About Us
Welcome to Adderleys
We recruit senior leaders and specialists for ambitious organisations across scale-up, mid-market, and enterprise environments. From growth and transformation to restructuring and exit planning, we deliver leaders who bring clarity, pace, and measurable commercial impact.
Working closely with founders, boards, and investors, we appoint Directors, Senior Managers, Interims, and Technical Specialists, rigorously assessed and culturally aligned.
Our retained recruitment model blends executive-level quality with agility and value, supporting roles typically between £50,000 and £250,000 across PE-backed, family-owned, and corporate businesses.
Peter Adderley & John Featherstone, 1991
Our History
Founded in 1991
Adderleys was founded in 1991 by Peter Adderley and John Featherstone following successful careers in industry at board level and including the leadership of one of Europe's largest executive search companies.
Principles
Philosophy
Fees
Our Fees
Transparent, fixed fees, designed for modern leadership recruitment.
At Adderleys, we believe executive search should be high quality, not high cost. That's why we operate a clear, fixed-fee model that gives organisations complete cost certainty from day one — without the inflated percentage-based fees common in traditional search.
Our transparent, consultancy-led pricing ensures every assignment is delivered with precision, expertise, and measurable results — giving you high-impact recruitment without unnecessary cost.
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