Germany / DACH & United Kingdom
Germany / DACH & United Kingdom
The appointments a business cannot afford to get wrong
The appointments a business cannot afford to get wrong
We take on searches where the outcome matters to the business, not only to the org chart. Every mandate is led personally, from the first conversation through to the appointment.
We take on searches where the outcome matters to the business, not only to the org chart. Every mandate is led personally, from the first conversation through to the appointment.
APPROACH TO RECRUITING
APPROACH TO RECRUITING
A search is a business decision first and a hiring process second.
A search is a business decision first and a hiring process second.
A search is a business decision first and a hiring process second.
We work with a small number of mandates at a time. That allows us to understand the organisation properly, speak credibly to senior people in the market, and stay involved until the appointment is settled. The result is fewer candidates, better argued, and a decision the client can defend internally.
We work with a small number of mandates at a time. That allows us to understand the organisation properly, speak credibly to senior people in the market, and stay involved until the appointment is settled. The result is fewer candidates, better argued, and a decision the client can defend internally.
WHAT WE RECRUIT
01
Executive & Leadership
Executive & Leadership
Executive & Leadership
Appointments at management and board level, where the decision shapes direction, culture and commercial performance for years.
Appointments at management and board level, where the decision shapes direction, culture and commercial performance for years.
02
Specialist & Professional Roles
Specialist & Professional Roles
Specialist & Professional Roles
Experienced professionals in roles that are hard to fill, closely defined, or central to how the organisation delivers its work.
Experienced professionals in roles that are hard to fill, closely defined, or central to how the organisation delivers its work.
03
Critical Business Functions
Critical Business Functions
Critical Business Functions
Finance, commercial, operations and people functions where a vacancy is felt across the whole organisation within weeks.
Finance, commercial, operations and people functions where a vacancy is felt across the whole organisation within weeks.
APPROACH
APPROACH
Five steps, one owner.
We take responsibility for the outcome.
01
— Understand
01
— Understand
We begin with the business situation rather than the job description: what has to change, and what the appointment is really for.
02
— Define
02
— Define
Together we set the profile, the market reality and the criteria the decision will be made on before any approach is made.
03
— Identify
03
— Identify
Direct, researched approach to the relevant market, including people who are not looking and would not respond to an advert.
04
— Assess
04
— Assess
Structured conversations and judgement, tested against the criteria agreed at the start rather than against a general impression.
05
— Appoint
05
— Appoint
Support through the final decision, the offer and the first months, so the appointment holds after the process closes.
PROOF
Work already delivered.
Work already delivered.
Work already delivered.
Three documented mandates across executive search, embedded recruiting and commercial hiring.
SELECTED WORK
SELECTED WORK
20+
20+
Years of recruiting and HR
experience
DACH · UK
DACH · UK
Markets covered
A search worth
A search worth
A search worth
doing properly?
doing properly?
doing properly?
Tell us what the role has to achieve. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right people for the mandate.
