We help clients across a variety of sectors achieve rapid and sustainable transformation, enhancing positioning and performance within their market. We specialise in Interim, Search and end-to-end Managed Solutions. Our clients range from blue-chip public corporates to smaller, privately owned companies undergoing growth, turnaround or significant transformation.
INTERIM
Over the years Harrison James has developed a trusted network of interims who have delivered some of the highest profile transformation programmes within their chosen fields or have held pivotal leadership positions in times of change. These operators are amongst the very best in the market and have been selected by us because of their ability to deliver outstanding results on budget and on time.
SEARCH
Often clients request us to carry out a retained search to provide a key stakeholder once the transformation has taken place or in some instances may request a stand-alone search. We use only in-house, highly experienced researchers with a Big 5 background who will explore every possible source to deliver a shortlist of game-changing candidates with unrivalled speed and accuracy.
MANAGED SOLUTIONS
Cost is key and often clients choose a tailored solution which involves Harrison James providing a programme team which flexes over the period of the transformation time line, ensuring that resource is effectively utilised and wasteful spend is eliminated. The teams that we build have the ability to compete against and beat the top consultancies to deliver cost effective, market leading transformation projects. Mission creep and upsell are not part of the agenda, the focus is on project completion and measurable results.
We uphold these values as must haves at all times and take a long-term view. The most successful and enduring relationships are not built overnight and we never allow our business decisions to be driven by short-term thinking. The true measure of success is the positive impact we can make on your business and that is what drives us.
Founder and Managing Partner
Tim is a Managing Partner at Harrison James, his career spans over 21 years, beginning in the Tech space, and over time broadening into Business Transformation and Change. Over the last 14 years Tim has focused on working with Transformation specialists to help deliver massive results to clients in the areas of Digital and Technology, Marketing, Finance, HR and Business Programmes. Tim has delivered both Interim and Search solutions into customer-focused businesses to enhance their commercial performance.
James is a co-founder of Harrison James Executive Ltd and supports the organisation on an advisory basis.
James is also the co-founder of the global executive search firm; Calibre One, which is one of the world’s leading specialist boutique search firms with offices in London, New York, San Francisco, Menlo Park and Singapore. He leads Calibre One’s business in Europe conducting searches across the region. With over 20 years of experience, his major focus has been on recruiting Chief Executive Officers, and other key executives for technology and technology-enabled businesses headquartered in Europe. He has also managed a vast number of leadership assignments for US firms across the EMEA region.
Partner
Passionate about helping senior business leaders think creatively when it comes to addressing their key people challenges, Martin partners with PLCs, SMEs and PE/VC-backed companies, particularly those focused on growth, scale and transformational business change.
As a trusted advisor and partner, he takes a creative approach to talent identification and delivers interim management & executive search solutions across the UK & international geographies.
With his work crossing sectors and functions, Martin is committed to establishing lasting, deeply collaborative relationships with whomever he works.
Associate Partner
Alex joined Harrison James in 2017 as an Associate Partner. Prior to joining, he spent seven years focusing on main Board and direct report appointments across a wide range of sectors, acting on behalf of some of the world’s leading public and privately owned businesses, on both Search and Interim mandates.
Most recently, he was a Senior Associate within Egon Zehnder’s global Consumer, Media, Telco and Tech team, providing global research and execution support. He additionally acted as Global Head of Human Resources and Communications Research. Prior to this, Alex was a Senior Researcher at JCA Group, the leading UK Board-level boutique, working with various consumer-facing FTSE-listed companies at Executive and Non-Executive level.
Executive Assistant and Finance Manager
Catherine is an Executive Assistant and Finance Manager at Harrison James and has worked within the Finance and Administration arena for over 7 years. She works closely with the senior management team to provide a seamless service to the clients and candidates of Harrison James.
Operations, Finance, Customer Experience, HR, Sales and Marketing. Of course, these functional areas are key to any business and we have been active in this space for decades, delivering individuals to lead in the following roles:
• Digital Transformation Director
• Head of Data Analytics
• HR Director
• CFO
• CMO
• Director of Global Digital Product
• Head of Insight
• Head of Reward
• FD
• Director of Sales and Marketing
• CTO
• Customer Experience Director
• Head of L&D
• Head of Treasury
• Director of Digital Marketing
• Enterprise Architect
• Customer Service Director
• Director of Resourcing
• Head of FP&A
• Head of Omni Channel
Director of Global Digital Product
Lean Programme Manager
Director of Separation and Transformation
Director of Transformation
CTO heading a major digital Transformation and Acquisition merger
Interim Head of Marketing
Connected Homes Programme Manager
Director of Partnerships and Innovation
Programme Director SMART Metering
Payments Transformation Director
Head of Digital Customer Experience & Brand
Director of Digital Marketing heading a critical shift from DM to Digital
Programme Director SMART Metering customer acquisition and rollout
Chief Communications Officer
Group HR Director
Chief Marketing Officer
Chief Information Officer & Chief Communications Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Group Sales Director
Group HR Director
Divisional Chief Executive x2
Director of Data Analytics
Travel company
Whether you are a client or a candidate we would be delighted to have a conversation…
We are based at:
Harrison James Executive LtdAudrey House
16-20 Ely Place
London
EC1N 6SN
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 207 070 3010
Email: info@hjexecutive.com
Registered in England and Wales No. 09422639
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