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Executive Search Services in United Kingdom
A register of firms and the professionals working at them in the Executive Search Services sector based in United Kingdom. Browse the public index, then filter or export on Kipplo.
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Cleeve Partnership
When everyone around you is losing their heads.let us step in with our wise ones and offer you the context and expertise gained through forty years of hiring. Everything is changing in the world of hiring - networks are expanding, accessibility to talent is easy, technology does the evaluation. But what nothing and no one can do as well as we can, is to truly understand what it is you need in your new hire, what is is you require them to do, and then go and search the country for you to find them. There is a process to doing so that only years of experience can unlock and we are a small, but perfectly formed boutique of vastly experienced hirers, who can find, qualify, interview, offer and on-board your new hire so they are happy and they stay. Skills are one thing. Values are another. Hire for both or watch it go wrong. Remember, there is nothing more expensive for a growing business than a failed hire. Let us mitigate that for you and get the hire right for you, first time.
1 to 10 staff
Croft & Co
The Hybrid Search Advantage Croft & Co delivers the precision of executive search with the agility of contingent recruitment, securing top-tier finance talent, faster. A Search Firm Built on Results, 92% of our search mandates succeed. When firms need finance leaders, they turn to Croft & Co. We don’t just find talent; we handpick finance leaders. Our data-driven, high-touch approach connects you with elite candidates before they hit the market. Our cross-border expertise between the UK and France ensures firms gain access to a wider, high-calibre talent pool, bringing fresh perspectives and diverse training backgrounds into their teams. With a global reach and a strong track record across EMEA, we connect businesses with exceptional candidates wherever they need them.
1 to 10 staff
Green Life Science
Green Life Science | Putting the ‘Search’ into Research At Green Life Science we are a specialist executive search partner within Life Sciences. With deep-rooted expertise across Commercial, Scientific, and Operational functions, we connect breakthrough companies with the talent that drives innovation—from Discovery through to Commercialisation. With over two decades of proven success in global Life Science Recruitment, we’re the go-to choice for organisations that demand precision, insight, and results.
11 to 50 staff
Orbition Group
Orbition Group is a global, award-winning, executive and leadership search & advisory firm dedicated to the Data, Analytics & AI (DAAI) market. We combine board, executive and leadership search, interim and fractional advisory, leadership development and assessment, research, talent & market intelligence, and workforce advisory, all underpinned by the industry’s leading DAAI leadership community and powered by our in-house media production firm, Driven by Data Productions. Every organisation is on the journey to evidence-based decision-making, enable by DAAI, driving the next wave of innovation, transformation and growth. Consequently, it’s the most significant area of growth and investment for modern organisations. To deliver these new data initiatives and reap their benefits, businesses are making significant investments across their DAAI teams/capabilities. However, delivering meaningful impact from these investments, at the speed and scale desired has proven problematic for most organisations. Orbition Group enables organisations and their leaders to deliver improved business performance and generate competitive advantage, by unlocking greater value from those investments. We work with boards, executive teams, and CDAOs to close the gap between ambition and execution, by addressing the leadership, structure, and capability gaps that stall transformation, innovation and improved decision-making that limits ROI. While many traditional search firms remain slow, transactional and disconnected from the communities they serve, we operate at the epicentre of the DAAI ecosystem, shaping the industry. We are the only search and advisory firm in the DAAI space that amplifies credibility, trust, reach, influence, and access with an integrated, in-house media production firm. This serves as the engine behind our industry-leading podcast, global events and industry content, but also as a platform for organisations to build their own hiring brand.
11 to 50 staff
Adderleys Executive Search
We specialise in recruiting board and management talent for scaling SMEs, whether you're strengthening your existing leadership team, growing through acquisition, or preparing for a future exit. Our executive search process is agile, precise, and commercially aligned, designed to deliver results quickly and cost-effectively. We act as your strategic search partner, identifying high-performing individuals who don’t just match the brief, they align with your culture, growth objectives, and commercial reality. With over 30 years of experience, and a 100% placement success rate over the past two years, we bring the insight, discipline, and pace SMEs need to secure the right leadership, without the inflated fees or long timelines of traditional search firms.
11 to 50 staff
Bowden Mayes
For over a decade, Bowden Mayes has been the trusted partner and advisor to a selection of leading Search and Talent businesses, helping Founders and Investors appoint transformational CEOs, COOs, MDs, Partners and Managing Partners. As trusted advisors, we also offer insights, advice and opportunities for M&A to our network."From the detail-orientated briefing to the building of a prospectus, from the shortlist, through to their interview management, they have redefined what I expect from a Search partner in this space."
1 to 10 staff
Chilmark
Chilmark is a low profile, high performance boutique offering an insightful, radically transparent and results-oriented search experience. All our search mandates are executed by our experienced partners, and each search is custom-crafted to our client's specific requirements. We provide our clients with impartial advice, a critical lens, value-add market intel and flawless execution. Our deep networks, rigorous market research and delivery focus provide a unique platform to execute on focused search mandates from individual hires and team build-outs, to entire team lift-outs.
1 to 10 staff
Gordon & Eden
We are an Executive Search & Interim firm, specialising in finding world-class digital & technology talent for some of the world’s most innovative companies. Our mission from the outset has been to connect the start-up, scale-up and corporate worlds. We give our clients access to a wide but selective pool of diverse talent, and we give candidates the opportunity to think about their career options in the broadest possible sense. We hire CEOs and leadership teams for technology and digital companies, as well as bringing executive digital talent into corporate businesses. We are in this business because we love what we do. We love putting the best people in roles they love, in companies where they can make a difference. To find scarce, world-class talent we obsess over finding the very best people in the market, and we look beyond the obvious places in every single search. That’s why we connect startup, scaleup and corporate markets. We ensure that we understand what makes people fulfilled, so that they truly fit the role on offer and the company culture they would become a part of leading. We ensure that our clients also feel comfortable by being open and transparent at every stage. Gordon & Eden - placing the people who change the world. If you are looking for a role or are interested in hiring senior talent, contact us here: contact@gordoneden.co.uk.
1 to 10 staff
Henry Nicholas
With 26 years in marketing and digital transformation, I’m proud to be a trusted recruitment partner for forward-thinking businesses across the UK. I specialise in connecting senior marketing professionals, C-suite executives, and digital transformation leaders with organisations that need high-impact talent. I understand the challenges today’s business and marketing leaders are up against: Pressure to Deliver Results: Leaders need to achieve measurable results, and a poor hire can lead to costly delays that impact performance. Talent Shortages: It’s tough to find leaders who combine strategic insight with hands-on expertise, especially in digital transformation and marketing roles. Tight Timelines & Budget Constraints: Senior executives often need to fill critical positions quickly without compromising on quality, all while balancing recruitment budgets. My mission is to help you overcome these challenges by delivering the right leaders, quickly and effectively. My 7-stage search methodology guarantees results by ensuring a deep understanding of both the technical requirements and cultural fit for your business. Every candidate I place is not only highly qualified but also adds long-term value to your organisation. How I Can Help Deep Industry Expertise: With decades of experience, I identify top-tier candidates ready to lead your business through digital and marketing transformations from day one. Tailored Recruitment Solutions: I offer a highly personalised service, working as an extension of your team. My flexible, transparent process saves you time while ensuring only the best candidates are delivered. Results-Driven Approach: My rigorous recruitment process ensures only the most qualified candidates reach your desk, reducing hiring risks and accelerating your time-to-hire. With deep market insights and a personalised approach, I ensure every placement is the right fit for your leadership team. Feel free to reach out at +44 (0) 7899 993300 or j.austin@henrynich
1 to 10 staff
Imperium Commodity Search
Imperium Commodity Search has been built from the ground up to provide a bespoke recruitment service to assist commodities, global markets and shipping firms in hiring the best talent in the market whilst ensuring our candidates are introduced to exceptional clients that share the same beliefs and aspirations as they do. Built upon a global network and personal relationships with commodity firms internationally, our team have built a reputation for extracting talent that is not only the right professional fit, but the right cultural one too. We believe in attraction and retention in equal measure. We operate on a strict framework to ensure we get to know our candidates and clients in a way that ensures the relationships we help create are lasting and beneficial to all involved. Our consultants operate within their own niche, providing specialist advice to clients and candidates alike. We set ourselves apart in the introductions that we don’t make and strongly believe in partnering with clients that share our care in the recruitment process. Experience Our commodity team have a global network across: FICC Markets Energy / Oil / Gas / LNG Metals / LME / Steel Agriculture / Grain / Softs Shipping / Shipbrokers with a 100% placement rate on retained assignments from our clients. We operate across both physical and derivative markets with a particular appetite for those positions that are tough to fill and require a headhunt/extraction led approach to secure the best talent for our clients. We pride ourselves on being able to attract passive candidates, offering them an opportunity that works for them, and a talent offering that exceeds the expectations of our clients over and above what a traditional advertising led recruitment method can provide. Our team have worked mandates in every corner of the globe and operate a network that enables us to secure the best talent in a time and cost-effective way, ensuring that our quality is never compromised.
1 to 10 staff
Lambull
Lambull is a trusted global executive search and strategic recruitment consultancy that specialises in delivering top-tier leadership and project-based hiring solutions within the Infrastructure sectors.
1 to 10 staff
Loxley Partners
Loxley Partners works with and builds best-in-class executive teams in exceptional businesses. At the heart of everything we do is laser-focused executive search, shaping the future of elite-tier M&A boutiques and private equity firms. We additionally conduct M&A deal sourcing, accelerating growth and creating value by bringing synergistic opportunities - especially founder-led technology companies - to our clients. Ultimately, we drive successful outcomes.
11 to 50 staff
Mason Braun International
Mason Braun International is a global executive search firm with a distinctive approach. We specialise in delivering exceptional passive talent across borders—quickly, precisely, and with zero financial risk to our clients. With deep experience across industries and regions, we guarantee fully screened, qualified candidates within 5 to 8 business days of launching any search. Every candidate is directly sourced from your target market, thoroughly briefed, motivated, and fully aligned with your needs. Our approach is driven by rigorous sourcing techniques, operational efficiency, and a lean structure that eliminates unnecessary overhead. This enables us to deliver unmatched value, speed, and quality at a significantly lower cost than traditional retained firms. Your success defines ours. That’s why we’ve removed all financial risk: we operate exclusively on a contingency basis, and you only pay when we succeed.
11 to 50 staff
Yellow Bricks Talent Search
Yellow Bricks is a specialist executive search and people strategy firm supporting Financial Services and growth-stage organisations to build leadership teams that actually work. We believe hiring doesn’t end at the offer, it’s where the real work begins. The people you appoint into senior roles shape culture, performance and risk for years to come. Get it right and businesses accelerate. Get it wrong and the damage is often invisible until it’s too late. That’s why we don’t just fill roles. We design leadership. We partner with founders, CEOs, boards and Chief People Officers who understand that their next phase of growth depends on the quality of the people they put in charge. From Chief People Officers and Finance Directors to Operations, Risk and Transformation leaders, we help organisations attract and secure senior talent who can lead through complexity, scale and change. We work quietly, intentionally and with judgement because the most important hires rarely come from job boards. We also support senior professionals who aren’t actively job-hunting, but who are ready for their next chapter. If you are trusted, well-paid and carrying real responsibility, we understand what it takes for a move to make sense and we connect you to organisations where your strengths and ambition can truly align. Alongside executive and senior search, we provide people and workforce strategy support, helping organisations align structure, leadership and capability with where the business needs to go next. Our temporary staffing division,@YBProfessionalTemps, delivers compliant, high-quality professionals across operations, finance, HR and business support. Because growth isn’t driven by strategy alone. It’s driven by who sits in the room.
1 to 10 staff
Kbs Associates
Highly regarded executive headhunters operating across the FTSE 100, Global Consulting and Global Software Markets. Vast expertise securing world class leadership for Insights & Data, Cloud, ESG, Risk and Emerging Technology. Advising clients on business critical hiring and building out global leadership teams for insight led transformation. Specialists in-Global executive search engagements -Specialist hiring for Senior Management, Director, Senior Director, VP, Chief Data officer and Chief Analytics & Data Officer assignments KBS Associates-Executive headhunting and consulting -KBS were picked by the global Entrepreneurial-Spark programme which is powered by RBS and KPMG
1 to 10 staff
Acuity Associates
Acuity Associates provide skills-validated Finance Directors and CFOs into organisations either on a Project or Executive Search basis. Acuity Associates uses The Acuity Method™ to validate (or not!) the key skills of Finance Directors and CFOs as explored in the White Paper 'The 5D FD' before presenting to clients. The Acuity Method™ ensures that the candidates presented to clients have the required skills reducing the risk of hiring an Finance Director or CFO that are missing the competencies required for a particular business. Acuity's extensive benchmarking shows that only 1 out of 5 Finance Director or CFO candidates have the right skills for emerging mid market businesses. Services include:* Readying businesses for sale so they survive buyers' due diligence processes * Providing right-skilled CFOs/FDs into business post liquidity event * Part time CFO / FD support for projects or on-going - Creating data rooms - Supporting existing finance teams through the sales process - Enhancing systems, processes and reporting * Interim CFO / FD support - Creating data rooms - Supporting existing finance teams through the sales process - Enhancing systems, processes and reporting * Executive Search - uniquely only putting forward candidates who come in the top quartile of candidates against The Acuity Method™ benchmarks and percentiles- FDs / CFOs - FCs
11 to 50 staff
Angle Recruitment, Maritime Talent Experts
We connect shore-based talent with the global maritime, shipping, offshore renewables and commodities sectors. Niche knowledge. Real relationships. Results you can count on. From executive search to strategic hires, we support our clients with insight-driven recruitment and a personal touch. Whether you’re hiring or job hunting, we go beyond the CV - understanding people, purpose, and potential.
1 to 10 staff
Aruba Exec C-Suite Executive Search Firm Uk, Emea, Us Expert Headhunter
C-Suite Executive Search | Aruba Exec, with its headquarters in London, is an internationally acclaimed boutique technology executive search firm. We excel in helping tech firms across the UK, EMEA and the USA, by resolving crucial executive recruitment challenges through cutting-edge, data-driven executive search, that secures high-performance c-suite executives. We deliver high-impact leadership talent through a high-touch, personal & partner-led, headhunter service. Recruiting top performing executives is labour-intensive, complex and requires a rare set of skills and expertise - This is where we come in. We work with Founders, CxOs & Influencers of Tech firms who want access to an extensive network of game-changing C-Suite talent and a recruitment system with a 99%+ record of search delivery success. Our clients depend on us to provide them with highly skilled executives and our executive candidates leverage our experience and industry knowledge to uncover & present top C-suite opportunities. “I was recommended to contact Aruba from an ex-colleague in my network who had worked with Richard, as we had a senior appointment to fill. The service provided was second to none, Richard quickly understood our requirements, challenged what we were looking for and delivered a very strong shortlist where all the candidates were serious prospects. All in all, a successful search campaign with our first choice candidate secured. I will certainly be using Richard and his team again” “Richard is passionate in wanting to help people succeed in their career & is willing to give the time to do this – now that counts” Contact us today- arubaexec.com
1 to 10 staff
Cpc Talent
CPC Talent connects today's most innovative companies with compatible, high-performing talent. Our consultative approach strives to understand your company from the inside-out, taking into consideration your needs, culture, value proposition, challenges, and competition. Armed with this deep understanding of your business, we provide you with unconventional, curated talent pools that save you time, personalized and proactive communication, and additional services, such as: reference checks, negotiation requirements, and relocation package communication. The result? Thoughtful and collaborative searches that deliver candidates who integrate into an organization's culture seamlessly and contribute to a team's success quickly.
11 to 50 staff
Drax
DRAX helps investors and high growth companies unlock peak performance through our deep expertise in Leadership Advisory, Deal Advisor Sourcing and Executive Search. There is a science to developing successful leadership teams. The behavioural breadth and depth of a leadership team coupled with the right blend of experiences is what enables businesses to succeed. We deliver sharp, actionable insights that shape our clients success. Whether we’re leveraging the experience of a former Chair or CEO to test investor conviction, or using Leadership Dynamics™, our proprietary analytics platform, to assess a leadership teams’ capabilities, we uncover the critical factors that inform the decisions to deliver their goals. DRAX’s expertise operates through deep sector and functional specialists working together to deliver a consistent advisor led, insight rich customer experience. Our promise? That our clients have access to the most critical insights, market intelligence and impactful leaders, so they achieve peak performance for competitive advantage
51 to 200 staff
Dsa Executive Search Dsa Altera Consulting
At DSA Executive, we help businesses build exceptional leadership teams and develop high-performing organisations. With over 25 years of expertise, we provide Executive Search, Leadership Coaching, and Organisational Development services to clients ranging from growing SMEs to global PLCs, across the UK and internationally. We work across all sectors, with specialist expertise in Transport, Supply Chain & Logistics, Freight, Manufacturing, Maritime, Shipping & Aviation, Our deep industry knowledge is supported by access to influential networks, sector forums, and professional institutes—giving us the insight and reach to find outstanding leaders and shape organisational strategy. Our tailored recruitment solutions are backed by market-leading research tools, cutting-edge technology, and BPS-accredited assessment and psychometric services—ensuring every hire and development programme is precise, informed, and impactful. Whether you’re strengthening your executive team or investing in leadership and organisational capability, we deliver personalised, expert support every step of the way.
1 to 10 staff
Gdtalent Limited
gdtalent ltd. is a London based consultancy specialising in recruitment solutions for several verticals: Learning, Banking, and eCommerce. We also act as an intermediary and re-seller for various international learning providers. Specifically, gdtalent's recruitment expertise is in four key areas. We assist banks in recruiting the very best internationally experienced bankers across a range of disciplines (corporate and transaction banking to retail and digital banking) in Asia pacific and the UK. We assist learning solutions providers in hiring sales, professional services and client services professionals around the world. We source and place qualified Sustainable Finance professionals into a range of organisations. We assist clients within the eCommerce and SuperApp space hire professionals around the world. The business does the following: For international organisations: Database Search, Direct or “Headhunt” Search, Assistance in developing or sourcing international best in class training and certification solutions. For gifted candidates: Matching against our database of open opportunities Proactive marketing of your profile to agreed target employers,
1 to 10 staff
Gsc Executives
We are GSC Executives, a leading executive search recruitment business. We specialise in identifying and placing top talent Internationally, most predominantly in Construction, Property and Engineering. Our team provides a confidential, tailored approach to executive search by working closely with clients from the start, to ensure all unique needs and goals are accounted for.
11 to 50 staff
Ibison
Ibison launched in 2015 and is a trusted executive search partner to some of the media industry’s biggest, most exciting, and creative companies – from global studios to independent production companies and entrepreneurial start-ups.
11 to 50 staff
