Executive Search & Talent Discovery
Currently hiring senior leadership teams for technology and product-led businesses
At The Search Group, we focus on what is required to drive and deliver your vision.
Giving you a different experience and a fresh perspective on how to grow your business and career, over and above using tick-box skillsets to fill a requisition or simply ‘moving up the ladder’.
We want you to win, whatever winning means to you. No athlete, sports team or Fortune CEO achieves their goals without tried and trusted supporters, coaches and cheerleaders by their side. Every best is different and we want to dial up your uniqueness and showcase what sets you apart. Your business or career is safe in our hands because by getting the best for you, we win too.
Our mission
We transform businesses
and careers with our uniquely personalised, value-aligned approach to high-impact talent introductions.
Our Moonshot
To become the destination executive search and advisory partner for the most ambitious technology-led organisations.
How we do it
We help businesses navigate the hiring process by bringing energy, simplicity and pace to executive search and talent advisory. Our data-led approach is transparent and honest.
Connecting quality candidates and brands to transform teams from within. Working with founders across the C-suite over the past decade, we have been retained to seek out and engage with the very top percentage of the market.
Knowing what outstanding looks like. We know which opportunities great people are driven towards and how to design the roles that are going to be both impactful and attractive. Educational background and previous experience are useful guides, but it’s the mission and values that are going to move that needle.
Our connections are impeccable. Founders and CEOs are continuously amazed by the people we are able to bring to the table for exploratory conversations. We don’t deliver standard talent. We encourage our clients to set their bar high and push them to ask for more. At The Search Group, we continue searching right up until the point of hire and question the fit at each stage of the process. What was right at the start, might not fit now and we need to be ready to pivot when required.
Nurturing relationships. We don’t just ‘check-in’, we coach and support on an ongoing basis, sharing insights, advice and connections for our close network.
Bespoke open-source collaboration tool. Our clients can engage with every step of the hiring process, providing instant access data insights and market intelligence.
Let's go forward together
We have moved on a very long way from traditional recruitment methods. You will gain energy, inspiration, and new ideas to support you as you achieve your goals. Our thought processes are diverse, we believe in a global workforce. Our approach to hiring is inclusive, and we always look to the future of work.
We are different and so are you. Let’s embrace new ideas and authenticity.
Our Talent Discovery Model
hire
Securing the right people is mission-critical, both to reinforce your company culture and to transform your teams. Our unique Think/Search/Grow model mitigates the risk of an expensive and damaging mis-hire and sets up your talent search for success.
scale
Growth mode equals growth mindset and robust scalability. Our Talent Discovery model provides a bespoke solution that will dose your team with expert knowledge and insights, making you irresistible to talent and able to scale with ease.
coach
We want you to win, whatever winning means to you. No athlete, sports team or Fortune CEO achieves their goals without tried and trusted supporters, coaches and cheerleaders by their side.
We are winners in our field.
Let us help you win in yours.
Meet the Team
Michelle Gjersoe
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FOUNDER & CEO
Our founder Michelle Gjersoe was one of the first talent consultants to work extensively in-house with start-ups and scale-ups. Her expertise is the foundation on which The Search Group is built.
Michelle is a champion of executive talent and hiring success within high-growth, product-led businesses. Working closely with the Board and C-Suite, Michelle focuses on disrupting existing industry standards to ensure that our team deliver outstanding talent, service and insight to transform businesses through aligned talent introductions. As a recognised Executive Coach, Michelle offers a unique coaching approach to both clients and candidates throughout the search process. Currently helping to transform some of today’s brightest start-ups and established high-growth businesses in Tech.
Jonathan McCarron
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DIRECTOR
Jonathan is our specialist executive search Director, having spent 20 years in the industry working with startups to deliver enterprise solutions on a global scale. With a network that spans every industry and sector, Jonathan is a natural connector of high-net-worth leaders and spends much of his time, investing and advising in startups as well as, raising capital and making introductions of great commercial value for businesses, founders and CEOs alike.
Matthew Gurney
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DIRECTOR
As an industry executive from a luxury retail and technology background, Matthew brings 25 years of experience working with best-in-class products in an exclusive marketplace, providing an outstanding customer experience.
Matthew holds a keen interest in Web3 and the wider technology ecosystem and is an award-winning leader of large commercial teams, creating high-performing cultures, coaching and mentoring others into their future leadership careers.
Hannah Heavens
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TALENT RESEARCHER
Hannah is our Talent Researcher providing executive search support for high-growth start-up organisations. With an established network across marketing and creative individuals, Hannah provides a personal level of candidate/client concierge experience, supporting ambitious individuals in achieving career goals and providing talent-led insights that promote conscious change. Passionate about organisational management and customer experiences, as well as how working mums navigate career and home life. Excited to be supporting numerous health-tech businesses as they succeed through challenging times.
Josianne Slinger
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EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT AND CREATIVE
As our Executive Assistant, Josianne is responsible for ensuring that our candidates and clients have an unrivalled experience whilst they work with us and our partners to engage and develop their talent discovery journey. Josianne also leads on all things creative and has been directly responsible for our website, social and online channels, sharing content and engaging with our communities to build a better future for candidates and clients alike. Qualified Natural Chef and Nutritionalist in training, Josianne is a creative foodie at heart and loves talking about all things health & lifestyle.
Our Advisors
Daley Pritchard
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ADVISOR
Daley has spent the past decade helping startups and scaleups figure out how to scale effectively, advising on, designing, and executing hiring, talent, and employer branding strategies. Daley has led global talent acquisition teams and functions, and his work includes having been part of the growth story for a £5 billion IPO, and a £700 million acquisition. Daley is a forever yogi and, courtesy of lockdown, a born again runner, chalking up 14 half marathons and the virtual London marathon in the second half of 2020.
Julia Duthie
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ADVISOR
Experienced Partner, Board Member, CEO, Founder, D&I Committee member and Mentor. Julia worked at C-Suite and leadership levels across multiple industries including Private Equity, Procurement, IT, Tech, Music Industry and Manufacturing. Julia is passionate about delivering results, building sustained relationships, commercialising ethically driven brands, mentoring future Founders and CEO's in how to create a culture of purpose and genuine connection and helping organisations scale/exit as well as break into new territories.
Mark Ridley
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ADVISOR
An entrepreneur and technologist working with start-ups and corporates to ensure that technology is used creatively and effectively to support their strategy. Recognised as one of the top ten CIOs in the UK, Mark writes and speaks regularly about the use of technology, agile methodologies and digital working. When Mark is not playing with technology he's most often found rock climbing at the Westway, running, cycling or hunting down good coffee.
Know your why
THINK
New possibilities
search
Unlock your potential
grow
Companies that we’re trusted by
pre series-A mental health app
pre series-A HeaLth tech
Series-A Health Tech
gov
tech
series-B health tech
Prestigious
media brand
Scaling finTech
