FD Capital Recruitment

FD Capital Recruitment is a specialist finance recruitment agency founded in 2018 by Adrian Lawrence FCA, an ICAEW Fellow with over two decades of experience in finance leadership and executive search. The company provides experienced Finance Directors and Chief Financial Officers to UK businesses on a fractional, interim, part-time, and permanent basis, working exclusively in senior finance recruitment. FD Capital presents curated shortlists of pre-vetted CFOs and FDs within 3 to 7 working days, managing the entire engagement from day one and offering an Outsourced CFO Solution alongside traditional recruitment services. Every candidate is a senior finance professional with track records at board level, typically ICAEW qualified, with backgrounds spanning private equity, venture capital, SaaS, manufacturing, professional services, and owner-managed businesses.

FD Capital specialises across multiple core sectors including private equity and fundraising, where the company places senior finance leaders into PE-backed businesses, growth companies preparing for institutional fundraising, and management teams approaching exit transactions. The agency also specialises in technology sector recruitment, serving tech CFOs with PE experience, SaaS CFOs, and fintech and cryptocurrency specialists. Additional specialisations include corporate finance, accounting, financial services, and FCA and PRA-regulated firm recruitment, where FD Capital places senior risk, compliance, financial crime, regulatory reporting, treasury and finance leadership into UK regulated firms, with expertise in SMCR, FCA approval processes, and roles such as SMF2 CFO, Chief Risk Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, and MLRO positions.

FD Capital operates primarily from its main office at Great Portland Street in London, with a satellite office in Shropshire covering the Midlands, providing near-national coverage across the UK with particularly strong presence in London and the South East. The company is currently focused on London, the West Midlands, the South East, and Oxford regions. FD Capital is trusted by growth companies, private equity-backed firms, and established organisations across the UK, with clients choosing the agency for its deep specialist network, founder-led approach, and ability to match the right finance professional to the right situation more sharply than generalist recruiters can offer. The company is registered at Companies House (no. 13329383) and is associated with an ICAEW-registered practice.