Finance Executive Search & Interim Engagements

Placing senior Financial Leadership into ambitious investor backed businesses across the U.K. and internationally.

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what we do

Financial Leadership is a critical chess piece within an investor backed business. This is the executive role we understand best. 

Whether you’re embarking on a turnaround, raising capital for growth, scaling faster than budgeted for, or you have changed ownership structure, we will work with you to find your first or next CFO, FD or FC on a permanent or interim basis.

With over twenty years of experience placing CFOs, FDs and FCs into rapidly growing businesses, Pitch Hill Partners brings real value to your strategy with our rich, broad and established network of finance leaders.

Our Credentials

Pitch Hill Partners is led by a founder with over 20 years of experience successfully recruiting finance leaders into growth companies. 

Reputation and discretion are the cornerstone of Pitch Hill Partners.

Executive Search

Leadership requirements constantly change, but the need for high-performing finance executives remains the same. 

A thorough understanding of different industries, unrivalled access to senior finance executives and impeccable judgment set us apart. 

Interim Professionals

Your business might face a situation that is unfamiliar to you. It might require a skillset that you don’t currently have within your senior management team.

An interim hire is a valuable option for a focused, short-term piece of work. Our speed of response, quality of service and an open honest professional approach to each assignment is second to none. 

  • “I have a very successful career as an interim FD and would not have taken the plunge without Ray's help and support over the years. Highly knowledgeable and fantastic to work with!”

    Paula Miller – Interim Finance Director

  • “I cannot recommend Ray highly enough. He has placed me regularly. He understands me as a candidate and knows his clients well which has meant that the placements have been successful for both parties.”

    Alistair Barber – Interim CFO

  • “Ray was able to match me to a very interesting opportunity. His market knowledge led to him being able to really understand the needs of his client and match them with my skills and experience.”

    Neil Bath – NED and Chair

  • “Ray is an outstanding recruiter and such a nice guy too. If you are looking for an interim candidate contact Ray Nicholls.”

    Stuart Anthony – Interim Finance Director

Industry Insights

Our blog is a mix of career and job search advice, entrepreneurial and start up reports, venture capital and private equity news plus networking tips.

Insights
Aim high, work hard
Aim high, work hard

Heard of CrossFit? Wikipedia calls it “constantly varied functional movements performed at high intensity”. As someone who’s been doing it for a while, that's accurate... but hugely underplayed. CrossFit’s own slogan is “forging elite fitness” – a more compelling branding.

Not all networking is equal
Not all networking is equal

Non-finance folk often think the FD doesn’t need to be a good networker. You’re back office! Marketing people schmooze, HR people are gregarious – but finance is like IT. Your value is technical skills!

“The only safe ship in a storm is leadership.”

— Faye Wattleton