UNITED KINGDOM

The UK is a diverse and growing region for private markets, with GPs and LPs of all sizes and investment strategies. Our expert consultants place special emphasis on understanding culture and values as well as investment focus when seeking the right people for each role.

UK Team

Charlie is Managing Director. He has been involved in securing roles for more than 2,000 people around the world, placing more people in the mid-market, growth and venture capital industry than any other search professional since joining PER in 2006.
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Richard joined us in 2011 and is now our COO, based in our London office. He previously worked primarily with traditional LBO funds as well as large credit players, on searches across all levels, with a focus on mid and senior hiring across Northern and Western Europe.
Richard Wolff-Jones

COO

Debbie heads our Investor Relations & Fundraising Practice in the UK and Europe. She is an expert in team building and senior search and has built an incredible network across the industry. At the leading edge of all trends in this area, Debbie provides strategic advice across all fund sizes, types and geographies.
Debbie Eidelman

Head of Investor Relations & Fundraising

Alex heads our High Growth team, based in London and calling on the resource of our specialist consultants in all our locations. He is an expert in developments in the market with an incredible network across the sector. At the leading edge of all trends in this area, Alex provides insight into the growth strategies of funds of all sizes, types and geographies.
Alex Horkan

Head of High Growth

James joined PER in 2017. He focuses on searches for investment professionals across the LP space.
James Ellis

Head of Primaries, Secondaries & Co-Investments

Annabelle specialises in private equity roles in the mid-market and lower mid-market.
Annabelle Bates

Head of Mid-Market

Dean joined PER in 2018 and since has built up a substantial track record appointing HR & legal professionals across the private markets space.
Dean Terry

Head of HR, Legal & ESG

Since joining PER in 2019, Freddie has specialised on Associate and VP level placements in the Venture Capital, Growth Equity and Tech space within the Tech Team.
Freddie Richards

High Growth

Jocelyn has an enviable track record of placing entry-level through to senior professionals within the industry. She has secured roles for more than 40 people within IR teams. Jocelyn takes special care to know what her clients want with a focus on cultural alignment and career ambition.
Jocelyn Rogers

Investor Relations & Fundraising

Lydia leads our team specialising in infrastructure, renewables and energy transition roles. She works on mandates across all levels, from Analyst to Senior Director level.
Lydia Evans

Infrastructure

Annelie leads the Life Sciences practice at PER, building a global network of investment professionals within the Healthcare and Life Science investment ecosystem.
Annelie Murray

Life Sciences & Healthcare

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204

People placed in the UK in the last 12 months

35%

Of all these placements are women

47

Senior searches completed

219

Current open positions for UK based roles









Investment Professionals

From analyst to partner, impact to LBO, we place people across all strategies at all levels. Our clients include global multi-asset managers, GPs and LPs, Sovereign Wealth Funds and family offices.
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Investor Relations, Marketing & Communications

With investor relations and fundraising teams growing across the UK, our expert consultants access a global pool of IR professionals with relevant backgrounds for every geography and investment strategy.

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Finance & Data

Our Finance & Data experts focus on roles in the UK and a variety of offshore locations including Luxembourg and the Channel Islands. We place professionals at all levels from recently qualified accountants to CFOs as well as in other related areas of operations such as portfolio monitoring and data analysis.

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ESG & Sustainability

With ESG gaining increasing importance in funds of all sizes, our ESG consultants can advise on the best recruitment approach for your fund. They will share their knowledge of where to source ESG professionals and give valuable advice on team make up and compensation trends in this emerging discipline.

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HR, Legal & Compliance

As our clients grow they develop a need for HR specialists across the disciplines of HR, learning and development, talent management and compensation and benefits. Our expert consultants work with our clients to determine their HR need, from the first Hr person in the team who generally covers all HR disciplines to specialists in multi-faceted teams.

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Portfolio Management, Value Creation, M&A

Many of our clients want to bring the expertise of their investment professionals in-house into their portfolio companies to deliver growth through acquisition. We bring these roles to the attention of our candidates to highlight this additional exciting career option for them.

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