The right leader can change the direction of your business.
Executive Search for ambitious engineering, manufacturing and technology businesses making critical senior appointments.
From Managing Directors and Board appointments to Divisional Directors and functional leaders, we help SME and mid-cap businesses find people with the experience, capability and cultural fit to make a lasting impact.
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Board and divisional appointments
Senior leaders capable of influencing business performance and direction.
Specialists in SME businesses
A search shaped around your ambitions, culture and operating environment.
Thorough, flexible and personal
Direct access to an experienced recruitment partner throughout the process.
A business-critical decision
Senior appointments demand more than an impressive CV
When you appoint someone to lead part, or all of your business, the stakes are high.
You need someone who can deliver results, earn the confidence of your senior team and bring people with them. Someone who understands where your business is heading and has the capability to help take it there.
Our Executive Search & Selection service combines targeted market search, deep industry knowledge and rigorous assessment with the personal, consultative approach you should expect when making a business-critical appointment.
The six essentials
What should you expect from a senior hire?
The strongest appointment is not simply the person with the most impressive career history. It is the person with the right combination of experience, leadership ability and alignment with your business.
Strong cultural fit
A leader who shares your values, complements your Board and Senior Leadership Team, and understands how to succeed within your organisation.
Inspirational leadership
Someone who can build trust, raise performance and create the momentum needed to turn plans into action.
Proven results
Evidence that they have successfully tackled comparable challenges and delivered meaningful results in relevant environments.
Commercial and strategic judgement
The ability to see the bigger picture, make well-informed decisions and balance immediate commercial priorities with the long-term needs of your business.
A network that
opens doors
The relationships, credibility and commercial connections to create new opportunities, partnerships and routes to growth.
Long-term, sustainable impact
A leader who can address today’s priorities while helping to build a stronger, more successful business for the future.
Pivotal moments
When do businesses turn to us?
Our clients often come to us at pivotal points in the development of their business - when appointing the right leader can make a fundamental difference to what happens next.
Succession planning
Good succession planning starts long before a leadership change becomes urgent.
Whether you are preparing for an eventual exit, developing the next generation of leaders or strengthening the senior team around you, we can help you make the appointments needed for a confident and well-managed transition.
Download our Succession Planning WhitepaperStrategic growth
Growth requires leaders who can convert ambition into action.
Whether your plans involve increasing sales, entering new markets, launching new products or scaling operations, we identify senior talent with the experience and commercial capability to help deliver them.
Restructuring for efficiency
The right leader can turn organisational complexity into clarity.
When your business needs stronger systems, clearer accountability or a more effective operating structure, we find people who can lead change while keeping teams engaged and focused.
Our assessment approach
Fit & Fact: a more complete view of every candidate
An executive appointment should never be based on reputation, personality or an impressive CV alone.
Our search and assessment process considers the two things that ultimately determine whether a senior appointment will succeed.
Will this person work effectively within your business?
We consider their:
- Leadership style
- Values and motivations
- Cultural alignment
- Approach to people and communication
- Compatibility with your Board and senior team
Do they have the proven capability to deliver?
We examine their:
- Relevant experience
- Track record and results
- Sector and commercial knowledge
- Ability to meet the demands of the role
- Supporting evidence, insights and references
Together, Fit & Fact give you a clearer, more balanced basis for making one of your most important business decisions.
How we work
A thorough search, built around your business
Understand
We begin by understanding more than the job description. We explore your business, culture, objectives, leadership team and the results the successful person will need to deliver.
Search
We use targeted market research, industry insight and our established senior network to identify people with the potential to meet the brief, including those who may not be actively looking for a new position.
Assess
Candidates are evaluated against the agreed requirements of the role, with attention given to both their proven capability and their suitability for your organisation.
Appoint
We give you the evidence and insight needed to make an informed decision, while remaining closely involved throughout the appointment process.
“When we’re recruiting at Director or Head of Department level, it’s even more important to find a good cultural match with our organisation. It becomes critical to have a very close relationship with your recruitment agency. That sense of partnership is at the core of what makes Euro Projects different for me.”
Make your next leadership appointment with confidence
The right senior hire can strengthen your team, accelerate your plans and shape the future of your business.
Talk to us about the role you need to fill, the challenges ahead and the kind of leader your business needs next.