Case Study
Recruiting a Finance Director in Construction | Case Study
The Company
Our client provides effective and established solutions to the construction industry. They are a key service provider to the national construction and building sectors with an outstanding reputation for providing business critical information and publications for industry professionals. Operating in 3 main markets; specification market, advertiser market and retail market.
The Role
As a member of the board team, the successful candidate needed to be able to provide leadership and strategic thinking, ensuring that the company was managed in a proper financial and legal manner with the ultimate goal of maximising sustainable profits. In addition to this, they must have a strong commercial and managerial focus, whilst also taking on company secretary duties.
Success Stories
What begins as a single challenging search can grow into a lasting strategic partnership. Discover how Collingwood’s research-led approach helped a €1.6bn building products group recruit a Head of Technical, Sales Director, and Marketing Director over four years.
Read more
Success Stories
Discover how Collingwood effectively recruited a solutions-focused leader for Look Ahead’s learning disability services.
Read more
Success Stories
Collingwood Executive Search successfully recruited an Operations Director for a rapidly growing European cable manufacturing business, who provide technology solutions for infrastructure across rail, telecoms, cable TV and buildings sectors
Read more
Success Stories
A multi-billion-dollar global building products manufacturer needed a Divisional Managing Director — their first external hire at this level in 20 years. Discover how a consultative, research-led approach aligned all stakeholders and delivered the right leader for this flagship role.
Read more
Success Stories
Discover how Collingwood Executive Search placed a Head of Water within a global utilities contractor, driving leadership success through expert headhunting.
Read more