We love working with family businesses and have been doing so for more than 20 years. But hiring new leaders to come in and bolster your team brings its own challenges. Families work so hard to build companies and cultures they can proudly call their own. It takes a particular kind of board member to come into that environment, make positive changes, gel with the existing board, and build towards a bright future.

With competition for top Executive & Board talent incredibly intense, senior leadership teams must ensure their recruitment strategies are as effective and efficient as possible.

At Moon Executive Search, we’ve been connecting businesses with invigorating leaders for over two decades. But we still get questions about what exactly Executive Search is, why and when it’s needed, and what makes a top-quality firm.

2022 was a fantastic year for Moon, and for the Executive Search space at large. But the rapid change that has characterised recent years promises to march on and serve up plenty of new challenges in 2023.

Every year Deloitte’s Tech Trends report garners attention from across the business world by tracking and examining emergent trends that promise to define a new year of invention, innovation, and disruption.

At Moon Executive Search, our Charity Practice, led by Sandy Hinks, works closely with non-profit, charity and voluntary sector clients to place candidates in a range of roles from Chair and Trustee to senior management and board roles such as CEO, COO, Finance Director, Marketing, Operations and Policy.

At Moon Executive Search, our Charity Practice, led by Sandy Hinks, works closely with non-profit, charity and voluntary sector clients to place candidates in a range of roles from Chair and Trustee to senior management and board roles such as CEO, COO, Finance Director, Marketing, Operations and Policy.

Due to events in recent years, such as changes in work values and practices post-pandemic; a growing awareness around mental health and an uptake in digital technology, scrutiny is at an all-time high with leaders being expected to evolve rapidly and make agile decisions.

Non-Executive and Chair positions offer excellent professional development opportunities and can be highly fulfilling.

RISE (recognising individual successes & efforts) is a not-for-profit social enterprise that was established in 2013 by founders Sandra Gordon and Lynn Mareno, who wanted to create a platform to showcase the work of businesses to the wider community in the city.

In the last 22 years, we have built a business which has a great reputation, reach and resilience.

To commemorate this momentous occasion, we wanted to share with you our link to the Queen, not only for Bristol as a city but also personally to Moon, via our Non-Executive Consultant, Peaches Golding OBE CStJ.

This year’s Earth Day theme is to ‘Invest in Our Planet’ and we wanted to share with you our commitment to lowering carbon emissions on the planet.

t Moon Executive Search, we have had extensive experience of working with first, second and third generation family businesses, advising on campaigns, board dynamics and talent. Vanessa met with Anita a few years ago and they have collaborated on several projects from joint events to advisory sessions.

In this article, Simon Quinn, Director of Executive Search, explores why he has seen culture move to the top of many candidates’ priority list when considering a new career opportunity.