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RESEARCH OVER DATABASES
COMPLETE MARKET COVERAGE
TRANSPARENT SEARCH PROCESSES
FULLY EVIDENCED SHORTLISTS
Our thorough headhunting process gives you access to the right people, backed by market intelligence and hard won industry insight.
Our dedicated Research Consultants work closely on assignments, enlisting our exclusive network and other reputable sources to attain the right candidates for executive positions in your organisation. The precise requirements of every assignment are different. Our research led methodology ensures we identify professionals who will provide merit to the business daily.
Executive Headhunting Across Leadership Roles
We support organisations in identifying and attracting senior executives across a broad range of functions and sectors.
Our search expertise covers:
Chief Executive Officers- Chief Financial Officers
- Chief Operating Officers
- Managing Directors
- Chief Information Officers
- Chief Technology Officers
- HR Directors and Chief People Officers
- Commercial Directors
- Operations Leaders
- Supply Chain Leaders
- Board Directors
- Non Executive Directors
Working Alongside Your Team
Engaging an executive search partner is rarely a decision taken lightly, particularly for internal talent acquisition and HR teams who are already accountable for the outcome. We see ourselves as an extension of your team, not a replacement for it. We integrate with your internal recruitment function, working to the brief, timelines and stakeholder structure you set, sharing market intelligence and pipeline visibility throughout, rather than operating as a closed process you're updated on after the fact.
We Protect Your Reputation at Every Stage of Recruitment
Every candidate's approach, whether they progress or not, reflects on your organisation. We manage outreach, feedback and communication with the same discretion and professionalism we'd want if we were being approached on your behalf, protecting your reputation in the market regardless of individual outcomes.
Our Headhunting Process
1. Brief and Insight
We begin by understanding the mandate properly including the commercial pressures, team dynamics and outcomes the appointment needs to deliver. This shapes everything that follows.
2. Market Mapping
We research and map the true talent landscape relevant to the role, identifying both active and passive candidates the open market rarely reaches. At any point, you have the opportunity to audit this process before target approach.
3. Rigorous Distillation
Confidential interviews and Wyman Bain's assessment of candidate suitability are conducted. We distil a wide landscape down to a shortlist of genuinely credible, qualified leaders using a direct, confidential approach to targeted individuals, with specialist consultant interviews arranged to discuss your opportunity.
4. Shortlist and Beyond
Presentation of a shortlist with a full interview synopsis, salary advice and comprehensive insight from consultant and candidate followed by our continued direction through interviews, offer management and onboarding.
National and International Reach
From our offices in London and Bristol, Wyman Bain works with organisations across the UK and internationally. Our international network enables us to undertake searches beyond a client's immediate geographical market where the right expertise or leadership capability is required.
Whether an appointment is UK based or international, our approach remains the same: understand the organisation, research the market, identify the right people, and provide a transparent process from beginning to end.
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