Natalie Heilling

Research Partners is a contract executive research firm serving independent search firms and Fortune 500 companies in the Technology, Energy, Defence, Manufacturing, Retail and Media sectors. We have experience working across the UK, Europe and the USA. We provide a service that can allow clients to have more control over the costs and scope of their assignments. We can quickly and efficiently deliver everything from target lists, competitor analysis, candidate names and qualified candidate lists. We also provide top down company mapping. We work across function to include IT, HR, Sales & Marketing, Supply Chain, Finance, General Management). Levels ranging from upper middle management to board level ( £50 – 400K), identifying and successfully attracting the best possible candidates, within tight deadlines, whilst maintaining client/candidate relationships.

My role in Research Partners is very hands on. I am responsible for all new business and business development. I put together the delivery teams which will either consist of Research Partners employees or freelance researchers that we work with on a regular basis. I also still deliver certain projects myself. Finally I am responsible for recruiting and training our researchers and for their continued motivation.

I joined Penna Executive Search in 2001. I worked in their TMT team as a Senior Consultant. My role was as a 360 search consultant. I was responsible for winning new clients through to delivering on my own business or pulling together EMEA wide teams of consultants to assist where necessary.

I joined GUI & Chips in 1997. This was my first position after graduating. GUI was a start up search firm. I joined as the third person to work alongside the MD. After 3 months of training I worked in a 360 consultant role. I was responsible for winning and delivering my own business. I initially worked with networking technology clients but then moved to focus purely on Internet start ups. After one year with the business I was promoted to Senior Consultant. After a further six months I was promoted to Manager and helped grow the company to eight people. I was responsible for recruiting and training new employees who were both researchers and consultants.