“Macaulay Search is different. It’s a constant refrain from agencies that their proposition is unique, but that tends not to be the actual experience for the client. Not so with Macaulay. You get your lead consultant – ours was the incredible Ewen Macalpine – and that person stands by your side, shoulder to shoulder and lives the process with you; no gimmicks, no bull, just pure hard work, insight, lateral thinking and great ideas for every stage of the project. This works because Macaulay’s consultants work on one assignment at a time; so they go deep into the search and don’t miss a trick. Ewen cared as much as I did about the appointment and the importance of it not just to Mencap but for our sector and the people we are here to serve.

At first the Macaulay proposition felt a bit risky, we had been using the same big firms for many years because the prevailing logic was ‘strength in numbers’. But we became quick converts. The ultimate success of any agency is if the final appointment feels good to most stakeholders and we have rarely felt so confident in the appointment for our CEO role.”

Angela Buxton, People Director, Mencap