Senior Recruitment Services
Exec Capital provides senior executive search across the full UK senior appointment landscape — C-suite executive roles, FCA-regulated firm Senior Manager Functions, Director-tier appointments, Non-Executive Director and board appointments, sector-specialist senior search, and fractional and interim engagement models. Every senior mandate is led personally by Adrian Lawrence FCA, with no junior account managers handling delivery.
This page lists every senior recruitment service we offer. For substantive treatment of any specific role — including the role’s substantive scope, the candidate pool, search process, compensation considerations and what good looks like — see the corresponding hiring guide in our Knowledge Centre.
A Note from Our Founder — Adrian Lawrence FCA
The breadth of our service catalogue reflects the substantive variety of UK senior search. Strong senior appointments require search calibrated specifically to the role, sector and firm context — and the underlying candidate pools, compensation structures, regulatory dimensions and assessment approaches vary substantively across the categories on this page. What is consistent is the commitment to handle every senior mandate personally, with substantive engagement at the brief stage and through to the candidate’s first day in role.
If you can’t find the specific senior role you need below, please reach out — many senior appointments are sufficiently specific that they don’t fit cleanly into a service category, and we work across the senior search landscape rather than within rigid role definitions.
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Adrian Lawrence FCA | Founder, Exec Capital | ICAEW Verified Fellow | ICAEW-Registered Practice | Companies House no. 13329383
C-Suite Executive Recruitment
Senior C-suite appointments across UK businesses, including foundational C-suite roles (CEO, CFO, COO, CTO), specialist C-suite roles (Chief AI Officer, Chief Sustainability Officer, Chief Innovation Officer), and senior functional executive appointments. For role-specific senior hiring guides covering the substantive scope, candidate pool and search process, see our Knowledge Centre.
Chief Information Officer Recruitment
Chief Risk Officer Recruitment
Chief Commercial Officer Recruitment
Chief Compliance Officer Recruitment
Chief Data Officer Recruitment
Chief Investment Officer Recruitment
Chief Strategy Officer Recruitment
Chief Sustainability Officer Recruitment
Chief Innovation Officer Recruitment
Chief Customer Officer Recruitment
Chief Experience Officer Recruitment
Chief Brand Officer Recruitment
Chief Transformation Officer Recruitment
FCA-Regulated Firm Senior Manager Functions
Senior Manager Function appointments at FCA-regulated firms under SMCR — covering the senior accountability framework, Form A approval, fitness and propriety assessment, and the substantive personal regulatory accountability dimension. For substantive treatment of the SMCR framework and role-specific guidance, see our SMF Roles Guide. For the broader FCA-regulated firm senior search service, see our FCA-regulated firm executive recruitment hub.
Director-Tier Recruitment
Senior Director-tier appointments operating below the C-suite but above the heads-of-function level. Covers Managing Director, functional Directors, and senior Heads of function across UK businesses. The Director-tier landscape is broad and includes substantive variation by sector and firm size — see role-specific service pages for substantive treatment.
Operations Director Recruitment
Marketing Director Recruitment
Technology Director Recruitment
Head of Internal Audit Recruitment
Compliance Director Recruitment
Engineering Director Recruitment
Sustainability Director Recruitment
Investor Relations Director Recruitment
Head of Engineering Recruitment
Procurement Director Recruitment
Supply Chain Director Recruitment
Communications Director Recruitment
NED & Board Recruitment
Senior board-level appointments — Chairman, Non-Executive Director, Senior Independent Director, and committee chair appointments across UK listed companies, PE-backed and VC-backed firms, FCA-regulated firms, and larger private and family-controlled businesses. For substantive treatment of UK NED appointments and board construction, see our NED Hiring Guide and Board Construction Guide. For specialist NED recruitment with concentrated network depth, see our sister firm NED Capital.
Sector-Specialist Recruitment
Sector-specific senior search where sector dynamics shape role specifications, candidate pools and compensation materially. For substantive treatment of senior hiring across each sector context, see the corresponding sector pillar in our Knowledge Centre.
Fractional and Interim Engagements
Fractional, part-time and interim senior leadership engagements as alternatives to permanent appointments. For substantive treatment of when each engagement model fits, see our Fractional, Interim or Permanent Guide.
Speak to Exec Capital about your senior appointment
Direct conversation with Adrian Lawrence FCA. Every senior mandate led personally, with the conversation structured around your specific situation rather than around running a search.
0203 834 9616
Cross-Portfolio Specialisms
Senior search across the wider portfolio of Adrian Lawrence FCA’s senior search firms — for appointments where sister-firm specialism produces a stronger outcome than running everything through Exec Capital.
FD Capital — CFO, Finance Director and senior finance recruitment with concentrated specialism in scaling, PE-backed and listed-firm CFO appointments.
NED Capital — Specialist NED and board-level recruitment with concentrated network depth.
Accountancy Capital — Audit-qualified senior finance recruitment, including Head of Internal Audit and similar roles where ACA/ACCA qualification is foundational.
Knowledge Centre
For substantive treatment of senior hiring across every category on this page — including 48 long-form hiring guides covering role-by-role substantive scope, candidate pool, search process, compensation considerations and what good looks like — see our Knowledge Centre. Every guide is written personally by Adrian Lawrence FCA from substantive search experience.
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