Solutions
Our business solutions
Designed to solve problems, and accelerate change
Executive Search
The InX approach
It’s not easy finding leaders who can accelerate the growth of your business, but that’s what we’re here to do. Through our extensive network, we unearth experts who don’t just have the right experience and technical skills but bring cultural alignment, so they drive long-lasting, positive change.
Search specialisms
We’ve been pairing exceptional leaders to exceptional organisations for almost twenty years across private equity; strategy and consulting; technology, digital and transformation; manufacturing; and property and real estate.
It's all about relationships, not networks
At InX, there’s no hierarchy: whoever you meet you’ll work with from start to end. From brief to a positive engagement, negotiating compensation and onboarding, we’re with you all the way. This is how we’ve built our relationships and earnt trust along the way.
We’ve journeyed with our clients, and grown together, supporting each other through the market’s ups and downs. It’s why we look at the whole person in everything we do. We believe that someone’s worldview and values are just as important as their skills and experience when looking for the right cultural fit - as is a point of difference if it brings about positive change. Our expertise shines in the way we assess both organisations and leaders from the inside out.
How we do search at InX
Our meticulous process includes everything you'd expect from a great partner: from briefing throughout the whole search lifecycle, we present research, and map the market to find the best talent for your role. Because no two roles are ever the same; the provision of market intelligence and data; in-depth interviews; and the presentation of diverse shortlists with thorough additional information support you through the interview process.
Interim Management
Why interim management?
If you’re looking to deliver digital transformation, carry out a restructure, introduce a new service line, enter a new market, expand internationally, or complete a merger or acquisition, then we’ll find and hire an experienced interim leader to advise you and work with you to ensure its success.
Whatever your challenge and whatever your size, an interim leader offers deep expertise and significant experience in similar leadership roles. They are experts at driving change in complex environments, and focus relentlessly on delivery, taking full operational responsibility for your project’s success. They know exactly what’s expected and often bring more experience than you might otherwise attract.
Focus and function meet design and delivery
Suited to a select few, interim leaders balance strategy with execution and deliver flexibly when under pressure. It’s not for everyone and is why we nurture relationships with the best to understand what’s driving them right now, and where they might move next.
Interim’s not about strategy and consultancy alone; it’s about designing an effective plan that inspires and can be replicated when they’re gone. When we assess interim leaders, we look for strategy expertise, the ability to influence and the willingness to roll up their sleeves to deliver, while often handling challenging problems that others have failed to solve.
The value of an interim
Normally lasting, initially, between 6 to 12 months, most interim positions bring a cost efficiency that’s hard to ignore, so they are worth the investment. Working as part of your team, interim leaders shoulder the load when you need them most and understand that they’ve been hired to deliver a specific set of objectives. The bring agility, objectivity and offer unbiased recommendations before getting on with what needs to be done.
Our business specialisms
Designed to solve problems, and accelerate change
Technology, Digital & Transformation
Having the right tech – and the right tech leaders – is pivotal to innovative organisations, regardless of size or sector. We bring in the right people who drive technological and digital change throughout your organisation, and help you reach new markets, drive efficiencies, or make smarter data driven decisions.
Our experts are fully embedded in technology markets across Europe and the US, so understand the huge variety of existing and emerging leadership roles. We partner with a diverse network of CTOs, CIOs, CDOs, innovation leaders, technology transformation specialists and CISOs so you reach your business objectives with technology.
You might need a tech leader on a permanent or interim basis; or a ready built team of technology experts who hit the ground running, or a full management consulting solution. We challenge your thinking to make sure the brief is the right brief, and our process suits your hiring needs. As everyone we hire is rigorously assessed, rest assured they’ll have the right approach and mindset to make an impact quickly and deliver the results that matter.
Private Equity
Funds are constantly evolving. It’s more important than ever that they enhance their commercial and operational capabilities to support portfolio company management teams during the investment lifecycle – and this covers all aspects of their businesses. Founders, owner-managers, and privately owned organisations are also increasingly looking to professionalise their boards ahead of a primary transaction.
In the world of funds and private equity, it’s our personal equity that makes the difference. Formed in 2003 when we were founded, our team of expert partners and research professionals work hand in hand with portfolio companies to understand how we can accelerate their growth. We use our vast global network of sector specialists to secure talented, forward-thinking financial and operational leaders, including CEO, COO, CFO, chair, NED, and advisor appointments.
Coupled with our portfolio company expertise, our PE value creation team supports funds in the evolution of their own operating teams – lean groups of senior executives from industry and consulting that support management teams to grow and improve their businesses.
Strategy and Consultancy
In the modern business world, challenges are coming from everywhere. Do you have the right business model? Are you in the right locations and markets? Are you set up for agile working? Do you have the right technology in place to underpin your transformation?
Our highly experienced strategy and consulting team have an outstanding reputation in their sector. Through our four consulting practices – corporate strategy, operations, digital, and technology – we hire those rare consultants with the bold vision, analytical eye, and specialist industry insight to advise a company leadership on how to overcome these varied, and interconnected, challenges.
Working closely with some of the largest global consulting firms since 2009, we’ve developed deep relationships with the people at the forefront of conversations with top level decision makers. Our network’s vast but tightly knit, including both board level professionals and independent ex-management consultants. They’re global managing partners, CEOs, transformation directors, and managing directors – people who work across all functional strategies of the value chain.
Property and Real Estate
Our Property and Real Estate practice has been successfully appointing world-class leaders across Real Estate and the Built Environment since 2010. Thanks to our in-depth knowledge of the individual markets we serve, we’ve been able to successfully partner with a broad range of clients; from private-equity backed technical services organisations and client-side investors and developers to Global Commercial Real Estate firms and FTSE-listed professional services companies.
The networks we cultivate span the UK and EMEA, covering the C-suite and their direct reports. These include commercial and sales leaders dictating the direction of their business, real-estate professionals changing our cities and skyline as well as functional-leaders optimising business’ performance.
From scoping your requirement and mapping your market to expertly managing an offer process, we’re able to discretely appoint your next Managing Director or conduct a full marketing campaign to appoint a new Sales leader. Diversity is at the heart of everything we do – we love challenging the status quo and bringing fresh perspective to the fore.
Manufacturing
Deeply immersed in their industry, our manufacturing team partner with leading organisations in the automotive, packaging, industrial, and food and beverage markets across Europe, the USA and Asia. We connect our clients to manufacturing leaders who drive change across operations, finance, sales, purchasing, engineering, and human resources.
We don’t view ourselves as a service provider but as a partner who operates with speed, detail, and precision. Our team can adapt to shift an initial hiring plan according to your everchanging needs, often driven by rapid global market changes. We listen to you and ask questions only experts in an industry can ask, so we can quickly understand what your requirements are. We give in-depth, advice with conviction from years of in-the-field experience.
We are highly experienced in team restructures, finding delivery focused interim solutions, and put together entire executive boards from scratch. Managing the entire process with you, we map markets, offer bespoke search services, present impeccable short lists, and handle all negotiations, right through to offer and onboarding.
Q. In need of acceleration?
You might be an experienced professional who’s looking for a great opportunity to accelerate change in an organisation. Or you might be searching for a leader to take your organisation to levels of success. Perhaps you might want to talk about important changes taking place in the market. Whichever it is, we believe you can never know too many good people – so get in touch now.
You’re always welcome to discuss your leadership challenges or to get advice on a specific talent problem. Get in touch to see how we could work together and find the best solution.