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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

Leathwaite Expands in London

London-based executive search firm Leathwaite recently expanded with the addition of Heather Barnes as a partner. “We are absolutely thrilled that Heather has chosen to join Leathwaite,” said Richard Buckingham, lead global technology partner. “We have long admired Heather’s impact, presence, and reputation in the technology, digital, and data market, and we look forward to integrating her

Leathwaite Names Co-Leader of Global HR Practice

London-based executive search firm Leathwaite has recently expanded with the addition of Chris Smith. Based in London, he will co-lead Leathwaite’s global HR practice, while also steering and accelerating the firm’s strategy of ongoing diversification outside its core markets of financial & professional services. “We are delighted to welcome Chris to Leathwaite,” said Tom Pemberton, co-head

Leathwaite Expands in New York

London-based executive search firm Leathwaite has expanded with the addition of Gus de Camargo to its New York team. He will be responsible for leading and expanding the firm’s technology offering in North America, driving revenue and helping deliver talent to corporate functions. “We are extremely excited to welcome Gus to our team,” said Andrew Wallace, managing

The Rise of the Private Equity Chief Talent Officer 

While drawing down on committed funds and having capital “at work” is most people’s core understanding of what the modern private equity firm does, having the right human capital in place to maximize return-on-assets and marshal the firm’s capital adequately is of equal critical importance. Against this backdrop, it is perhaps a logical development to

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Press Releases

Leathwaite accelerates Human Capital growth strategy with new investment

LONDON, U.K., March 8, 2018 – Leathwaite, the global human capital specialists, has secured investment from Beechbrook Capital to accelerate its geographic expansion, launch new business streams and invest in proprietary technology. The investment will also provide equity to further nurture the company’s current talent whilst simultaneously providing a platform to attract new talent to the organisation.

Leathwaite announces partnership with Advance

LONDON, U.K., January 8, 2018 – Leathwaite, the leading international firm of Human Capital specialists, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Advance. Advance is an association and a network that takes specific measures to increase the share of women in leading positions in Switzerland. The Advance mission is to actively increase the share of women in

Leathwaite appoints Clare Flynn Levy as Non-Executive Director

LONDON, U.K., August 25, 2017 – Leathwaite, the global human capital specialist firm, announces that Clare Flynn Levy is to join its board as a Non-Executive Director. Clare is currently the CEO and founder of Essentia Analytics, a business that provides behavioural data analytics to the buy-side industry. Prior to this, Clare spent 10 years as a fund

Leathwaite Presents the Results of the Bi-Annual Benchmark Survey at the 2016 Institutional Investor Legal Forum

LONDON, May 10, 2016 — Leathwaite Director, Huw Jones and Senior Consultant, Peter Johnson, delivered the opening presentation at this year’s exclusive member-only event attended by General Counsel of asset management firms, based in EMEA, Americas and Asia-Pac. The core objective of the bi-annual Benchmark Survey is to provide accurate data on how member’s firms are structuring, staffing

Leathwaite Appoints James Lawrence-Brown as Director for Asia

LONDON, April 7, 2016 — Leathwaite, the global executive search and management consulting firm, announced that James Lawrence-Brown has joined its Hong Kong office as Director for Asia. James will lead an expanding team, which has been answering the growing demand among financial services firms for specialist infrastructure placements across the Asia Pacific region. James joins from Spencer