Watson Helsby

Watson Helsby is an executive search and advisory firm exclusively focused on the corporate affairs and communications function and the specialist disciplines within it. The company helps organisations strengthen, professionalise and modernise their capability across reputation management, external communications, internal communications and employee engagement, government relations, sustainability and insight, strategy and measurement. Watson Helsby conducts searches for large UK organisations and global multi-nationals as well as smaller and rapidly growing start-ups, recognising that different organisations need different things and that there is no universal blueprint for the role.

The firm operates as a knowledge and relationship-based business with extensive intelligence about how corporate affairs and communications is practised and what strong leadership of these functions looks like. This expertise has organically led to the development of a broader consulting and advisory offer. Watson Helsby also invests significant time in probing, researching and listening to the corporate affairs and communications world, producing a series of research reports that shed light on important issues and practices within the disciplines into which they recruit.

Based in London's Fitzrovia, Watson Helsby serves large UK organisations, global multi-nationals and emerging start-ups across the United Kingdom. The company is committed to ensuring that the corporate affairs and communications function has the leadership and capability it needs to maximise its strategic, operational and commercial impact. Clients choose Watson Helsby for their deep sector expertise, peer-to-peer networks through The Inside Track discussion forum, and their ability to understand the evolving landscape of corporate affairs and communications leadership.