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Recruitment & AI Advisory

Finding the People
Who Move Businesses Forward

SK Leonard connects ambitious organisations with exceptional change and transformation talent: permanent, interim, and executive search, across all levels and sectors.

Finance & Professional Services
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Years of industry expertise across recruitment & transformation
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Successful placements across permanent, interim & executive
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Of clients return to us for repeat assignments
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Sectors served including finance, logistics, digital & more

Our Services

Talent Solutions &
AI Workforce

From permanent and executive hires to contract resource, market intelligence, and AI-led capability: SK Leonard provides the full spectrum of people and skills solutions for ambitious organisations.

Permanent Hires

End-to-end permanent placement across all levels and functions, from emerging talent through to senior leadership appointments. Thorough, considered, and tailored to culture.

Executive Search

Confidential, research-led search for director, VP, and C-suite appointments. We identify and engage exceptional leaders who aren't always visible in the open market.

Retained Services

A dedicated, partnered approach to your most business-critical hires. Retained mandates ensure full commitment, structured process, and priority access to our network.

Contract Hires

Experienced contractors and interim specialists deployed at pace when you need specialist capability for a defined period, without the long-term overhead.

Statement of Work

Outcome-based resourcing where we take ownership of delivering a defined scope. Ideal for projects requiring a team, structured delivery, and clear accountability.

Data & Insights

Market benchmarking, salary data, and talent landscape reports to inform your people strategy. Actionable intelligence drawn from our placement data and sector research.

The Next Frontier

AI Workforce

AI adoption is the next wave of building organisational capability, and it starts with people. We help SMEs understand, implement, and embed AI into their operations in a way that's practical, change-led, and built for sustainable growth. Think of it less like buying technology, and more like growing your team.

  • Practical AI readiness assessments, honest not evangelical
  • Strategy and adoption roadmaps aligned to your business, not a vendor's agenda
  • Change management through implementation; we make it stick
  • Independent advisory with no technology vendor bias
Explore AI Workforce

"Implementing AI is not an IT project. It is a people project. The businesses that get this right are the ones who treat it like a transformation, because that is exactly what it is."

SK Leonard — AI Workforce

Where We Work

Sectors &
Specialisms

Our consultants carry genuine sector experience, not just market knowledge. We speak the language of your industry, understand your pressures, and know the people who can make a difference.

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IT & Digital

From enterprise technology transformation to digital product delivery, we place technology leaders, programme managers, change specialists, and digital professionals across the full project lifecycle.

Digital Transformation CIO / CTO Programme Delivery Agile & DevOps AI & Machine Learning Data & Analytics
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Financial Services

We work with banks, asset managers, insurers, and fintech businesses to place transformation, change, and technology talent. Deep relationships across front, middle, and back office functions.

Banking & Insurance Fintech Regulatory Change Risk & Compliance Debt Advisory Restructuring & Insolvency
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Engineering

Supporting engineering-led organisations through periods of operational change, growth, and transformation. We place change and project professionals who understand complex technical environments.

Infrastructure Capital Projects Hydraulic Engineers Mechanical Engineers Electrical Engineers Civil Engineers
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Manufacturing & Ops

Placing transformation and operational improvement talent into manufacturers and distributors navigating automation, process change, and workforce evolution across multi-site operations.

Lean & Six Sigma Warehouse Operatives Class 1 Drivers Class 2 Drivers Health & Safety Quality Inspectors
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Supply Chain & Logistics

End-to-end supply chain specialists across procurement, planning, warehousing, and last-mile logistics. We support organisations transforming their supply chain function in response to scale and market change.

Procurement Demand Planning 3PL & Fulfilment Network Design
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Public Sector

Experienced in placing professionals into central government, defence, and public services. We are active in SC and DV cleared recruitment, placing cleared talent into sensitive and high-security programmes.

Central Government Local Government NHS Defence SC Cleared DV Cleared

Organisations We've Worked With

PwC
Deloitte
BDO
FRP Advisory
Tata Technologies
NTT Data
DXC Technology
Codeac Solutions
Odyssey
Beaver Bridges
Kartell UK
Just Trays
PwC
Deloitte
BDO
FRP Advisory
Tata Technologies
NTT Data
DXC Technology
Codeac Solutions
Odyssey
Beaver Bridges
Kartell UK
Just Trays
"The most successful transformations are defined not by strategy, but by the quality of the people executing it."
SK Leonard — Founding Principle

Our Story

Built on change.
Defined by talent.

SK Leonard was founded by directors with deep roots in both change and transformation consultancy and the operational management of large, complex organisations. That breadth of experience gives us a perspective most recruiters simply don't have; we understand that people sit at the centre of excellence, whether the challenge is leading a transformation programme or running a high-performing operation at scale.

The business was built on a single observation: the most successful transformations and the most resilient operations are defined not by strategy, but by the quality of the people executing it.

That founding belief shapes everything we do: how we assess candidates, how we understand client challenges, and how we now help SMEs navigate the next great business shift: artificial intelligence.

Start the Conversation

Whether you're looking for exceptional talent, exploring executive search, or ready to understand what AI can do for your business, we'd like to hear from you.