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.

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249

People placed in the UK in the last 12 months

36%

Of all these placements are women

56

Senior searches completed

251

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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UK Team

Charlie is a Principal Consultant, Director of UK and a member of our leadership team. He has been involved in securing roles for more than 2000 people around the world.
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Charlie Hunt
Director of UK
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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

Principal Consultant, Head of IR & Fundraising

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 Jones

COO & Head of Talent Acquisition and Development

Alex heads our Tech 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 Venture Capital & Tech

Dean joined PER in 2018 and over the past four years has built up a substantial network and track record within the HR & Legal hiring space.
Dean Terry

Head of HR & Legal Practice

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

Head of Primaries, Secondaries & Co-Invest

Harry specialises in Finance & Data mandates across the Private Equity and Venture Capital space, leading a team that focuses solely in this area.
Harry Gwynne

Head of Finance & Data

Kate heads our ESG and Sustainability team. She has been in-house in private equity for more than 15 years in investor relations. She has brought her experience and passion together to head our team, delivering ESG experts at all levels and seniorities. She is a regular speaker at conferences, webinars and podcasts.
Kate Goodall

Head of ESG & Sustainability

Oliver joined us in 2021 as a Lead Consultant based in the London office. His focus is partnering with private credit funds (both illiquid and liquid) and mid-senior level hiring.
Oliver Noye

Head of Private Credit

Sharon is Head of Research and joined us in 2010. She leads the research effort on senior search and manages and trains our researchers.
Sharon Chammah

Head of Research

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

Lead Consultant, Mid-Market

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