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Executive Search

Executive Search

Confidential search. Market mapping. Targeted assessment.

Confidential search. Market mapping. Targeted assessment.

Discreet, thorough, and highly targeted senior appointments.

Discreet, thorough, and highly targeted senior appointments.

Senior hires carry weight beyond the role itself — they shape strategy, culture, and often the market's perception of your business. Our executive search service is built around that reality: confidentiality, rigour, and a genuinely targeted approach rather than a wide net.

We work as a trusted advisor at board and senior leadership level, taking the time to understand not just the technical requirements of a role but the commercial and cultural context it sits within.

Senior hires carry weight beyond the role itself — they shape strategy, culture, and often the market’s perception of your business. Our executive search service is built around that reality: confidentiality, rigour, and a genuinely targeted approach rather than a wide net.

We work as a trusted advisor at board and senior leadership level, taking the time to understand not just the technical requirements of a role but the commercial and cultural context it sits within.

What You Can Expect:

What You Can Expect:

What You Can Expect:

Complete confidentiality

Complete confidentiality

Complete confidentiality

Sensitive searches, including replacement hires and restructures are managed with full discretion throughout.

Sensitive searches, including replacement hires and restructures are managed with full discretion throughout.

Market mapping & intelligence

Market mapping & intelligence

A clear view of who's out there, where they sit, and how realistic each approach is before you invest time in it.

A clear view of who’s out there, where they sit, and how realistic each approach is before you invest time in it.

Rigorous candidate assessment

Rigorous candidate assessment

Long-list, shortlist, and full candidate assessment,  a structured process that narrows the field methodically, backed by proper referencing and evaluation.

Long-list, shortlist, and full candidate assessment,  a structured process that narrows the field methodically, backed by proper referencing and evaluation.

Cross-sector coverage

Cross-sector coverage

Coverage across construction, infrastructure, real estate, energy, and beyond,  giving you a partner who understands the commercial pressures at senior level across related markets.

Coverage across construction, infrastructure, real estate, energy, and beyond,  giving you a partner who understands the commercial pressures at senior level across related markets.

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Every search is run as a bespoke project — no templated process, no recycled shortlists.

Every search is run as a bespoke project — no templated process, no recycled shortlists.

  • Chief Executive Officer (CEO)Chief Operating Officer (COO)Chief Financial Officer (CFO)Chief Technical Officer / Chief EngineerChief Commercial OfficerChief Sustainability OfficerChief Risk OfficerNon-Executive DirectorManaging DirectorRegional Managing DirectorOperations DirectorTechnical Director

    Chief Executive Officer (CEO)Chief Operating Officer (COO)Chief Financial Officer (CFO)Chief Technical Officer / Chief EngineerChief Commercial OfficerChief Sustainability OfficerChief Risk OfficerNon-Executive DirectorManaging DirectorRegional Managing DirectorOperations DirectorTechnical Director

  • Commercial DirectorEngineering DirectorConstruction DirectorDevelopment DirectorDesign DirectorPre-Construction DirectorHealth & Safety DirectorProcurement DirectorBusiness Development DirectorSustainability/ESG DirectorHR Director

    Commercial DirectorEngineering DirectorConstruction DirectorDevelopment DirectorDesign DirectorPre-Construction DirectorHealth & Safety DirectorProcurement DirectorBusiness Development DirectorSustainability/ESG DirectorHR Director

    Commercial DirectorEngineering DirectorConstruction DirectorDevelopment DirectorDesign DirectorPre-Construction DirectorHealth & Safety DirectorProcurement DirectorBusiness Development DirectorSustainability/ESG DirectorHR Director

  • Finance DirectorHead of EngineeringHead of ProjectsHead of EstimatingHead of CommercialHead of DesignHead of OperationsHead of Health & SafetyHead of QualityHead of Innovation/DigitalVP of Construction

    Finance DirectorHead of EngineeringHead of ProjectsHead of EstimatingHead of CommercialHead of DesignHead of OperationsHead of Health & SafetyHead of QualityHead of Innovation/DigitalVP of Construction

    Finance DirectorHead of EngineeringHead of ProjectsHead of EstimatingHead of CommercialHead of DesignHead of OperationsHead of Health & SafetyHead of QualityHead of Innovation/DigitalVP of Construction

  • VP of EngineeringPortfolio DirectorProgramme DirectorRegional DirectorDivisional DirectorGroup Managing DirectorChief EstimatorChief Quantity SurveyorGroup Head of BIM/Digital ConstructionHead of InfrastructureHead of Renewable Energy / Energy Transition

    VP of EngineeringPortfolio DirectorProgramme DirectorRegional DirectorDivisional DirectorGroup Managing DirectorChief EstimatorChief Quantity SurveyorGroup Head of BIM/Digital ConstructionHead of InfrastructureHead of Renewable Energy / Energy Transition

    VP of EngineeringPortfolio DirectorProgramme DirectorRegional DirectorDivisional DirectorGroup Managing DirectorChief EstimatorChief Quantity SurveyorGroup Head of BIM/Digital ConstructionHead of InfrastructureHead of Renewable Energy / Energy Transition