We’re Essenta

We empower our clients to hire, lead and grow with confidence.

We work at pace, but don’t believe in quick fixes. We go above and beyond to identify the people who’ll transform your business, drive growth and advance your approach to diversity, equity and inclusion.

Welcome to a fresh approach to talent

Executive search

Search | Mapping & Benchmarking

Find the leaders your business needs to grow and transform.

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Executive interim

Solve your urgent interim needs

We deliver rigorously vetted executive interims at speed, leveraging deep industry expertise for critical leadership needs.

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Leadership advisory

Develop your most essential team

We build high-performance leadership teams, combining data-insights with a deep understanding of each clients unique needs.

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Essenta Discovery Process®

Understand leaders true unique character with objective insight

Shape your most critical talent strategy with the unparallelled accuracy and and scalability of our proprietary tool.

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Our global reach

Offices in London and New York

Clients across Americas, Asia and EMEA

13 partners – all leaders in their markets

24 consultants and research associates

Case study

Finding a CMO to help Whyte Bikes transform its brand
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Essenta searched the globe to find a high-profile industry thought leader who will lead Mews through its next stage of growth.

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Zego was delighted with the successful candidate who landed exceptionally well from a cultural and values viewpoint.

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Recent clients

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A/O Proptech
Access
ACT
ActiveCapital
Aesop
Alchemy
Allies of Skin
Apax
Apollo
Autocab
AutoScout
BainCapital
Battery
BeautyHealth
Benefit
Bluegem
Bowmark
Brakes
Bridgepoint
Bridges
BUUK
Cadogan Tate
Cairngorm
Carlyle
CBRE
Ceres
Charlotte Tilbury
Churches
Cinven
Cognita
Costain
Coty
CVC
Delinian
Deliveroo
DeterTech
Diversey
ECI
Edrington
EQT
Etam
EuroMoney
Experian
FaceTheory
Farfetch
Five Arrows
Fresh
Freshstream
GCP
General Atlantic
Glow Recipe
Great Point
Gymshark
Hanover
Hellman and Friedman
HIG
Horizon
illy
Inflexion
Insight Partners
Inspired
JAB
Kantar
Kate Spade
KKR
L-Catterton
L’Occitane
Lipton
Liquid IV
Living Proof
M&P
Mews
MML
Mobeus
Montagu
Mous
My POS
N Family Club
NEP
Nkuku
Nutrafol
Old Navy
Onex
Ontario Teachers
Orchestra
Oxx
Paco Rabanne
Partners Group
Patchworks
Paulas Choice
Piper
PUIG
PVH
QMS
Quanex
Rent Ready
Serco
Shade Store
Soho Capital
Storskogen
Summer Fridays
Sweaty Betty
Synova
TA Associates
Tapestry
Taxwell
Tory Burch
Trilantic
Triton
TSG Consumer
Unilever
Unilever Prestige
Utopia
Value Retail
Verlinvest
Vet Partners
Warburg Pincus
Wattbike
Whyte
xe
Yondr
Zego
ZPG