Guy has worked in senior level executive search since 1996. Over the course of his search career he has worked across a wide range of sectors but has concentrated on FTSE 250 organisations to fast emerging companies AIM and privately controlled concerns in property, financial and support services, shipping and private banking. This work has been undertaken on a UK, pan-European and international basis.

Guy was educated at Eton, has a BSc (Hons) in Economics, MSc (Hons) from Imperial College, with subsequent Diploma. He speaks both French and conversational Spanish.

How did you become a head hunter?
It was the logical next step in my career. I had previously been a broker in the financial service sector and then worked in various business development and general management positions in a diverse quoted conglomerate. Both these chapters had given me extensive exposure to a wide variety of industries and commercial sectors across Europe and North America.

Do you just focus on international trade?
We have a wide variety of clients ranging across a range of sectors, ranging from high profile FTSE clients to companies involved in emerging technologies, onto very small private companies. By way of example one such client is a New York based specialist offshore shipping company who has asked us to search globally for their next managing director and we have identified candidates in North America, the Far East and South Africa.

How do you see the search industry developing in the near future?
Clients are demanding an ever greater level of specific market knowledge and detailed appreciation of their precise demands, all within tighter time frames. Service providers such as ourselves will therefore continually have to reassess and invest in our operational model to accommodate and anticipate these requirements.