Eight Bank, 1 Change Alley, London
We sit behind many of the headline moves, and take pride that our knowledge, experience, absolute commitment to confidentiality, honesty and integrity sets us apart. In today’s dynamic business world, building and nurturing leadership teams that succeed has never been more complex or crucial.
We have Partners who specialise in Practice Groups spanning Consumer, Education / Non-Profit, Financial Services, Industrial & Manufacturing, Leadership Consulting, Life Sciences, Technology, and within Professional Services a market leading team specialising in the Legal Sector (formerly Graham Gill Consulting). Our team lies behind many transformational hires and global mandates are delivered through years’ experience in identifying and boosting talent.
Balancing “intelligence (IQ) and intuition (EQ)” plus the best of technology to assist in people assessment, we look behind the obvious to analyse and challenge what truly matters. We don’t just listen to our clients and connect with their organisation and culture – we question and stress test the strategic imperatives behind each and every assignment, sharing insights across all sectors worldwide.
Key clients include public and private household names and mid-tier companies, private equity houses and their portfolio companies, financial institutions, ‘The Big 4’ and a significant number of the world’s leading law firms and boutiques.
Our UK service portfolio spans:
- Executive Search – individuals and teams across the globe
- Strategic Growth advice – Boards and merger mandates
- Advising senior executives on their career
- Career Transitioning / Outplacement
- Due diligence / Market Mapping – on prospective hires, merger targets; client audits
- Leadership and people assessment and Executive Coaching
We are proud to be one of the most insightful and highly regarded consultancies. We have gained trusted advisor relationships to leaders who rely on our market intelligence which we believe is second to none.
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London
Sonia Belfield
Associate Director
Sonia Belfield began her career in Operations with a leading Food retailer but shifted focus and function to qualify as a Human Resources (HR) professional after realising that all aspects of performance led to People. Sonia has over 25 years experie...
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London
Matthew Dallisson
Partner, Global Head of Consumer Practice
Matthew Dallisson’s career started in Sales & Marketing with a leading branded food manufacturer. His move to executive search was driven by his interest in how organisations improve performance through Leadership. He has over 20 years ex...
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London
Dominique Graham
Managing Partner - Head of Legal Sector
Dominique Graham has 30 years’ experience in Executive Search, working exclusively at partner and GC level. She is a founding partner of Graham Gill, a pioneering Legal Search firm focused exclusively on partner and senior level hires. In 2016,...
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London
Andrew Lang
Non-Executive Chair of Signium UK
Andrew Lang began his professional life as a commercial graduate with ICI, working for two of their international businesses in the Plastics and Petrochemicals Division. A lifelong fascination with people, teams and leadership led him to Executive Se...
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London
William Langdon-Banks
Partner
William began his career in advertising sales for a major publishing house in London, then in 2005 moved to Monaco where he started his career in Executive Search building the EMEA leadership teams of fast growth Nasdaq listed technology companies. I...
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London
Charles Martin
Partner
Charles Martin’s early career includes experience at Christie’s auction house and an advertising agency before entering the retail and wholesale sector where he established and led a wholesale giftware business, on the Kings Road in London. T...
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London
Penny Mitchell
Consultant
Penny sources law firm Partners and senior in-house Lawyers for major UK and US led international firms, boutique firms and Corporates. She works on search mandates across many legal practice areas including Corporate, Finance (a focus area given her...
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London
William Nell
Managing Partner
William is qualified as a Solicitor of England & Wales. He practised as an Advocate in the litigation team of a leading UK law firm, before moving in executive search in the early 2000’s. He is a London based Partner in the Professional Service...
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London
Wendy Phillips
Head of Legal IT
Wendy is a Senior Consultant in the Professional Services Group at Signium focusing on mandates to source IT professionals in the Legal Sector. She has focused on this area for over 15 years and developed the Legal IT Division at Longbridge Internati...
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London
Jane Pittaway
Consultant
Jane Pittaway spent 25 years as a senior lawyer working in the UK and abroad for leading UK firms including relocating to Abu Dhabi in order to establish new Middle East offices. Renowned for taking on unusual, path-finding projects, Jane built...
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London
Clive Sugars
Partner
As Leader of Signium’s Global Education Practice across K-12, Academic, Vocational, ELT and STM/ Professional, Clive Sugars finds highly skilled, experienced and motivated leaders for the Education & Knowledge Sector globally. He believes p...
