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HR & People

The people leaders who make an organisation its own advantage — and the team beneath them, built by the same house.

Overview

CPOs and CHROs now sit at the centre of strategy, not to one side of it. We find people leaders who pair commercial rigour with a real feel for culture — and here’s what no other search firm offers: once they’re in, we build the function under them. From a Reward Director to an L&D lead, the same team that placed your CPO can place the people who make them succeed.

Our HR & People practice is powered by Instant Impact’s award-winning talent heritage, so we know this function from the inside.

Roles We Place

The mandates we’re trusted with.

Chief People Officer
CHRO
HR Director
People & Culture Director
Reward Director
Talent Director
Head of L&D
Head of DE&I
What We Look For

The qualities that separate the exceptional.

01

Commercial partnership

A people strategy that visibly moves the business, not just engagement scores.

02

Culture architecture

Proven ability to shape values, behaviours and ways of working at scale.

03

Organisational design

Structuring teams and reward to match ambition and growth stage.

Signals We Assess

Evidence over intuition.

Led people strategy through scaling or M&A
Built inclusive, high-performance cultures
Modernised reward and talent frameworks
Trusted advisor to the CEO and board

See the difference a scientific search makes.