Hanson Search

Hanson Search is a global talent consultancy offering executive search, recruitment, interim and freelance recruitment, and talent advisory services. It says it has spent more than twenty years building client relationships. Alice Weightman is its founder and chief executive, and Hanson Executive is its practice for Board, C-suite and senior leadership search. The firm is a certified B Corp.

Its recruitment work centres on communications, public affairs, marketing, sustainability and sales roles. Its specialisms also include financial and investor relations, data and analytics, technology and AI, people and culture, and legal, risk and compliance. It places senior executives, builds leadership teams and advises boards for start-ups, scale-ups, established brands, non-profits and public bodies.

Consultants and researchers are based in the UK, Europe, the USA and the Middle East. The firm reports that it has recruited in over 20 countries and has consultants based in seven. Its talent advisory work covers talent mapping, salary benchmarking and C-suite succession planning. It also offers Hogan and Myers-Briggs assessments and hosts industry events.