About us

Employee-owned and values-led, we deliver ambitious and inspiring Board and C-Suite appointments and solve complex leadership challenges in an uncomplicated way. Above all, we are passionate about discovering and championing the very best diverse talent, shaping a future where exceptional individuals can thrive and make a lasting impact.

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With decades of experience in hiring high calibre candidates for clients, you’d expect us to be pretty good at recruiting for our own business. And you’d be right.

At Warren Partners, we nurture our team as keenly as we nurture our clients. Purpose-driven and ethically-led, professionally exacting and, crucially, happy – our family of specialists have the drive and passion to deliver success every time.

We focus on search

We build and support diverse boards and executive leadership teams across the UK and internationally. To do this we draw on: our agility and reach, across sectors, geographies and organisation types; our network of diverse talent and enduring client and candidate relationships; and our well-defined but flexible end-to-end search process.

Clients have confidence in us because we commit. At Warren Partners, the team that pitches is the team that delivers and then embeds through transition and onboarding. We stay connected so that we can support ongoing leadership issues and succession planning and, when appropriate, our range of value-added services.

Our business is based on our great relationships and trust. Clients know we deliver the very best talent and that those talented candidates know they’ll find us supportive, honest and easy to deal with.

Our purpose & values

Purpose may be something of a buzzword these days, but we’ve been working that way for years. For decades we’ve helped to build diverse boards and leadership teams to deliver positive sustainable change. We do this with heart because people matter to us. We are driven by our values: being generous, inclusive, courageous, ethical and fun.

Generous

We care deeply about what we do. We strive to be generous in spirit and to share knowledge and insight openly, to exceed the expectations of our candidates, clients and colleagues. Kindness matters and we measure our success through the difference we make to others.

Inclusive

At our core is the belief in treating others as we want to be treated. That means everyone is welcome. We respect diverse knowledge, skills and experience; we act with empathy; we actively listen and we are our authentic selves. We recognise that our strength lies in our differences, not in our similarities, and embrace, nurture and celebrate what makes each of us unique.

Courageous

We have the courage of our convictions and the audacity to do things differently. We are curious, open minded and encourage creative thinking. We seek new ideas and approaches to raise the bar and continuously learn. Straight talking, we believe in the value of open and honest conversations, take responsibility and are prepared to be accountable for all we do.

Ethical

Honesty, transparency, fairness, and integrity shape our unique culture. Doing the right thing, even when it feels like the most difficult thing, matters to us. We act responsibly, in the interests of our communities and environment, and believe in being a force for positive and sustainable change.

Fun

Together we work hard, and we have fun, enjoying the journey and ensuring that everyone we engage with has a positive experience too. We’re humble but believe in celebrating success. And that success – and much of the fun – lies in finding new ways to help clients. What unites us is our shared purpose and values alongside our warm and straightforward approach.

Our values drive our behaviour

We constantly reflect on our golden rule, 'treating others as you want to be treated,' evaluating what this means for our candidates, clients, colleagues, partners and community.

Candidates

We strive to be honest, straight talking but kind in providing feedback, and generous with our time to support candidates. We stay focused on promoting diversity in all its forms, because it’s good for business, the right thing to do and because we love to highlight and celebrate difference.

Clients

Clients find us warm and fun to deal with, but they can also count on us — to be truthful and transparent, to do what we say we’ll do, to be creative in solving their problems, and to challenge when required, especially around diversity. With Warren Partners, clients know the team that pitches is the team that delivers and follows through to support onboarding and build lasting relationships.

Colleagues

With our colleagues, we love to come together to acknowledge our different contributions, celebrate birthdays and success — and have fun. We reward and support colleagues, expecting commitment but understanding that families and life outside work matter.

Partners

Treating partners and suppliers well is easily overlooked, but important to us. We communicate and collaborate, pay on time, buy locally when we can, understand when there are issues and give second chances if mistakes happen.

Community

Contributing more broadly is as important as business success to us. We contribute to relevant industry initiatives and groups. We foster strong links to the places and communities where we operate and give our time and skills through volunteering, mentoring and charity fundraising.

Our B Corp journey

This year, Warren Partners has started on the journey towards B Corp certification, joining a global movement for an inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economy. We are working with UK for Good to achieve this.

B Corp Certification designates that a business is meeting high standards of verified performance, accountability, and transparency on factors ranging from employee benefits and charitable giving to supply chain practices and input materials. In order to achieve certification, we are expected to:

Demonstrate high social and environmental performance
Make a legal commitment to be accountable to all our stakeholders, not just shareholders
Exhibit transparency by allowing information about our performance to be measured against B Lab’s standards and made publicly available

We look forward to updating you about our B Corp journey.

Chapter Zero

Warren Partners has partnered with Chapter Zero in recognition of the urgency associated with the transition to a net-zero economy. The aim is to help ensure that companies recruit climate-competent non-executive directors who are equipped to lead crucial boardroom discussions and decisions on the impact of climate change.

To this end, we have signed a joint declaration which states that we will: “raise the issues of sustainability and specifically the board’s climate change capabilities with every board client and candidate, and that we will assess every chair and non-executive director candidate for their competence on climate change issues”.

Social Mobility Foundation

Improving socio-economic mobility is equally important to developing a more diverse workforce and ultimately a stronger pipeline to executive positions.

We support the Social Mobility Foundation by donating a percentage of our profits and giving practical support to young people from disadvantaged and low-income backgrounds, such as mentoring, career workshops, help writing CVs and personal profiles.

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Meet the team

Joëlle Warren
Executive Director & EOT Chair

Joëlle is an Executive Director and leads chair and non-executive director searches across various sectors. She is passionate about improving effectiveness in the boardroom through the right balance of skills, diversity and experience.
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Ian Durant
Non-Executive Director & Chair

Ian is an experienced non-executive and chair, with an impressive executive career working with consumer-driven businesses. He is Non-Executive Chair of the our Board.
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Julia Fearn
Partner

Julia enjoys long-standing relationships with clients in the financial services sector, across the UK and internationally, working with established, challenger and new entrant financial services brands to strengthen their boards and senior leadership teams.
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Rupert Gibb
Partner

Rupert brings more than two decades of non-executive director search and board advisory experience. He has become a trusted advisor to financial services companies seeking talent, to further develop successful teams and transform culture.
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Khurram Hussain
Partner

Khurram has a breadth of experience working with a range of complex organisations, from pre-IPO prospects to FTSE 100 groups. He focuses on board and executive appointments in the technology, media, clean-tech and investment services sectors.
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Tim Kemp
Partner

Tim has a depth of experience across a broad range of sectors including B2B services, technology, energy, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, playing a key role in our Infrastructure, Industrial & Manufacturing practice.
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Nikki Kenyon
Partner

Nikki takes lead with our technology and digital clients, working with companies across the growth curve and advising and building boards and senior leadership teams across all functions.
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Korinna Sjoholm
Partner

Korinna supports organisations undergoing change, growth and transformation, focusing on both non-executive and executive placements in equal measure. Her clients span a number of practice areas, with depth in regulated sectors and purpose-driven organistions.
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Laurence Vallaeys
Partner

Laurence takes the lead on board and C-suite appointments for clients in our Consumer, Retail and Media practice, focussing on succession, diversity and leadership assessment.
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Stephanie Clarke
Consultant Partner / Head of Research Operations

Stephanie has a dual role within Warren Partners as Head of Research Operations and as a Consultant Partner, delivering client projects in non-executive and executive search, as well as interim solutions.
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Sally Dunwoody
Partner

Sally has deep experience of leading retained executive search and talent advisory assignments at C-level and non-executive appointments, with a particular focus on supporting financial and professional services clients.
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Rachel Allen
Consultant

Rachel is well networked and experienced in attracting top talent for our clients across all sectors. She uses her business research skills to provide industry insight and intelligence to support client assignments.
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Emily Cross
Research Consultant

Emily uses her analytical and research skills to discover and engage with talent at executive and board level across multiple sectors to deliver quality choice for our clients.
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Clare Gibson
Consultant

Clare has a passion for her role as a researcher and a successful track record conducting senior level recruitment searches, including extensive experience of international placements.
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Ben Grove
Consultant

Ben identifies and engages senior executives across different industries, championing talented candidates and delivering director and C-suite level roles.
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Loveday Loveridge
Consultant

Loveday is passionate about finding and securing the best talent, working across multiple sectors at board and C-suite level.
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Sam Malik
Consultant Partner

Sam has extensive experience in Executive Search, Talent Consultancy, HR and Coaching, operating across Europe, Americas and APAC.
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Elaine Robinson
Consultant

Elaine can flex her skills and focus to cover any role, business type or sector but most often works in our Financial Services and Social Impact practice areas.
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Brett Sambrook
Consultant

Brett uncovers and engages with talented senior executives across a wide range of industries, delivering board and C-suite level appointments across a number of our industry practice areas.
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Selina Biddle
Assignment Manager

Selina supports our growing Industrial and Support Services practice area. She is committed to ensuring a positive journey is experienced by all.
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Megan Booth
Assignment Manager

Megan supports assignments for clients in a number of sectors and has an important role as Chief Birthday Officer!
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Julie Furness
Assignment Manager

Julie provides dedicated high level operational and assignment management support to colleagues in the Warren Partners board, EOT board and partners.
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Jackie Hughes
Assignment Manager

Jackie supports some of our key partners who between them work across different Warren Partners practice areas. She is known to work collaboratively with our clients, always going out of her way to help and make sure everything is on track.
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Jo Meek
Assignment Manager

Jo supports our financial services team practice area through all stages of each assignment.
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Tom Storey
Assignment & IT Operations Manager

Tom has a dual role and provides support to our colleagues and clients across our Consumer and Digital practice whilst also managing the day-to-day operations of Warren Partners’ IT.
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Sophie Radcliffe
Head of Communications & Strategic Projects

Sophie supports the management and wider team, keeping everything together and delivering key projects and activities across the business.
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