Confidential Executive Search · London
Retained search for boards, principals and family offices.
A small, senior firm. Every mandate is owned end to end by a named partner, from the brief through to onboarding at 30, 90 and 180 days.
Practices
Two practices, one standard.
Where the appointment is personal and the discretion required is absolute, and where it is governance-critical and the board is watching.
Sectors
Where we search.
Each sector page sets out the specific appointments we handle and how we assess against them.
Legal
General Counsel, Head of Compliance
Finance
CFO
Cyber Security
CISO, Head of GRC
Technology
Chief Data Officer, CTO, Head of Product
Engineering & Built Environment
Programme Director
Interior Design & Architecture
Design Director, Studio Director
Hospitality & Leisure
Head of F&B, General Manager, Hotel Group CEO
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Biotech CEO, Chief Medical Officer, Head of Regulatory Affairs
Consumer & Retail
Chief Commercial Officer, CEO, Head of E-commerce
Marketing & Communications
Chief Communications Officer, CMO, Head of Growth
Real Estate & Property
Development Director, Head of Asset Management, Head of Investment
Energy & Sustainability
Chief Sustainability Officer, Head of Renewables, Head of Transition Finance
Selected work
Anonymised case studies.
Names withheld. The briefs, the constraints and the outcomes are real.
Chief of Staff for a Mayfair-based single family office
Following a generational governance restructure, the principal required a Chief of Staff to sit alongside them and translate strategic direction into…
Audit Committee Chair for a FTSE 250 regulated financial services group
The Nomination Committee required a new Audit Committee Chair with substantive regulated financial services experience, active independence, and the…
Group CFO for a PE-backed industrial services platform
A mid-market sponsor required a Group CFO for a recently-acquired industrial services platform, ready to lead the platform through a two-year…
Insights
Written by the partners.
On governance, board composition and what the search market is actually doing. All insights →
How to hire a CFO — a decision framework for founders, Chairs and PE sponsors
The UK Chair market at H2 2026 — tenure enforcement, wider candidate pools and independence hardening
The UK hospitality leadership market — where it sits at H2 2026
Discuss a mandate in confidence.
Every conversation is confidential from first contact. A named partner will respond personally.