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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 Adds Commercial and Digital Practice Leader
London-based executive search firm Leathwaite continues to expand with the recent addition of Kevin Parker, from Heidrick & Struggles, as partner in its New York and Dallas offices. He will lead the firm’s commercial and digital practice and is expected to strengthen its technology and operations expertise. “Mr. Parker has an impeccable track record as a
Leathwaite Names Head of Interim Management for Europe, the Middle East and Africa
Reflecting both current client sentiment and broader geo-political factors impacting the EMEA region, London-based executive search firm Leathwaite has expanded with the addition of Thomas Lundsgaard as its head of interim management in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Based in the firm’s EMEA hub in Zürich, Swiss resident and Danish national Mr. Lundsgaard will service the
Leathwaite Appoints Head of Americas to Focus on Growth and Branding
Veteran executive search consultant Paul Groce has joined Leathwaite as head of the firm’s Americas region in an effort to increase its reach and further expand its brand outside the U.K. “The continued expansion of our U.S. business is central to Leathwaite’s future international growth strategy, and we are absolutely delighted to have hired Paul Groce to
Executive Recruiters Look to U.S. As Brexit Fallout Deepens
In the immediate aftermath of the Brexit vote six weeks ago, London-headquartered search firm Hoggett Bowers mobilized 80 senior executives from a range of sectors to begin taking stock of Britain’s historic vote to sever its 43-year relationship with the E.U. On the search firm’s mind: What is the likely impact of Brexit on hiring? That question has been the singular focus of
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Press Releases
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
Leathwaite Expands Global Corporate and Transaction Banking Search and Consulting Services
LONDON, April 7, 2016 — Leathwaite, the global executive search and management consulting firm, has announced the appointment of Garnet Harrison to lead the company’s expansion within corporate and transaction banking throughout global markets Harrison, formerly of Heidrick and Struggles, has eleven years’ experience providing leadership advisory to boards throughout the Asia Pacific region: “Having lived and worked
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Multimedia
Whitepapers/Reports/Insights
2023 Global HR Survey Results
Law Firm General Counsel Market Intel Report
The Global Tax Survey 2021
The Global CFO Survey 2021
Whitepaper: The Rise of the Private Equity Chief Talent Officer
The Global HR Survey Results 2021
Distinctive Leaders Podcast
What can you learn from some of the world’s most inspiring leaders? We interview global pioneers who share their diverse stories, their journeys to the top and how they’ve left their mark.
Discover the sustainable impact they’ve made on their industries and find out how you can follow their lead by creating a more diverse and inclusive organization for the team around you.
Episode 1: Leadership lessons with Dena Brumpton, former CEO Barclays Wealth
Episode 2: Becoming an authentic leader with Tracy Clarke, former CEO Standard Chartered
APAC Market News
APAC – Leadership Digest – Spring 2021
