Leadership When You Need It
Growing in the UK tends to stretch leadership before you’re ready. A new entity needs someone running it. An acquisition needs steadying. A permanent appointment takes months you may not have.
We provide experienced leaders who step in, take ownership and get on with the job. When the time comes to appoint permanently, we run that search too.
There are three ways to work with us:
Interim leadership: a full-time interim manager or CxO for a fixed period, with a clear mandate and a planned handover.
Fractional leadership: a finance, operations or commercial lead for a few days a week, for businesses that need the judgement before they need someone full time.
Executive search: a retained search for permanent leadership appointments, with candidates assessed against what the role has to deliver.
Does This Sound Like You?
You’re setting up or scaling in the UK and nobody is leading things on the ground yet.
You’re mid-acquisition, integration or restructure and need a steady hand now, not in six months.
You know you need a permanent leader, but you need someone holding the fort while you find them.
You need experienced judgement, but not five days a week.
Roles We Fill
The roles an overseas business needs first in the UK, and the ones that are hardest to get wrong.
Managing Director & Country Manager
Runs the UK entity and reports to head office.
Finance
CFOs and Finance Directors for UK reporting, cash, banks and auditors.
Operations
COOs and Operations Directors who set up, or straighten out, how the UK business runs day to day.
Commercial
Chief Commercial Officers and Sales Directors who build the pipeline and the team behind it.
Marketing
Heads of Marketing and marketing managers who make the brand work for a UK audience.
Compliance
Compliance Directors for regulated businesses, particularly in financial services.
You’re in the Right Place. Here’s How We Help:
- Leaders who have worked for overseas head offices
- Fractional leadership, part time or by project
- Retained search for permanent leadership roles
- Structured handover from interim leader to permanent hire
The Right Leaders for UK Growth
What Makes Us Different
Why Businesses Choose Us:
Cross-Border by Habit
We’ve helped overseas companies into the UK since 2000. We know what a UK leader has to juggle when the head office is in another country, and we pick people who can handle it.
Interim and Permanent Under One Roof
No gap between the stopgap and the hire. Your interim leader helps shape the brief for the permanent role, and we run the search.
One Point of Contact
A single lead from first conversation to handover, so you’re never chasing three people for one answer.
Planned for the Exit
Every interim engagement starts with a handover in mind. Knowledge, processes and relationships pass to your permanent team, not out of the door.
Here’s How We Work
1. Define the Brief
We agree what the role has to deliver, by when and who it reports to. This is also where we decide together whether you need interim, fractional or permanent leadership.
2. Find the Right People
For interim and fractional roles, we shortlist experienced operators from our network. For permanent roles, we map the market and approach candidates directly.
3. Assess Properly
Candidates are interviewed against the brief, not just their CV. We look at how they make decisions and how they’ll work with your head office.
4. Start Well
We support the appointment and the first weeks in role. Interim leaders have regular check-ins with your Europartnerships lead.
5. Hand Over Cleanly
Interim engagements end with a structured handover to your permanent team. For permanent appointments, we stay in touch through the first months.
Selected Recent Work
- An interim Managing Director leading a two-year, £8m UK acquisition and integration for a Northern European manufacturer, which went on to win a national Enterprise of the Year award.
- An interim marketing manager embedded in a technology company’s UK operation, ongoing.
- An interim manager deployed into a technology company’s UK business, ongoing.
- Permanent appointments including CFO, Country Manager, Chief Commercial Officer and Compliance Director across fintech, investment banking and asset management.
- A permanent Head of Marketing for a retail company.
Need a Leader in Place?
Tell us what the role has to deliver. We’ll tell you plainly whether interim, fractional or permanent is the better route.