Leadership Hiring
Without the Risk.

Executive recruitment for healthcare, tech, aerospace and construction leaders who want long-term impact not short-term fixes.

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Real People.
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We know what it takes to lead in healthcare, technology, aerospace, and construction - and we know the North. Whether you’re growing your leadership team or looking for that one standout hire, we bring deep sector insight, real conversations, and a no-nonsense approach to executive recruitment.

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Who We Help

We know what it takes to lead in MedTech & HealthTech, Private Healthcare, Building Products & Construction, Technology, and Aerospace & Defence. Our team brings sector-specific insights, from building out new revenue streams in Private Healthcare to leading company turnarounds in Building Products & Construction, to ensure candidates are not only qualified but industry-ready.

Whether you're a founder looking to grow your leadership team but you're unsure of the talent landscape, you're an HR Director struggling to hire without breaking the budget, or you're a Managing Director who can't risk the mistake of making a bad hire, we have your back. We understand the unique leadership pressures in business today and know the value of having a no-nonsense approach to executive recruitment. We know the value having a strategic talent by your side adds.

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Building Products & Construction

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Success Stories

The Client Founded some 50 years ago and still family owned, this Group is one of the largest manufacturers of PVC-U profile systems in Europe. Global sales run to c. €1.5bn across 19 countries, with around 6,200 employees. The UK business turns over in excess of £90m and manufactures exclusively from a single Northwest England site, employing almost 400 people

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Client Testimonial - Gray Richmond, Managing Director at Maped Helix

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Success Stories

The Client Founded in 1942, Collingwood’s client is a privately owned UK manufacturer specialising in cable management solutions for commercial, industrial, healthcare, and educational environments. The business produces a wide range of PVC-U and metal trunking systems, conduit, cable trays, fire safety clips, and bespoke wiring solutions. Headcount over the three main sites in the UK stand at 140, and

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Success Stories

The Client This business is a major manufacturer of PVCu and Aluminium windows, doors and conservatories, operating two manufacturing sites plus a distribution hub, serving more than 500 regular trade customers, including an installer network. Lead times run as short as five days, against an on-time-in-full target north of 97%. It sits within one of Europe’s largest window and door

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Success Stories

The Client Having embarked on an ambitious period of diversification and expansion, the CEO engaged us to secure a newly created Chief Operating Officer position. Founded 30 years ago, the client is an award-winning, multi-disciplinary engineering and advisory consultancy, shaping the built environment. Operating from offices in Central London and Nottingham, the business employs around 150 people. They are a

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Success Stories

A global broadband solutions provider needed a European Sales Director to unify a fragmented team following multiple acquisitions. Discover how we mapped 103 candidates across key European markets and delivered a people-centric leader with the right blend of EQ and industry expertise.

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Frequently Asked Questions

We are not a ‘typical recruitment agency’. We are specialists in Executive Search and Advertising-Led Selection. Our Executive Search consultants meet with you to understand your company culture and vision, business strategy and, of course, the role you need to recruit. Our highly skilled and experienced researchers and Executive Search consultants will work together to identify, entice and engage with the sought group of target candidates in order to successfully recruit the role.

To find out more simply book a free consultation call with our Managing Director, Doug Mackay.

If you don’t want to waste time and money on substandard hires and want to recruit the right person first time for your senior appointments, executive search is a robust and highly successful method of recruitment. But finding the right Executive Search company is critical!

We have helped our clients find highly skilled, culturally aligned, and high performing employees since 2005. They have enabled our clients to improve, strengthen and ultimately add value to their company. Our specialist Executive Search team is dedicated to aiding our clients not just in hiring the best they can by providing data centred market insights but creating and defining those senior leaders / teams.

You will not only make the best appointment you can, but you will also invaluable market intelligence and general support throughout and once the recruitment process has successfully ended.

A partnership with Collingwood Executive Search will ensure you are well informed through regular update meetings and communication which helps to develop a collaborative and effective relationship with you.

Find out more about partnering with Collingwood Executive Search here.

Although we do consider senior level roles within all sectors, we have developed Collingwood around a core number of industries and sectors. Our expertise here enables us to add more value to our clients as we live and breath their industries and are able to provide bespoke talent advice based on factual data.

Since 2005 we have been building our networks and partnerships in the following industries and sectors:

All senior appointments can vary depending on the role that you are hiring for, and how niche the sought skill set, or experience might be. Other factors which also impact will be salary and location. All our recruitment assignments are project mile-stoned for a period of between 4 and 8 weeks through to our delivery of a candidate shortlist. However, we will listen to your needs and provide a suitable solution. For example, where a hire is very urgent, we could provide a more flexible approach focused on introducing candidates as we find them. Key to timescales is the initial groundwork completed by our consultants whilst collaborating with our clients – understanding their business, the role and candidate requirements fully. Collaboration with our clients has proved to be the most important factor when ensuring the successful delivery of an executive search project.

In the rare case that a suitable candidate cannot be found that aligns to your initial brief, we will use the live market data to help guide the project to a successful outcome. It maybe that you need to compromise on an element of your requirements, but we will inform our discussion with facts that we have found from the project and also from our own experience in your industry. No matter what the situation, Collingwood are here to help you find that perfect fit and will always do our upmost to ensure your hiring role is filled first time, with the best talent the market has to offer! 97% of our retained searches were delivered successfully last year.

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Leadership Hiring
Without the Risk.