The Barton Partnership

About Us

The Barton Partnership is a specialist strategic talent solutions provider, seamlessly bridging the gap between strategy and execution.  We offer executive search, interim and independent consulting, and consulting solutions to our global client base.

Since 2007, we have partnered with FTSE-listed and Fortune 500 companies across all sectors and industries; SMEs, Strategic, Innovation & Management Consulting firms (large and boutique), Global Financial Services, Private Equity and their Portfolio businesses.

We combine deep sector expertise with our specialist functional focus, at scale. Our Consulting Network is ranked in the Financial Times UK’s Leading Management Consultant Report, and we are recognised by Forbes as one of the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms. We offer the precision of a niche specialist with the reach and service level of a global search firm. Our integrated approach uniquely aligns talent strategies with business goals, ensuring every placement — interim, permanent, or consulting — delivers measurable impact for our clients.

As a B-Corp™ certified business, we hold ourselves accountable to a higher benchmark of sustainable business practices, committed to driving positive change for our clients, community, and the environment.

We support our clients globally from offices in London, New York, Singapore, and Sydney.

The Barton Partnership

Solutions And Expertise

We support our clients’ growth aspirations and inspire organisational change across our core functions.

Solutions
  • Advisory Services
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Executive Search
  • Executive Search Advisory Services
  • Interim
  • Mgmt. Consulting
  • On-Demand Recruiting
Industries
  • All Industries
Functions
  • Data/Analytics
  • Economics & Disputes
  • ESG & Sustainability
  • Mergers/Acquisitions/Divestitures
  • Strategy
  • Transformation & Change

The Barton Partnership

News Briefings

How PE-Backed Businesses are Redefining the Interim CFO Role

Interim CFOs are increasingly central to the performance and stability of private equity-backed businesses. As deal cycles extend and operating conditions tighten, they are deployed not only for financial stewardship but also as value creation partners across the investment lifecycle. “Today’s interim CFOs are increasingly deployed as execution-focused operators responsible for stabilizing performance, improving financial

The Barton Partnership Expands in North America

U.K.-based executive search firm The Barton Partnership (TBP) has added Marty O’Doherty and Purab Parikh as part of the continued expansion of its North American business and its CEO and board capability, based in Toronto and aligned with the firm’s global private equity platform. “The appointments reflect TBP’s continued investment in senior leadership hiring for

The Squeezed Middle is Breaking Leadership Pipelines and Boards Are Missing It

Most leadership discussions focus on two ends of the organization. Entry-level hiring pipelines and executive compensation get airtime. The layer in between usually does not, according to a recent article from The Barton Partnership’s Michael Doud. “That blind spot is now one of the biggest risks to leadership continuity,” he said. “Middle management is where succession

The Barton Partnership Appoints Vice President, North America

The Barton Partnership, a U.K.-based executive search firm, has named Melissa Chester as vice president, North America. The firm said she will partner with leaders across the firm to accelerate growth in independent consulting while complementing The Barton Partnership’s established executive search capabilities in strategy & transformation. “Melissa’s extensive experience supporting private equity firms and their

The Barton Partnership

Press Releases

The role of the CFO in PE-backed businesses

​New research from The Barton Partnership shows CFOs are now leading value creation in 87% of PE-backed businesses, but 59% are starting from scratch, inheriting finance functions built for a different job. The finance function has become the pressure point of the private equity playbook. CFOs are now expected to own value creation delivery, but

How PE-backed businesses are redefining the interim CFO role

​The Barton Partnership has published new research exploring how the role of the Interim CFO is evolving within private equity-backed businesses. Drawing on insights from more than 70 interim CFOs across the UK and US, the findings point to a fundamental shift in how funds deploy financial leadership as deal timelines extend and operating conditions tighten.

CTrO whitepaper reveals rapid adoption, clearer playbooks, and a rising “career CTrO”

​Data-driven report quantifies a 300% rise in CTrO hires since 2021 and sets out how funds are institutionalising execution across portfolios The role of the Chief Transformation Officer (CTrO) whitepaper, draws on a proprietary survey of more than 70 CTrOs and interviews with CEOs and Operating Partners. The report finds that PE sponsors are moving

The Barton Partnership Expands North American Leadership Offering

We’re delighted to announced that Marty O’Doherty and Purab Parikh have joined the firm as part of the continued expansion of its North American business and its CEO and Board capability, based in Toronto and aligned with TBP’s global private equity platform. The appointments reflect TBP’s continued investment in senior leadership hiring for capital allocators