Pure Search

Pure Search is a recruitment firm that specialises in Legal, Tax, Treasury, Governance and Business Services roles. Its practice areas include actuarial, audit, company secretarial, compliance and financial crime, digital transformation, finance and accounting, HR, and risk management and quantitative analytics. It places professionals with insurers, law firms and finance functions, including CFOs and senior finance leaders, and says it works across financial services, professional services and commerce and industry.

The firm offers search, screening and selection, succession planning, team builds and first hires, retained and interim solutions, advisory work, and market mapping and industry reports. It recruits for both long-term and interim positions. It says it built the foundations of its success 25 years ago.

Pure Search is based in London, with offices in New York, Charlotte and Hong Kong. The London office serves clients nationwide and across Europe. The Hong Kong office, established in 2008, is its oldest and largest international office, and the New York office launched in 2016. The firm is part of the Kernel group, alongside sister companies Catalyst Partners and Dartmouth Partners.