Executive Search
Our Solutions
| Executive Search | Executive Search Plus | Executive Search Premium | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market Mapping to Research Candidates |  | | |
| Longlist Market Mapping Report | | | |
| Approach Passive Candidates | | | |
| Competency Based Interviews | | | |
| Shortlist Report – Detailed Insight | | | |
| Manage Interview & Offer Process | | | |
| Verbal Referencing | | | |
| Personality Profiling (QPQ32 or Wave) | | | |
| Ability Tests | | | |
| Feedback from Qualified Assessor | | | |
| OPQ Validation Interview | | ||
| Situational Judgement Tests | | ||
| Business Simulations | | ||
| Candidate Guarantee | 6 Months | 9 Months | 12 Months |
Our Team
Lauren has worked in executive search since 2014. Lauren leads our research function, mapping the market and identifying candidates within the relevant talent pools. Prior to joining Newsom Consulting Lauren worked for a large recruitment firm in the Finance sector. Lauren has led research on UK and international assignments across the Transport, Infrastructure and Built Environment sectors.
Paul is a Principal Consultant based in our London office focused on delivering search assignments across Transport, Infrastructure and Construction. Paul has successfully delivered search mandates across a variety of sectors including Construction, Technology, Rail, Highway and Airports. He began his career in executive search in Finance and Corporate Services, before joining Newsom Consulting in 2016. He graduated in Geography from the University of Sussex.
Richard joined Newsom Consulting in 2012, and focuses on senior appointments within the Rail, Infrastructure and Consulting markets. He began his career in executive search in 2003, working with two boutique search firms managing assignments across Construction, Energy, Infrastructure and Professional Services. Richard holds a Masters in Global Business Analysis from Manchester Business School.
Since taking over as the CEO of Crossrail I have put a lot of effort into establishing the right leadership team to complete the project. Newsom Consulting have been a great partner in this work. Together we have worked to assemble a great new team with the right energy and capability for one of the worlds most complex projects.
Jim and team are a real pleasure to work with; responsive and sensitive to our unique circumstances.
CEO, Crossrail
Newsom Consulting are incredibly well connected to the industry and very quickly understand our needs. They take time to understand the role profile, the culture and challenges of the organisation, and then hand-picks the shortlist. This process works really well and saves time and money in the search.
MD, Transport Infrastructure, Amey
We have used Newsom Consulting extensively for a number of years, we have always found them responsive and great to work with. Their understanding of the brief and our business has always resulted in a shortlist and successful candidate that meets our requirements.
Chief Executive, Murphy Group
We recently retained Newsom Consulting to recruit a key strategic Director for BAM Nuttall. It was a very professional service, they fully understood the brief and delivered against it extremely well. They kept us informed throughout the search, providing a really good shortlist of candidates. The shortlist included a consultant’s report on each candidate that was informative, honest, with insightful analysis. Newsom Consulting had their finger on the pulse of what was going on in the market and we got the right candidate out of the process
Managing Director- Transport & Regions, BAM Nuttall
Heathrow have partnered with Newsom Consulting to recruit several key leadership roles for our Expansion team. On each search they have been successful in providing an excellent shortlist from which we have appointed a high-calibre candidate. Jim has worked with Heathrow for a number of years and has developed a good understanding of our business, and we have recently appointed Newsom Consulting as an executive search partner for the Expansion programme.
Expansion Programme Director, Heathrow Airport
UK Parliament retained Newsom Consulting to help us recruit the Managing Director for Strategic Estates. This was a good experience and we were well supported throughout the recruitment process. Newsom provided a great deal of industry specific knowledge. The advice and support at the early stages of the process, and specifically helping us define our candidate spec to get what the business really needed from the hire, was invaluable
Director General (Operations), House of Commons
Exceptional knowledge of the industry and thoroughly professional service.
Managing Director UK Engineering, SYSTRA
We have worked with Newsom Consulting on a number of successful senior searches. They listen carefully to assemble the right brief and have identified strong, well targeted shortlists. Their written documentation on the search and shortlisted candidates is informative and insightful.
Managing Director Rail, WSP
Jim has worked with us to source and secure leading talent for 15 years and his commitment to understand our business needs and proactive nature underpins this successful relationship with Newsom Consulting.
CEO, Steer Davies Gleave
We retained Newsom Consulting to help us find and attract several new Directors for our Public Sector Transport practice. Jim and his team really listened to what we needed, understood our values and the expectations we have for anyone joining our team. They cut to the chase on any thorny issues, which speeded up all our interactions and decision-making. We were able to hire several high-calibre candidates from the search.
Partner & Public Sector Transport Leader, PwC
ACE partnered with Newsom Consulting to assist us in recruiting the newly created position of Director of Communications & Marketing. We were seeking a unique blend of skills and experience, and were very pleased with the selection of candidates on the shortlist and ultimately the chosen candidate we were able to appoint. Jim and the team were enjoyable to work with, they took the stress out of recruitment and provided a personal service and genuinely cared about us finding a good quality candidate with the right culture fit for our organisation
Chief Executive, Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE)
ACE retained the services of Newsom Consulting to help us recruit our next CEO. They really listened and took our requests on board, were proactive and pushed the process through efficiently. Their candidate reports and shortlisting process were clear and helpful, with a high calibre of candidates presented, enabling us to hire a great candidate. They made the recruitment process easy for us and were a real pleasure to work with.
Chairperson of the Association for Consultancy and Engineering
