Inclusive Search

Inclusive Search is a specialist executive recruitment company founded to identify and secure high-performing individuals, particularly women and leaders from underrepresented backgrounds, who are rarely reached through conventional recruitment methods. The company was built on the conviction that the best talent is not actively looking, responding to adverts, or appearing on the same shortlists as competitors. Inclusive Search combines proactive market mapping, deep network access built over decades, genuine candidate engagement and data-driven insights to deliver a more rigorous process and higher-quality hires. The company's founders, Richard Pickard and Patrick Purcell, bring over 25 years of combined experience in international recruitment across multiple sectors, with a shared commitment to reaching a broader, more diverse talent pool whilst delivering a genuinely consultative, relationship-first approach to executive search.

Inclusive Search specialises in executive search, permanent recruitment and contract and interim placements across key sectors including financial services, legal, professional services, real estate, SaaS and technology. The company has built one of the most extensive networks of diverse talent in the market, with particular expertise in identifying and engaging high-performing women and leaders from underrepresented backgrounds. Rather than recycling databases or relying on who happens to be available, every search is treated as a bespoke, research-led project built around the client's specific brief, culture and desired outcomes.

The company operates across the UK and has delivered executive search assignments for FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies, global financial institutions, leading UK and US law firms, consulting businesses, growth-stage technology companies and property and real estate organisations. Clients choose Inclusive Search because the company recognises that diversity is a competitive advantage, not a checkbox. With a track record of delivering measurable results and a reputation built on doing exactly what it says it will, Inclusive Search helps organisations build high-performing, scalable teams with the calibre and diversity of talent their business needs.