The right person. At the right moment.

Specialist executive search for the leaders and strategic operators who make the difference

Boutique search. Genuine specialism.

We are a London-based boutique executive search firm working exclusively within Private Equity, Venture Capital, and other capital-backed organisations.

Our focus is the roles that sit at the intersection of leadership and strategy – where getting the hire right has an outsized effect on how well your organisation performs.

We are best known for our work on Chiefs of Staff, Heads of Strategy, Operations, and senior executives who sit at the centre of how your organisation thinks and moves.

Where we work

Chiefs of Staff

One of the most consequential – and most misunderstood – hires a senior leader can make. We bring specialist knowledge of this role: how to design the mandate, what good looks like, and how to find the right person for the right season of your organisation.

Read our guide: How to hire a Chief of Staff →

Senior leadership roles

Heads of Strategy, CFO + Finance, Operations, Marketing, IR and Fundraising professionals. We focus on people who will help shape culture and direction, not just function.

The hire that does not fit a tidy brief

Some of our best work is on mandates where the client is not entirely sure what they need. If your search is nuanced, liminal, or genuinely difficult to articulate – we are comfortable with that. We like a challenge.

Our method

We believe in partnership, with you and with our candidates.

We perform a 7-step process on each search, in a transparent and communicative manner

1 / Discovery

We meet with you and everyone involved in the search: Hiring Manager, HR, and any other stakeholders.

2 / Determine and agree search strategy

In consultation with you, we formulate a search strategy that we think works for the unique circumstance.

3 / The search

We will find a long list of candidates from which we work together to draw up a shortlist.

4 / Qualify and assess candidates

A crucial step where we make sure that we have candidates who are qualified for interest and assessed for suitability.

5 / Interviews

Suitable candidates will be presented for interview

6 / Manage offer

We will work with you as well as your selected candidate to sensitively communicate the offer and negotiate win-win outcomes.

7 / Onboarding

We remain engaged with you and candidate between offer and the start and we can help with onboarding where required.

And we don’t stop there. We can work with you to help you manage on-boarding of candidates where you need us to.

Our promise to you

We believe that everyone deserves an exceptional experience and we extend the same care and kindness to our candidates as we do our clients.

Our job is to get the right messages to the right people. After all, who you hire today determines what your organisation looks and feels like tomorrow.

We believe that diversity is life's most essential feature

Cross sector knowledge

Our searches are cross sector

Venture Capital
Private Equity
AI Infrastructure
Professional Services
Third sector

Contact us

We’d love to hear from you whether you have a search you’d like to discuss with us or even if you need advice about pending searches, we’d be happy to speak with you.

info@follettparker.com | 079 3116 1996