This page brings together the most useful resources on the Exec Capital site for boards, investors, hiring managers and senior executives, followed by a list of the external platforms and directories where you can also find us. If you are planning a senior hire, benchmarking a package or preparing for a board-level role, the guides below are the best place to start.
Resources for employers and executives
Everything in this section is written by our team for people making or considering leadership appointments in the UK. Each resource is free to read and is updated as the market and the rules change.
Knowledge Centre
The Knowledge Centre is the main library of our long-form guides. It covers board construction, governance, interim and fractional leadership, regulated-firm appointments and the practical side of running a senior search. Start here if you are not sure which guide you need.
Salary guides
Our executive salary guide sets out how pay for senior leadership roles is typically structured, from base salary to bonus, long-term incentives and the factors that move a package up or down. It is useful when you are setting a budget for a new role or checking whether an existing package is competitive.
For firms regulated by the FCA or PRA, the SMF salary guide looks specifically at pay for Senior Management Function holders, where regulatory accountability changes what candidates expect and what boards need to offer. We also publish role-specific guides, including the C-suite salary guide.
Executive job descriptions
Our executive job descriptions library holds template descriptions for C-suite, director and board roles, from CEO and CFO through to Chief Risk Officer, Company Secretary and Chief AI Officer. Use them as a starting point when writing a brief, agreeing responsibilities with a board, or checking how a role is usually scoped elsewhere.
How-to-hire guides
These step-by-step guides take you through a senior appointment from first conversation to start date: defining the brief, deciding between permanent, interim and fractional options, running the assessment process and onboarding the new appointee.
- How to hire a CEO – for boards and investors appointing a chief executive, including succession and founder transitions.
- How to hire a CFO – covering when a business needs a CFO rather than a Finance Director, and how to assess finance leaders.
- How to hire a Chairman – on finding an independent chair, the role of the nominations committee and what good chair candidates look for.
- How to hire a Non-Executive Director – on board skills gaps, independence, time commitment and fees.
Market rankings
Our ranking pages profile the leading firms in parts of the UK financial services market where we are often asked about leadership hiring. They are a quick way to understand who the main players are in a sector before a search, a job move or a board approach.
- Top 20 private equity firms in London
- Top 20 venture capital firms in the UK
- Top 20 family offices in London
- Top 20 hedge funds in London by AUM
- Top 20 UK asset managers by AUM
- Top 20 UK wealth managers by AUM
- Top 20 UK private credit and direct lending firms
- Top 20 challenger banks in the UK
- Top 20 UK fintech companies
- Top 20 UK payments and paytech companies
- Top 20 London insurance and Lloyd’s market businesses
- Top 20 UK corporate finance and M&A boutiques
Podcasts
Our podcasts page collects episodes on executive hiring, leadership and the senior jobs market. They suit anyone who prefers to listen rather than read, and give a feel for how we think about leadership appointments.
Insights
The Insights section carries shorter articles and commentary on current issues: regulatory changes affecting senior appointments, shifts in demand for interim and fractional leaders, and practical points boards raise with us during searches.
Sitemap
If you are looking for something specific, the sitemap lists every page on the site, including all our service pages, guides and job descriptions.
Our services
The resources above support the work we do day to day. Exec Capital runs executive search for permanent C-suite and board roles, places interim executives for turnarounds, transitions and urgent gaps, and supplies fractional C-suite leaders for businesses that need senior experience for a few days a month. More about the firm is on our about us page.
Where else you can find Exec Capital
Exec Capital also has profiles and listings on a number of external platforms. These are maintained by the platforms themselves, so the information shown there may be summarised or presented differently from our own site.
Europages
Europages is a European business-to-business directory where companies list their services by sector and country. Our listing appears on several of its national sites:
- Europages UK – Exec Capital
- Europages France – Exec Capital
- Europages Germany – Exec Capital
- Europages Sweden – Exec Capital
Glassdoor
Glassdoor is an employer review and company information site. Our company page is available on several of its regional sites:
Crunchbase
Crunchbase is a company information database used by investors and founders. Exec Capital on Crunchbase carries our basic company details.
Strikingly
Strikingly is a website-building platform. We publish a short company profile and two related sites there:
Amazon
Our listing on Amazon is available through its regional stores:
ICAEW
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales keeps public directories of its members and firms. You can view Adrian Lawrence FCA’s ICAEW member profile and find Adrian Lawrence’s firm on the ICAEW website.
Matchmaker.fm
Matchmaker.fm connects podcast hosts with guests. See our Exec Capital podcast profile and Tayisiya Lawrence’s guest profile.
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