Case Studies
These are examples of recent assignments to show how our network and expertise within executive recruitment has brought tangible business benefits to our clients.
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COMPANY |
TURNOVER |
PROBLEM |
OUTCOME |
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Independent Financial Services Recruiter with International office network. |
£15 million |
Firm needed to appoint a Chief Executive Officer with M & A experience and private equity credibility who could take over from founding director. |
We successfully appointed high profile CEO, who had groomed and sold another staffing business. He has also obtained funding for further acquisitions. |
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A Private London Tier 2 Search firm. |
£3 million |
The company needed to expand technology practice, struggling to find person to lead it. |
We headhunted a Client Partner, who was number 2 in his current practice and looking for the next step. |
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Contingency Recruiter - Owner managed Investment Banking. |
£1.5 million |
The owner lacked the appetite to take the business to the next stage of growth. The staff disillusioned and profits were falling. |
P & E advertised and found high calibre MD from outside the industry but with leadership capability and sector knowledge. Fees and productivity increased by second quarter. |
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A Public recruitment company. |
£75 million |
Accountancy recruitment business wasn’t growing in comparison to other divisions. |
We appointed a new Manager, from an immediate competitor, who brought with him several team members. |
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An Independent Specialist Recruiter. |
£3 million |
MD and Founder needed help to expand the business – to remove current Director and bring in new management. |
We found a Non Executive Director who helped set up an EMI scheme, negotiated Director’s exit and now ensures business objectives are being reached. |
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A Major services based group with rapidly expanding operations across Europe. |
£500m |
The business required to recruit a range of mid-level to senior executive roles in Sales, Marketing and Finance drawing talent from the local national market as well as Ex-pats. |
A shortage of HR resources to cover recruitment objectives resulted in the appointment of a Head of Resourcing for Europe as well as 2 Recruitment Managers with fluency in European languages. |
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High profile Recruitment Process Outsourcing organisation with a range of clients in the UK. |
£300m |
There was a requirement to strengthen current experience and knowledge of certain markets / sectors in the on-site delivery team for a key project. |
We conducted a search and short-listed a number of relevant candidates from the target market. Two experienced Recruiters were then appointed to join the team. |


