Following a tendering exercise, the following Recruitment providers have been successful in being part of a quality assured pool for organisations for the high-performance community to access to support their recruitment activities across a range of roles. All providers will be offering preferential rates to support Olympic and Paralympic recruitment activities.
Meet the 7 Recruitment providers on the Framework
1. Elite Performance Partners
Contact Name:
Anna Edwards,
Managing Partner
David Slemen,
Founding Partner
Contact Details:
anna@eppartners.co.uk / 07737 569156
david@eppartners.co.uk / 07967 739348
Website:
www.eppartners.co.uk
We don’t pretend to know your organisation better than you do. And we don’t jump to the solution before understanding the problem. Instead, we work with our clients to ask the right questions, and create an environment just uncomfortable enough to ensure we can find the best answers.
Through our advisory, search & selection and leadership development services, we support, build and grow high performing teams, from the CEO and Performance Leads to their teams.
We run standard search processes, alongside more bespoke solutions, and have developed an evidence-based approach which enables clients to prioritise their key criteria, allowing us to find and assess candidates against what is actually important and compare them against each other to debate strengths and weaknesses. One criterion is always cultural fit.
Recent and Relevant Delivery (within the last 2 years):
- FIFA – Project Manager (Analysis)
- Leicester Tigers – Performance Director
- Bath Rugby Club – Senior Physiotherapist
- Leicester Tigers – Head of Physical Performance
- Harlequins Rugby Club – Commercial Sales Manager
- The FA – Player Insight Scientist
- Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club – Head of Performance Psychology, Mental Health & Wellbeing
- The FA – Women’s Senior Physical Performance Coach
- Swansea City FC – Head Coach
- The LTA – National Academy Coach
2. Executives in Sport Group
Contact Name:
Darren Simmons
Contact Details:
Darren@eisg.com / 020 3657 4574 / 07775 106670
Website:
www.eisg.com
We help sports organisations thrive by finding them their best ever employees from an exceptionally diverse talent community, working across the business and performance sides of sport.
We are regularly retained by governing bodies, successfully delivering key appointments for the likes of British Cycling, Badminton England, Swim England, British Canoeing and England Netball.
Through our ED&I initiative, The SportsReadyList, we also help NGB’s to find the very best NED and Chair talent whilst building talent pathways and ensuring truly inclusive recruitment processes.
We operate a retained executive search division for business critical / senior hires and a contingent solution for roles at the mid-level.
Our high performance division includes a former elite athlete who then became a coach and led international athletes in the US and Far East. Her network and unique perspectives on high performance / coaching roles is invaluable as we seek the very best talent for clients.
Recent and Relevant Delivery (within the last 2 years):
- AFC Sunderland – Sporting Director
- Swansea City – Academy Director
- AFC Sunderland – Head of Talent ID
- England Netball – Marketing Manager
- England Netball – Commercial Director
- Swim England – Head of Membership
- British Canoeing – Head of Membership & Customer Services
- British Cycling – Events Manager
- Badminton England – Head of Membership
3. Hartmann Mason
Contact Name:
Daryl Mason
Contact Details:
daryl.mason@hartmannmason.com / 07787 102571
Website: www.hartmannmason.com
Hartmann Mason adopt a consultative approach to executive search in sport. The founding partners of the firm have in excess of twenty years’ executive search experience and are the Directors that deliver all the searches within sport. This enables high levels of consistency of service and delivery, something they feel their clients appreciate.
Recent and Relevant Delivery (within the last 2 years):
- Pentathlon GB – CEO, Chair & Non-Executive Director
- Basketball England – CEO, Chair & Non-Executive Director
- GB Taekwondo – Chair & CEO
- British Gymnastics – Chair
- British Weightlifting – Chair
- UK Coaching – Chair
- British Triathlon – Commercial Non-Executive Director
- British Judo – Legal Non-Executive Director
- GB Boxing – Finance & Performance Non-Executive Directors
- British Surfing – Non-Executive Director
4. Kinsey Sears
Contact Name: Tom Sears, Managing Director
Contact Details:
tsears@kinseysears.com / 020 488 2629 / 07775 106670
Website:
www.kinseysears.com
Kinsey Sears offers a unique and different approach to executive search based on our first-hand experience of leading sports bodies internationally and recruiting Board members, Senior Executives and High-Performance specialists within the industry. No other search organisation can provide this unique level of experience and insight.
Our experience encompasses all areas of the sports sector including Global Federations, NGBs, professional clubs, tournaments and events, charitable organisations, venues and membership bodies.
Our specialist search function and experienced consultants enable us to deliver local, national and global search projects from identifying and engaging individuals to recruiting multiple roles and restructuring Boards.
We source high quality individuals with the specific skills, backgrounds, values and behaviours your organisation requires and for each client we deliver a high quality, bespoke service that matches their requirements while offering the same core principles of guidance, support, trust and communication.
Recent and Relevant Delivery (within the last 2 years):
- The Football Association – Multiple senior management roles
- The Professional Body of Sports Leadership – Full Board recruitment
- Rugby League European Federation – Senior leadership position
- International Rugby League – Independent Chair and 2 x Independent NEDS
- Rugby Football League – Independent Chair and 2 x Independent NEDS
- Warwickshire CCC – Sporting Director
- Surrey CCC – Senior leadership role
- Edgbaston Stadium – Multiple senior leadership roles
- MCC – Senior commercial role
- Central Districts – Specialist coach
5. Odgers Berndtson
Contact Name:
Simon Cummins
Euan Frizzell
Contact Details:
simon.cummins@odgersberndtson.com / 07730 498994
euan.frizzell@odgersberndtson.com / 07802 340195
Website:
www.odgersberndtson.com
The Odgers Berndtson Sports, Gaming and Media Practice operates as a specialist boutique within the UK’s number one search firm. We have made over 200 appointments for NGBs and International Federations.
With over 60 offices in over 30 countries, we are truly global, including 8 UK offices and a reach which encompasses the commercial, public and not-for-profit sectors. Our close colleagues work in every significant industry; hence we have a reputation of producing diverse shortlists which include candidates from both the sports’ sector and a much wider background. We are at the forefront of driving an EDI agenda both within our own firm and when populating candidate pools.
Operating through the full vertical from Chairs & INEDs to mid-management roles, our functional practices bring subject matter expertise when recruiting functional roles and include; Finance, HR, Communications, Procurement & Operations, Legal and Sales & Marketing.
In-house expertise in psychometric assessment and referencing are core to our appraisal of a candidate’s cultural fit as is our Candidate Care Charter.
Recent and Relevant Delivery (within the last 2 years):
- British American Football Association Chief Executive
- British Ski & Snowboard Chief Executive
- Commonwealth Games Birmingham 2022Chief Executive
- England & Wales Cricket Board Chair
- England Golf Chief Executive
- FIFA Senior Sponsorship Sales Manager
- Football Foundation Director of Brand, Marketing and Communication and Independent Non-Executive Director
- International Olympic Committee Chief Marketing Officer; Chief Information and Technology Officer; General Counsel
- International Paralympic Committee Chief Executive
- Invictus Games Foundation Operations Director
6. Perrett Laver
Contact Name:
Imogen Baird (née Sanders)
Sophie Williams
Contact Details:
michelle.scanlon@perrettlaver.com / 07714 260 025
sophie.williams@perrettlaver.com
Website:
www.perrettlaver.com
Perrett Laver is one of the top three executive search firms worldwide that is focused on leadership transitions in mission-driven organisations. We have deep passion for the impact that our sectors deliver in society and are motivated by a set of outcomes for our world, including modernising governance, celebrating diversity and inclusion, and human flourishing and inspiration in sport.
Sport’s role in nurturing potential, tackling inequalities, and inspiring the nation is more important now than ever. Sport is an essential expression of the values of society and must, in both leadership and governance, represent, enable and access talent from across society in all of its rich diversity.
We partner with the full spectrum of Sports bodies, from high performance to grassroots organisations, as well as the broader physical activity, leisure and education sectors, all collectively and uniquely harnessing the power of sport as a tool for social good and human development.
Recent and Relevant Delivery (within the last 2 years):
- British Equestrian - Chief Executive
- England Rugby - Chair
- England Rugby -Independent Non-Executive Director & Chair of Finance and Audit
- Swim England - Chair
- Diversity in Non-Executive Leadership Campaign with Sport England and UK Sport, multiple appointments including;
- GB Shooting – Non-Executive Director
- GB Curling – Independent Director
- England Netball – Non-Executive Director
- British Para Table Tennis – Non-Executive Director
- England Athletics – Non-Executive Director
7. Positive Dynamics
Contact Name: Dawn Brown
Contact Details:
dawnbrown@positivedynamics.co.uk / 07939 228160
Website: www.positivedynamics.co.uk
For over 15 years, Positive Dynamics has worked in close partnership with the Olympic and Paralympic landscape, and with professional sports, to provide bespoke recruitment and organizational development solutions for a wide range of senior and Board needs within this dynamic sector.
We strive to positively impact the performance of our clients by helping them to recruit and develop an agile, diverse, high-calibre employee capability. We have worked hard to develop an extensive network and lasting relationships within the high performance community and have a deep understanding both of the wider system and the individuals within it.
Whether providing an end-to-end service, or assistance in specific core areas, we collaborate with and guide our clients to ensure that all stages of the recruitment process are delivered to the highest ethical standards for all candidates and everyone involved, and we are proud of the excellent outcomes we achieve together.
Recent and Relevant Delivery (within the last 2 years):
- UK Athletics - Performance Director & Head Coach
- England Netball - Performance Director
- Boccia UK -Chair & 3 Non-Executive Directors
- British Curling – Performance Director
- British Equestrian Federation – Performance Director
- British Wheelchair Basketball – CEO & Performance Director
- British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association – Performance Director & Non-Executive Director