At Leathwaite, we specialize in placing enterprise leaders who think business first, function second—leaders who don’t just manage their domain but actively push forward progressive functional agendas. While our searches align with business areas, what truly defines our work is the leadership expectations—navigating transformation, accelerating change, and operating at pace.
We don’t just match candidates to job titles; we identify leaders with the agility, foresight, and growth mindset to thrive in evolving environments. By understanding both the business context and the leadership capabilities required, we take a creative, strategic approach to executive search—finding enterprise leaders who move businesses forward.
With deep market insight, a broad industry perspective, and a commitment to excellence, we don’t just fill roles—we build leadership teams that shape the future.
From finding your future leaders and sourcing executive talent to equipping you with boardroom insights that give you an edge, we are committed to helping you create meaningful change. This is underpinned by our culture of distinctiveness, humility and collaboration; local experts with a global outlook to support your long-term growth.
Leathwaite partners with clients to deliver executive search and leadership talent across a broad spectrum of industry sectors.
Increasingly clients need to gain a global perspective on leadership talent, often hiring from different global locations and industry sectors.
Leathwaite’s global footprint enables it to access a diverse range of talent across the world, ensuring our clients can recruit the very best leaders to meet their strategic needs.
London-based executive search firm Leathwaite has expanded with the addition of Regina Glocker as a partner in its New York office, further strengthening its global legal, risk and compliance practice. “Regina brings deep risk, investment banking and capital markets expertise to Leathwaite, alongside a strong track record of delivering exceptional client outcomes in complex, global environments,” said Hypatia
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how organizations operate, forcing leadership teams to rethink not only technology strategy, but how work itself is structured, delivered, and scaled. As adoption accelerates, companies are moving beyond early experimentation and pilot programs, with growing pressure to translate AI investment into measurable business outcomes. What was once a forward-looking initiative
London-based executive search firm Leathwaite has appointed Rabih Ramadi as non-executive chairman. “Rabih’s appointment to the board is an absolute pleasure,” said Andrew Wallace, chair and co-founder. “As we continue to expand our footprint in North America and digitize the business for the future, Rabih’s experience and insights in these areas will be invaluable to our journey.”
London-based executive search firm Leathwaite has appointed (John) Duncan Edwards to its board as non-executive director. “Duncan’s appointment to the board comes at an important and exciting time for our company,” said Andrew Wallace, chair and co-founder. “His proven leadership as a CEO through periods of significant growth, together with our ongoing ambitions to expand across North America, make his
We’re pleased to welcome Regina Glocker to Leathwaite Leathwaite is delighted to announce that Regina Glocker has joined the firm as a Partner in its New York office, further strengthening its global Legal, Risk and Compliance practice. Regina joins with more than 25 years of executive search experience across both global and boutique firms. She most recently co-led
Global executive search firm, Leathwaite, appoints new non-exec director to its board. Rabih Ramadi joins the Leathwaite board as non-exec director. As co-founder and CEO of Avantos.ai, and previously founding member, chief revenue officer, and head of industry solutions at Unqork, Rabih has an impressive background in technology and client-led organizations. “I am honored to
Hypatia Kingsley joins Leathwaite as Partner and Head of the Americas Leathwaite, the functional search specialist, has announced the appointment of Hypatia Kingsley as Partner and Head of the Americas effective 3 June 2024. Hypatia brings over two decades of experience from Spencer Stuart, where she played pivotal roles across multiple geographies. During her time
12 Mar 2024 Leathwaite welcomes Mary Driscoll as partner in the global operations and supply chain practice. Mary is a partner in our global operations and supply chain practice and also delivers interim work within the global HR sector. Her expertise lies in appointing exceptional interim executives to deliver improved business outcomes across all industry
Clemens von Guggenberg joins as Strategy and Transformation Partner and Managing Director at Leathwaite in Germany. Leathwaite is excited to announce the addition of Clemens von Guggenberg to the firm as a new partner. As managing director at Leathwaite in Germany, Clemens will be responsible for building out the company’s German and European business, and
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