Neil Hayward | HR Director | HS2 | 4th May 2020 When you talk to people about organisational life you can discover many layers of attitudes and beliefs formed from many years of experiences, good and bad, particularly during times of change. On the surface those inside organisations often portray the sort of ‘good corporate [...]

Global Technology Brand NEC appoint Gurleen Knight as Talent & OD Leader for its International business portfolio, reporting to Tsukasa Kudo. Baxter Neumann is delighted to have completed the search mandate to find a Global Head of OD & Talent Development for NEC Corporation, the Japanese multinational information technology, AI and electronics company, headquartered in [...]

Article written by: Jon Andrews - Executive Board Member at PwC and member of the Baxter Neumann Advisory Board Jo Salter - Chief of Staff to Jon Andrews As the pace of technological change continues to accelerate and affect all areas of society, there’s growing urgency for businesses of all sizes to embrace digitisation and [...]

Baxter Neumann is delighted to announce the appointment of Clive Briscoe as CEO at Platinum Stairlifts.  Clive will work with the Board and North Edge Capital to build on the achievements to date, and to create an environment and  capability to facilitate continued success. Clive joined the  business in January.

Attendees at the Baxter Neumann Advisory Board & Client Dinner, at The NED private restaurant in London on the 17 October included: Jon Andrews (PwC), Matt Stripe (PZ Cussons), Harriet Oliver (Clarksons), Neil Hayward (HS2), Jim Devine (Spirax Sarco), Jig Ramji (Bloomberg), Angela Williams (British Airways). Guest speakers, Daniel Naftalin and Vanessa Dewhurst, Partners from [...]

We are delighted to announce the formation of the BN Advisory Board consisting of: Dr Katie Beavan | Research Fellow | Harvard Kennedy School | Jon Andrews | Executive Board Mamber | PwC Jig Ramji | Global Head, Leadership & Talent Neil Hayward | HR Director | HS2 Bod Buckby | Head of UK Primary [...]

A quick trawl of the online job boards reveals that, for the vast majority of positions advertised, 'relevant experience' is not just desirable, it can be essential for a candidate to be considered for a role. At this point I would like to point out that I have nothing against relevant experience per se, indeed [...]

We are delighted to support the Government's vision to increase the number of female leaders in FTSE companies.  Penny Harris, Partner, Baxter Neumann commented "We are proud to be a member of the Voluntary Code of Conduct for Executive Search firms. It's important recognition of our focus, both within BN and for our clients, to increase [...]

Two surveys, from a Client and separately, from a Candidate perspective, highlight that not all search firms are the same! At the end of 2018 Baxter Neumann conducted a survey of all long listed candidates engaged in discussions during the year.  This covered a range of Board, NED and Executive level roles in the UK [...]

In the context of an ambitious 2020 global strategy, the British Council are developing regional strategies to articulate the vision and plan for each region.   Gerry Baxter, Managing Partner, Baxter Neumann said: 'we are delighted to be selected to help design and facilitate the Executive workshops that will drive the Change agenda.  Over the last 10 years we have been privileged to work on a [...]