Executive search

Senior and specialist search, with the context already understood.

Not every search needs a complicated methodology or a lengthy pitch deck. Some simply need someone who understands the market, gets to the real brief quickly and knows where to look.

Garfield Stephens handles targeted searches for senior leaders and difficult-to-find specialists across insurance, banking and wider financial services. Every assignment is handled personally by Chris.

Discuss a search

When focus matters

A vacancy can be perfectly good and still have a very small addressable market. The role may be confidential. The obvious candidates may not be looking. The right person may sit outside the organisations you’d instinctively target. That’s where a focused search makes sense.

Senior appointments

Leadership roles where commercial context matters as much as the job description.

Specialist hires

Small candidate populations where knowing the adjacent market can make the difference.

Confidential searches

Discreet conversations without broadcasting the vacancy.

Market mapping

A clearer picture of who is actually out there before deciding how to approach the search.

The approach

Understand the real brief. Map the right market. Keep it straight.

Clear thinking, targeted research and direct responsibility throughout.

No account teamOne point of contact

No layers.

Garfield Stephens is deliberately small. You deal with Chris throughout the assignment. Trusted recruitment partners can extend the reach of a search when useful, but the responsibility doesn’t disappear into an account team.