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About Us

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.

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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.

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Solutions And Expertise

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.

Solutions
  • All Solutions
  • Assessment
  • Board Services
  • Career Services
  • Consulting Services
  • Corporate Talent Acquisition
  • Culture Advisory
  • Culture Shaping
  • Data Analy./Mrkt. Intell.
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Executive Coaching
  • Executive Search
  • Flex RPO
  • Interim
  • Leadership Consulting
  • Leadership Develop.
  • Mgmt. Consulting
  • Onboarding
  • Outplacement
  • Talent Acquisition Strategy
  • Talent Mapping
  • Temporary Staffing
Industries
  • Advertising/Marketing
  • All Industries
  • Alt. Investments
  • Asset Management
  • Commercial Banking
  • Communications
  • Consulting
  • Consumer
  • Consumer Products
  • Consumer Services
  • Corporate Banking
  • Financial Services
  • FinTech
  • Global Banking
  • Global Markets
  • Hedge Funds
  • Insurance
  • Investment Banking
  • Investment Mgmt.
  • Legal/Compliance
  • Payments/Processes
  • Portfolio Management
  • Private Banking
  • Private Equity
  • Professional Services
  • Quantitative Finance
  • Technology
  • Trade Finance
  • Venture Capital
  • Wealth Management
Functions
  • All Functions
  • Board/Governance
  • Business Development
  • Business Leaders
  • C-Level
  • C-Suite
  • CEO/President
  • CFO
  • Chief Marketing Officer
  • CHRO
  • Consumer Services
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Finance/Accounting
  • General Management
  • GM/Operations
  • Government
  • Human Resources
  • Information/Digital
  • Legal/Compliance
  • Management/Staff
  • Marketing
  • Marketing & Sales
  • Operations
  • People & Talent

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News Briefings

Look at What Trends Are Keeping HR Leaders Busy Today  

With macro-economic uncertainty, geopolitical threats, new ways of working, and the advent of game-changing technologies, businesses need to transform to survive, and they have to transform sustainably if they are to thrive. Leathwaite’s annual HR survey found that more than half the HR leaders surveyed (53 percent) highlighted the enablement of business transformation as an area

Talent Continues to be the Driving Force Behind Private Equity Firms

It has never been harder to attract top talent to private equity and PE portfolio companies. “We’re seeing a huge reluctance to leave jobs for anything less than top brands, and successfully recruiting out the absolute all-stars is requiring more than just outsized economics,” said Jordan Brugg, global head of private equity for Spencer Stuart.

Leathwaite Names Leader of Strategy, Consulting, and Transformation Practice in Asia

London-based executive search firm Leathwaite has named Gavin Ng as leader of its strategy, consulting, and transformation practice in Asia. He will also help steer and accelerate the firm’s growth with private equity, venture capital, and high growth start-up clients. “I am absolutely thrilled that Gavin has chosen to join Leathwaite,” said James Lawrence-Brown, partner

Using Analytics for Executive Search

As the competition for highly skilled talent intensifies, companies are turning to big data and analytics to gain a competitive edge. With the help of these tools, businesses can now identify top candidates with precision and speed, reducing the time and resources required to fill executive-level positions. By measuring data on the success of previous

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Press Releases

Katie Hevey – Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative (RIDI)

November 23, 2020 – Leathwaite’s Katie Hevey leads on partnership with Ridi, the Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative. Leathwaite has become the latest RIDI 100 partner. The partnership enables inclusive recruiters to have year-round association with RIDI and accelerate their Disability Confident journey. Leathwaite joins a network of recruitment and staffing providers that are truly committed to driving

Emily Woodward – The Women’s Foundation

November 20, 2020 – Emily Woodward becomes the latest female mentor for the Women’s Foundation Hong Kong. The Women’s Foundation is a non-profit organisation, established in 2004 and dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls in Hong Kong. “I am honoured to be participating as a mentor in the 2020/21 The Women’s Foundation Mentoring Programme for

Amy Mitchell – Girls Who Code

November 6, 2020 – Amy has been working with Girls Who Code in New York since 2017 when she first began providing career advice seminars for the girls participating in the programme.  When Girls Who Code made the decision to launch in the UK, they chose Leathwaite as their first global community partner. Since then Amy has continued to

Helen Vowls – Women in Payments

November 6, 2020 – Helen has been championing the advancement of women in the payments industry for several years, contributing to Women in Payments through initially hosting & speaking at their inaugural UK launch event in 2018. Since then, Helen has been an active member of their Advisory Panel, appeared on member podcasts, and most recently is

Katie Hevey – DataIQ100 Influencer

November 5, 2020 – Leathwaite’s Katie Hevey has been named one of the top 25 influencers in data and analytics in the DataIQ100 2020 awards. The first and only fully-curated power list of the most influential data and analytics practitioners. Since 2014, DataIQ has been tracking the rise of chief data officers, chief analytics officers, data scientists,