About Us

Leadership Executive Search is a high-quality professional services firm, delivering retained executive search and board advisory services to a wide range of clients. We help those clients build organisational capability, sustainability and diversity; we enable them to address issues, to develop and exploit commercial opportunities.

What we do

Our core business is executive search. We work with clients on a retained basis to identify, engage, attract, and secure leadership talent for their organisations. These may be executive or non-executive leaders. Typically, we recruit chief executives, managing directors and general managers; functional leaders including CFOs, commercial leaders, marketing and sales directors; technical leaders, and other corporate officers such as HR directors. In addition, we facilitate our clients’ appointment of independent NEDs, trustees and chairs to their boards.

We also undertake other leadership and board advisory work. This includes management audit and benchmarking; internal recruitment and talent assessments; market mapping; and independent due diligence, for corporates, investors and advisors.

We work across the UK and undertake international assignments where our capability allows, having delivered searches across Europe, the Middle East and other regions.

Who we work with

We work with organisations across a number of commercial and not-for-profit sectors. These include aerospace, aviation and defence; charities; government; manufacturing; engineering and infrastructure; financial and professional services; energy and utilities; business services; technology; consumer and healthcare.

Work we’ve done

Examples of some of the work delivered by our team include:

  • Non-Executive DirectorsProfessional Services
  • Non-Executive Chair, RemComProfessional Services
  • Chief ExecutiveTrade Body
  • MD, Middle EastConsulting Engineer
  • MD, Middle EastConstruction Services
  • European MDManufacturing
  • UK Managing DirectorConstruction Systems
  • Managing Director, EMEAManufacturing
  • Managing DirectorManufacturing
  • Chief Operating OfficerEnergy
  • Head of BillingsWater
  • Managing DirectorMedical Devices
  • Managing DirectorHealthcare Provider
  • Managing DirectorB2B Services
  • NEDB2B Services
  • Medical DirectorHealthcare
  • CFOHealthcare
  • Managing DirectorChemicals
  • Sales and Marketing DirectorCapital Equipment
  • General Manager (MD Des)Textiles
  • Technical DirectorShipbuilding
  • Shipbuilding DirectorShipbuilding
  • Plant DirectorAerospace
  • IT DirectorAerospace
  • Commercial DirectorAerospace
  • Lean LeaderAerospace
  • Master Black BeltAerospace
  • Sales Director3PL
  • Head of Health and SafetyFMCG
  • Head of HRFMCG
  • HR DirectorConsulting Engineer
  • HR DirectorUtility Services
  • Head of HRAerospace
  • Head of HRHealthcare
  • Key Account DirectorB2B Distributor
  • Business Development DirectorB2B Distributor

Why work with us

We provide an outstanding level of service, meeting the highest standards in the executive search sector. As a comparatively small firm, we are able to be agile, tenacious, and exceptionally responsive to our clients’ needs, sharing market information before, during and after assignments. That insight informs our work and often extends beyond its scope. We always ensure that the work that we do is transparent and fair throughout.

Contact

Please contact us to establish whether and how we might be able to support you and your organisation. We are as good at telling you what we cannot do, as what we can: we do not take on work unless we are convinced that we can do a good job for you. Let us present our credentials.

e Nick Barron

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