies and Non-Ministerial Departments:

  • HM Revenue & Customs

  • HM Land Registry

  • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

  • Crown Prosecution Service

  • Office of Rail & Road

  • Trade Remedies Authority

  • Crown Commercial Service

  • UK Hydrographic Office

  • HM Courts & Tribunals Service

  • Pensions Ombudsman

  • General Pharmaceutical Council

Outside Government; we have worked with Parliament and several regional government bodies, leading campaigns including:

  • The Chair and Board of the Houses of Parliament Restoration and Renewal Authority as well as

  • The Chair and several Board Members of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA).

  • Other non-Central Government Clients include the Greater London Assembly and London Legacy Development Corporation.

n Scotland, our clients have included the Scottish Government and several Arm’s Length Bodies and Major Institutions such as:

  • The Scottish Funding Council

  • Crown Estate Scotland

  • Magnox (Dounreay)

  • Heriot-Watt University

  • The University of Edinburgh

  • University of Strathclyde

  • The University of Glasgow

We have also worked internationally, leading successful executive search campaigns for HMG in Mumbai, Beijing, Istanbul, Milan, São Paulo, Johannesburg and Singapore.

Alongside this, out private sector track record includes:

  • LVMH

  • Chanel

  • O2

  • Three

  • BP

  • Shell

  • Arcadia Group

  • Sony Music

  • Maersk Shipping

  • EasyJet

  • Virgin Management

  • Marks & Spencer

  • Jaguar Land Rover

  • ITV Studios

  • BT Group Plc

  • Diageo

  • Bunzl Plc

  • Associated British Foods Plc

  • National Grid Plc

  • Smith & Nephew Plc

  • GSK

  • Nestle

We have also worked in the Third Sector with organisations including:

  • Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

  • Action Aid

  • RSPCA

  • Pancreatic Cancer UK

  • Guide Dogs

  • NSPCC

Our approach is nuanced, analytical and insight led. Our focus is on people and teams, achieving results by paying attention to the specifics of each and every brief and tailoring our search strategy to suit an ever-changing context. With a broad candidate database, we’re always looking out for the next generation of leaders.

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