Numi

Numi is a London-based executive search and talent partner that describes itself as community-led. It builds product, AI, engineering and data teams for startups, scale-ups and global businesses across the UK, including Manchester, as well as in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, and the United States.

Its services are Growth Placements, Executive Search, SOW and Contract Solutions, and Advisory and Insight. It fills roles from product managers, software engineers, data scientists and AI engineers up to executive posts such as CTO, CPO and Head of AI. Alongside permanent search, it supplies specialists for contract projects and interim cover. It says it delivers diverse shortlists as standard and reports average retention of 99.8% one year after placement.

Numi runs the numicon event series, private roundtables and workshops, which it says have brought together more than 500 founders, investors, CPOs and CTOs. It publishes research including a Salary Guide and a Global AI Talent Survey. It says its network of tech leaders has been more than 20 years in the making, starting with founder Mark's early days in start-ups.