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Sector: Real Estate – Student Living / Build-to-RentRole: Marketing DirectorVita Group is the UK ...
From Kitchen Table to Exit: What Founder-Led Businesses Really Need from Executives.
The classic founder story is well known: a brilliant idea, relentless drive, and a triumphant exi...
What a Good Exit Actually Requires: The Final Stretch of a Founder Journey
Julie Waddell signed the Moorish exit deal on her 50th birthday. At around ten o'clock at night, ...
Why We Never Took the Money: Financing, Equity and the Clean Exit
External investment is the default assumption for scaling businesses. The language of fundraising...
What Nobody Tells You Before You Join a Founder
The conversation about joining a founder-led business tends to focus on the upside. The equity. T...
The Non-Executive Who Changed Everything: A Smarter Way Into a Founder Business
There is a version of the first senior hire story that most founders tell. They needed someone. T...
No Plan B: What Founders Can Teach Us About Commitment
There is a phone call that Julie Waddell describes, and we keep coming back to it.She is in the ...
Building a Long-Term Leadership Pipeline
Client: The Co-OpSector: Retail/WholesaleFor over a decade, the Co-op has faced a unique challen...
Scaling Leadership in a High-Growth Trade Giant
Client: MKM Building SuppliesSector: Construction RetailMKM Building Supplies faced a challenge ...
Why the Best Boards are Intergenerational
In the search for leadership talent, ‘energy’ is often the most requested trait. At bpe search, w...
The Founder-Executive Handover: Navigating the Risk-Aversion Gap
In a founder-led business, there is a specific kind of magic. It is built on kitchen-table grit a...
Lived Experience: Why the Boardroom Needs More Than Just Potential
By Annabel Weeden, Partner at bpe searchIn executive search, we are often presented with briefs ...
International Women’s Day: Why the Best Boards Thrive on Difference
International Women’s Day is a chance to step back from the daily “profitability pivot” and cele...
Neurodiversity and Leadership: Why Cognitive Diversity Is a Competitive Advantage for Executives
The world of work is changing. The people that organisations employ, the communities they operat...
The Visibility Gap: Why High Performance Isn't Always Enough
At the executive level, there is a paradox that often goes unspoken: the leaders most qualified f...
From Stalled Search to High-Impact Hire
Client: Saville Assessment Sector: B2B SaaS / Assessment Technology Role: Marketing DirectorSavi...
How Strategic Onboarding Support Minimises Executive Failure and Protects Your Investment
The investment in a senior executive search is substantial. When the ideal candidate accepts the...
Why Executive Transition Coaching is the Critical Third Step in Leadership Search
The search process and successful appointment of a senior executive is very often a significant a...
The Year of the Profitability Pivot: 2025 in Review
The C-suite landscape in the UK and US was fundamentally reshaped in 2025. Forget the chase for g...
Three Defining Leadership Trends the C-Suite Must Master in 2026
As the C-suite in the UK and US look ahead to 2026, the familiar watchwords of "agility" and "di...