re:find

What re:find does

re:find is a UK-based boutique executive search and interim management firm founded in 2015 by James Cumming, headquartered in Birmingham with a secondary London office. The firm places senior executives into enterprise clients across C-suite roles (CIO, COO, CEO, CTO, CPO) and Board-level appointments, alongside interim managers for transformation, change, and shared-services leadership projects. Specialist practices cover Business Change, HR & People Change, and Shared Services, with active placement footprints spanning the UK, France, and Hong Kong and a named enterprise client base that includes Taylor Wimpey, Holland & Barrett, Harrods, National Grid, UCL, Veolia, RAC, and a global pharmaceutical business.

The business is a pure professional-services retained-search and interim-placement firm. Revenue is generated through bespoke assignment fees scaled to role seniority, confidentiality requirements, and complexity, with flexible fee structures tied to successful delivery. Underlying the search process is a modern CRM system that provides clients with real-time visibility into candidates being contacted and weekly progress updates, complemented by an end-to-end assessment methodology that screens for attitude, cultural fit, and potential alongside technical fit. The firm holds Crown Commercial Service (RM6229) Permanent Recruitment 2 framework supplier status enabling UK public sector work, is Cyber Essentials certified, is a Disability Confident Committed employer, and operates IR35 Shield partnerships to ensure all interim placements are compliance-assessed.

Go-to-market is direct, relationship-led enterprise sales rather than intermediated distribution, supported by a content and event ecosystem: the Knowledge Hub blog, free downloadable ebooks (e.g. 7 Steps to Executive Search, 8 Steps to Hiring an Interim), and three owned events (Thursday Brunch networking, invitation-only HR Director Forum, N.A.G.S. golf society). The team is described as small (1-10 employees) with four named professionals and dedicated researchers, marketing a 98%+ successful completion rate for executive search and 95%+ for interim management. There are no disclosed funding rounds, M&A activity, external investors, or AI/ML capabilities in the operating model.

Name

re:find

Legal name

Refind Search Ltd

Website

https://refind.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

re:find is a Birmingham-headquartered boutique executive search and interim management firm placing senior executives, transformation leaders, and HR directors into enterprise and public-sector clients across the UK and Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Search & Interim Management Services

NAICS

Executive Search Services (561312), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

C-Suite & Board Search (BPACAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Functional Leadership Search (HR/Finance/Legal/Marketing/Sales/Ops) (BPACAAAB), Confidential/Replacement & Succession Search (BPACAAAK), Consumer & Retail Leadership Search (BPACAAAG), Technology & Product Leadership Search (CIO/CTO/CDO/CPO) (BPACAAAC)

Keywords

• Executive search
• Interim management
• Senior leadership recruitment
• HR transformation hiring
• Business change consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Birmingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Executive Search Retained Search: Retained search engagements for senior leadership roles including Board members, C-suite, and executive positions. Research-driven process with dedicated team.
2. Interim Management Placement: Placement of interim managers for transformation, change, and leadership projects. IR35 compliant with status determination assessments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

re:find is an interim and executive search firm that places senior leaders — including Board members, C-suite executives (CIO, COO, CEO, CTO, CPO), transformation leaders, and interim managers — into enterprise organisations. The firm runs a research-driven, CRM-enabled confidential search process with real-time client visibility, supported by specialist practices in Business Change, HR & People Change, and Shared Services/Global Business Services.

Product overview

re:find is an interim and executive search firm offering a portfolio of specialist recruitment services. The core offerings consist of Interim Management and Executive Search services, supplemented by four specialist practices covering Business Change, HR & People Change, and Shared Services. The firm also hosts networking events (Thursday Brunch, Forum, and N.A.G.S.) and provides educational content through its Knowledge Hub containing blogs, articles, and downloadable ebooks. The service model emphasizes confidential, collaborative search processes supported by modern CRM technology, with a focus on long-term client partnerships rather than transactional recruitment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Interim Management Specialist interim management recruitment service focused on sourcing senior interim talent for enterprise clients undertaking transformation, change, and leadership projects. Delivered via a proactive search process, collaborative CRM-based candidate tracking and holistic assessment, with a stated fill rate exceeding 95% and IR35-compliant status determination via IR35 Shield.
• Executive Search Research-driven executive search practice placing Board members, C-suite executives (CIO, COO, CEO, CTO, CPO) and senior leaders, with confidential search capability under NDA, a collaborative client engagement model and a stated successful completion rate exceeding 98%.
• Business Change Executive Search Specialist executive search practice focused on business transformation and technology-driven change leaders, including centralisation, shared service programmes, divestments, M&A, technology implementation and organisational redesign mandates.
• HR & People Change Executive Search Specialist executive search practice covering HR Director, Diversity, People Change, Org Design, Industrial Relations, Change Communications, Organisational Development, Resourcing, Reward, Shared Services and Talent roles.
• Shared Services Executive Search Niche specialist executive search practice covering Global Business Services, Finance, IT, HR Shared Services, Payroll and People Change leadership, with confidential search capabilities operating under NDA.

Quantifiable outcome

• 95%+ successful completion rate for interim management and business change assignments
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• MasgrovesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Thursday Brunch events - a breakfast networking event for business leaders and HR professionals with similar format to Sunday Brunch TV show. Includes interviews, live cooking, live music and games.
• Mills & ReeveminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in N.A.G.S. (Networking and Golf Society) - a golf-focused networking society combining networking and fundraising for charity.
• HJ Wealth PlanningminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in N.A.G.S. (Networking and Golf Society) alongside Mills & Reeve, focused on networking and fundraising.
• LoveBrumminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBirmingham-based charity supported through N.A.G.S. events. LoveBrum supports hidden gem projects across Birmingham. re:find raises money for this charity through their golf networking events.
• IR35 ShieldcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartnership for IR35 status determination assessments on all interim placements. Ensures all placements are IR35 compliant and insured with statements of work.
• The Hackett GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerReferenced for their diploma and Advanced Diploma in Global Business Services which enhances skills in shared services and GBS roles.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Odgers Berndtson: UK-headquartered executive search firm placing board-level and C-suite leaders across industries. Highly comparable: same retained-search model, similar enterprise client base, and overlap in HR transformation and consumer/retail verticals.
• Green Park: UK boutique executive search and interim management firm focused on senior leadership, board, and transformation roles. Directly comparable: similar size, niche in interim/HR/people change, and overlapping FTSE100/Fortune500 client base.
• Witts Consulting: Boutique UK executive search firm placing senior HR, people, and transformation leaders. Similar size and vertical specialisation, with comparable positioning around HR director and business change mandates.
• La Fosse Associates: UK-headquartered search and resource consultancy placing senior leaders across transformation, technology, HR, and commercial functions. Comparable boutique scale and overlapping functional specialisations with re:find.

Broad incumbents

• Korn Ferry: Global executive search and organisational consulting leader. Comparable on the core executive search service, but vastly larger portfolio (talent consulting, RPO) and serves clients across all C-suite functions at scale.
• Egon Zehnder: Global executive search firm with strong board and CEO practice. Comparable in placing board and C-suite leaders for large enterprises, but with materially broader geographic and functional coverage than re:find.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Global executive search firm with practice groups spanning CEO, board, financial services, and HR. Operates in the same retained search category for senior leadership placements but at a much larger scale.
• Spencer Stuart: Global executive search firm focused on board, CEO, and senior leadership appointments. Highly comparable on the executive search core service but serves a broader global client base across all major industries.
• Robert Half: Global staffing and specialised recruitment firm with a dedicated executive search and interim management practice. Comparable on interim placement and senior hires, but operates at much greater scale across multiple disciplines.
• Hays: Global specialist recruitment group with extensive UK footprint and a dedicated executive search and interim offering. Comparable on interim management and senior hiring for enterprise clients, but at significantly broader scale and functional coverage.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/refindsearch
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC4uqBf2DC8iTReS-rUob5Ig/about?disable_polymer=1
• Facebookfacebook.com/refindsearch
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/re-find
• Instagraminstagram.com/refindsearch

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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