Manners Maclean

Manners Maclean is a talent consultancy that provides talent solutions to the global consumer goods sector. Its services are leadership search, talent mapping, talent pipelining, talent intelligence and modular search. It places senior leaders in sales, finance, legal, marketing, digital and e-commerce, supply chain, corporate and regulatory affairs, and general management roles.

It recruits across consumer goods, fashion and luxury, healthcare, lifestyle and retail, for listed companies, private equity firms and their portfolio companies, private and family-owned businesses, and venture-backed startups. A client describes the firm recruiting C-suite roles in markets including Egypt, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Its global headquarters is in London, with a Middle East and Africa headquarters in Dubai and a research hub in Newport Pagnell. It reports that 93% of leadership hires delivered through its search process remained in post after 18 months, and that 80% of its work is repeat business or client referral.