Saxton Bampfylde specialises in executive search and leadership advisory for the government and public sector. We help organisations find visionary leaders who can tackle complex challenges and drive meaningful change. With a deep understanding of public service, we work closely with clients to identify candidates committed to advancing public policy and creating a positive societal impact.
The predictability of change
The pace of change in the Government and Public sector has been one of the few constants in recent years. Leadership shifts, driven by elections, bring significant impacts on society and the economy, both nationally and internationally. As the public sector’s profile rises, leaders with broader skill sets and cross-sector experience are increasingly essential.
National and global challenges have highlighted the need for leadership that embraces innovation, supported by increased digitisation and technological advancement.
Specialist leadership advisors to:
- Ministerial departments
- Non-ministerial departments
- Agencies
- Public bodies
- Public corporations
- Devolved administrations
Our experience
For decades our team has operated at the interface between government and other sectors, bringing our expertise across the commercial, education, research, health and cultural sectors to bear on senior executive and non-executive appointments. Our established UK expertise is reinforced through our global partnerships providing in-depth knowledge of public sector practice in other regions and a greater access to international talent.
Our experience ranges from the highest-profile and most heavily-scrutinised roles to the most unusual and specialist. In a competitive market for talent, we are ideally positioned to identify and attract leading individuals, in the UK and beyond.
REACH
The REACH Programme has been created in partnership with the Civil Service to help support colleagues with disabilities to maximise their career potential.
Together, we aim to provide mentoring partners exclusively for colleagues with either a mental health or physical disability. Each mentor is an executive level leader in their own right from outside the Civil Service, who either has a lived experience of disability or who has been involved in shifting the dial on improving development opportunities, career progression and the wider workplace environment for people with any form of disability.
Bringing forward passionate and diverse Board Leaders
Senior board appointments require a highly targeted, personalised search to identify appropriately qualified senior leaders, and it is essential that each of them is then approached by an articulate and well-informed advisor. Through our dedicated board practice, we appoint over 250 chair and non-executive roles every year: our networks give us extensive reach across sectors, and deep insights into the challenges – and opportunities – faced by boards today.
An inclusive approach to diversifying leadership
We are proud to support our clients’ equality, diversity, and inclusion efforts. In the past year, 63% of our public sector appointments and 58% of our board appointments were from underrepresented senior backgrounds. For regulatory roles, 66% of all appointments and 82% of board appointments were from diverse backgrounds.
As the public sector evolves, it is often misunderstood and underestimated. In a competitive talent market, we are well-positioned to identify and attract exceptional leaders from diverse backgrounds, both in the UK and internationally.