A specialist desk · United Kingdom
Leadership, found discreetly.
Confidential, board-level and senior finance appointments for organisations at an inflection point, run as retained search where judgement matters more than volume.
Desk owner · Associate Director
Fiona Corbett
Fiona runs confidential, retained search for finance and board-level roles, where discretion, networks and judgement count for far more than a long shortlist.
In Fiona's words
“At this level it's never about the CV pile. It's knowing exactly who to call, and being trusted to make the call quietly.”
Fiona CorbettAssociate Director · Finance & Executive Search, UK
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What this desk means for you.
// for clients
Hiring through this desk
- + Confidential search that protects you and the incumbent
- + A curated shortlist of the right people, not the available ones
- + Senior judgement on fit, motivation and cultural alignment
- + Discretion as standard, from first call to signed offer
// for candidates
Working with this desk
- + Conversations held in complete confidence
- + Roles that are genuinely a step up, not a sideways move
- + Honest counsel on the board, the mandate and the package
- + A long-term relationship, not a one-off placement
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The patch.
Where this desk works
Roles I place
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Live on this desk now.
Finance Director
LondonUnited Kingdom
Retained search
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Chief Financial Officer
ManchesterThe North
Retained search
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Financial Controller
BristolSouth West England
Permanent
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Non-Executive Director
LondonUnited Kingdom
Retained search
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Not seeing the right one? Send Fiona your CV →, many of these roles never reach a job board.
Talk to this desk
Hiring at board level, or considering a confidential move? Speak to Fiona directly.
No call centre, no hand-off, the person who runs the desk is the person you'll deal with.
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