Executive search and leadership advisory
Leadership for what comes next.
We help organisations identify, assess and appoint senior leaders, bringing specialist expertise and an international perspective to decisions that matter.
01The firm
A close-knit partnership, founded in 2003.
33 St. James’s was founded by experienced search consultants to ensure quality and depth in the services they provide. Our partners bring backgrounds in leading executive search firms, consultancies and industry.
We work as one team of search consultants, assessment specialists, management consultants and career consultants — and the partner you meet is the partner who does the work.
02Expertise
How clients engage us.
Principal service
Executive search and appointments
Research-led search for board and senior executive roles, conducted by partners who stay involved from brief to appointment.
Executive search · Interim placements · Independent referencing
Leadership and management assessment
Structured, independent views of individual leaders and leadership teams, to inform appointment, development and organisational decisions.
Board and succession advisory
Support for boards on their own effectiveness, the pipeline of future leaders and the terms on which senior people are engaged.
Coaching and career development
Coaching and career counselling for senior executives, with early-career programmes delivered through FutureFocus.
03Our people
Experienced partners, personally involved.
Each assignment is led by a partner with direct knowledge of the sector and market.
04International perspective
Local knowledge, joined up across borders.
International assignments benefit from partners who know their own markets well. Our partners combine specialist industry knowledge with local insight, and collaborate across borders as a single team.
Where our partners are based
- Australia
- Czech Republic
- France
- Germany
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- United States
Where we serve clients
- Europe
- The Middle East
- Asia
- Australia
- The United States
Partner locations indicate where individual partners are based, not offices.
05Sector knowledge
Breadth across sectors, depth in each.
Financial and professional services
Financial Services, Professional Services, Law, Management Consulting
Technology and AI
Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Media and Telecommunications
Industry, energy and resources
Industry, Energy and Natural Resources, Distribution and Logistics
Consumer, leisure and sport
Consumer Goods, Leisure and Hospitality, Sports Management
Life sciences
Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology and Medical
Sustainability and purpose
ESG, Sustainability, Not-for-Profit
FutureFocus · Early careers
Guidance for the move from education to work.
FutureFocus, part of 33 St. James’s, runs workshops for universities, a ‘First One Hundred Days’ induction module for employers, and graduate recruitment programmes for clients.
Your next leadership decision starts with a conversation.
Tell us about the appointment or decision in front of you. A partner will respond personally and in confidence.