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- Who we are
- What we do
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- Working at Selecture
Advisory & search solutions for key hires in Technology, Digital and Consulting
Selecture partners with leaders looking to launch, scale, transform or innovate their organisation. Our solutions are based on deep insight into people, markets and companies.
Awards & Accreditations
Our achievements have been recognised over the years and we have been rewarded with a number of prestigious industry awards.
These include:
- David Lancefield - Top Management Consultancy Recruiter (2013) in recognition of outstanding candidate feedback. Top-Consultant.com
- Top Management Consultancy Recruitment Firm (2014 & 2015) Top-Consultant.com
- Runner Up for Best Management Consultancy Recruitment Firm (2010, 2011, 2013). Top-Consultant.com
- Received a Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of outstanding contribution towards lateral hiring (2012)
Our Story
Selecture is an award winning search and recruitment consultancy dedicated to placing mid to senior talent within our specialisms. We are the preferred supplier to major consulting firms, boutique strategy firms and major corporates.
We differentiate ourselves by ensuring each of our consultants align to a specific niche, developing deep networks and subject matter expertise within their area. Supported by our world class research, we’re able to identify high quality passive talent, providing clients precise delivery and candidates interesting career opportunities.
Selecture was set up in 2001 and we have offices in London, Singapore and Melbourne. We work globally from our hub offices and have placed professionals in over 20 countries.
Our approach is consultative and we seek to build long term partnerships with our clients and candidates based on trust. This may be why many of our candidates become clients.
What Makes us Tick
Selecture was formed with a very clear vision and set of values. Our vision is the long term development and growth of relationships, careers and our people. We connect our clients with the specialist talent needed to succeed. Our core values are embedded in everything we do.
Teamwork: We care about our accomplishments and understand that we are all contributors to the success of Selecture. We want to see each other succeed.
Expertise: Being a trusted advisor to our clients and candidates through our expertise and market knowledge.
Relationships: We cultivate deep relationships by taking time to understand the very particular professional, cultural and personal experiences, interests and aspirations of our clients and candidates.
Respect: We approach interactions with our clients, candidates and colleagues with respect and integrity.
Accountability: We take pride in the work we do and don’t shy away from accountability.
Who we are
We are a team of passionate, like-minded, experienced international recruiters who love what we do with Technology, Digital & Consulting at our core.
We are collaborative, down-to-earth and proactive with the highest levels of integrity. We are above all; solutions driven for both clients and candidates.
David Lancefield - CEO and Global Managing Partner Consulting
David has led the Selecture business since 2001 and relishes working with a team of professionals who thoroughly enjoy what they do and consistently go above and beyond for their clients and candidates.
Throughout his career, David has remained very hands on partnering with founders and business leaders to help them scale & transform their organisation with critical senior hires & key technical specialists. Recent engagements range from securing a regional MD for a VC funded & early stage AI & Analytics firm to hiring a head of Digital Banking Strategy for a Big 4 consulting firm looking to set up a new service line.
By focusing on a few core areas, David aims to provide a deep view of candidate and client communities and valuable market insights. He is dedicated to balancing the requirements of his clients, whilst upholding the highest level of candidate care.
Outside of work, David loves, tennis, skiing, travelling and spending time with family & friends.
Richard Goddard - Non Executive Advisor
Richard has close to three decades of expertise in launching and scaling technology search businesses, and personally executing leadership appointments, across Asia, Europe and North America.
Most recently Richard spent 12 years in Asia launching and scaling technology search businesses in Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Australia and Japan, and working with a global portfolio of technology clients on their Asia and international leadership hires.
Richard supports Selecture with advice on strategy, people development and client solutions.
The earlier part of his career he was based in the UK and Germany where he played a pivotal role in the global expansion and leadership for the Global Technology Practice of a UK public listed recruitment services organisation. During this period he led the launch of technology search practices in the UK, France, Germany, Singapore, Hong Kong, China and North America whilst remaining a hands on executive search partner for his clients around the world.
Richard is a graduate of European Business Studies and French. In his spare time he is passionate about high performance in sport, food and travel, and spending time with his family.
Darren Head - Partner and Head of UK/EMEA
Darren leads the UK office and has an executive search career spanning 12 years covering P&L responsibility, management of the UK team, business development and delivery.
Darren has undertaken executive level search assignments throughout UK, North America and Europe for both leading management consultancies, corporates and mid-sized players. His speciality is working with global executives covering Technology, Digital and Management Consulting across Industries.
He has niche knowledge within Human Capital Advisory, particularly in the area of Leadership & Executive Development, CEO Board Advisory, Executive Assessment & Coaching
Prior to working in executive search, Darren worked for Lincoln Financial Group as Compensation & Benefits Advisor specialising in Job Evaluation, Executive Reward with responsibility for rolling out new benefits across the UK.
When he’s not training for 20 mile obstacle courses, he loves snowboarding, boxing and playing tennis.
Chris Gillibrand - Partner and Head of Singapore/ASEAN
Chris has 15 years of experience recruiting mid-to-senior level Banking Technologists, the last 7 years of which has been focused on the Singapore & Malaysian markets.
After graduating in 2001 from the University of Leeds, Chris began his executive search career in the City of London. He specialised in technology roles for the London Banking markets. Eight years later in 2010 having risen to Senior Manager, Chris moved to Asia living in Singapore.
He has worked in several boutiques search firms where he has built Banking Technology and Change Management search teams. In July 2017 he was invited to join Selecture Global Singapore as a Director of Banking Recruitment.
Chris places people at the senior end of the spectrum, across the Business aligned Banking Technology space such as, Senior Program & Project Management, Business Analysis, Delivery Management and Technology Risk Management fields - with a particular focus on Wealth Management Technology and Core Banking Technology for Wealth, PB, AM, Retail and Institutional Banking.
Throughout his 15 year search career, his clients have included some of the world’s most prestigious Investment & Retail Banks. Also many non-bank finance related organisations, such as Brokerage Houses, Commodities Vendors, Fund and Asset Management firms and Technology driven Trading Houses.
Stephen Wilson - Partner and Head of Australia/ANZ
Stephen is a Senior Partner within Selecture and is based in Melbourne. He has a proven track record of advising in the technology recruitment space over the last 10 years and his experience spans from working with Pre IPO Silicon Valley firms and start ups to larger software vendors and global consulting firms. Stephen has successfully carried out assignments across the UK, EMEA (DACH, Nordics, Benelux and France), the Middle East and more recently Australia.
Stephen has very strong domain knowledge; as well as a growing network within Enterprise (Technology) Security & Forensics – an area of increasing significance across both the SME and larger customer bases.
High on integrity and an advocate of offering a truly consultative service to the market, Stephen brings a fresh and detailed oriented approach to his assignments, keen to understand the needs of those he advises.
Stephen has a degree in Italian & Linguistics from University College London and is an avid sportsman – enjoying squash, golf, skiing and mountain biking.
What we believe in
Selecture was formed with a very clear vision and set of values. Our vision is the long term development and growth of relationships, careers and people. We advise and connect our clients with the specialist talent needed to succeed.
Our core values are embedded in everything we do.
Selecture was formed with a very clear vision and set of values. Our vision is the long term development and growth of relationships, careers and people. We advise and connect our clients with the specialist talent needed to succeed.
Our core values are embedded in everything we do.
Selecture was formed with a very clear vision and set of values. Our vision is the long term development and growth of relationships, careers and people. We advise and connect our clients with the specialist talent needed to succeed.
Our core values are embedded in everything we do.
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Teamwork
We care about our accomplishments and understand that we are all contributors to the success of our clients, candidates and colleagues. We want to see each other succeed. Collaboration is at our core of everything we do.
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Expertise
Being a trusted advisor to our clients and candidates through our expertise and market knowledge.
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Relationships
We cultivate deep relationships by taking time to understand the very particular professional, cultural and personal experiences, interests and aspirations of our clients and candidates.
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Respect
We approach interactions with our clients, candidates and colleagues with respect and integrity.
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Diversity
Selecture has always worked on the basis of sourcing, selecting and presenting the “best candidates” for our clients irrespective of gender, race, age, religion or sexual orientation and fully embraces diversity in the workplace.
Our Insight, Markets & People service (iMaP) provides a valuable tool for those clients vested on this journey and we are committed to delivering diversity at both long list and short list stages of our recruitment processes.
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Accountability
We take pride in the work we do and don’t shy away from accountability.
What we do
We question, we listen, we challenge, we strive to understand both client and candidate needs and we tailor solutions accordingly. No one size fits all especially in an ever changing world. Whether client or candidate; we believe in crafting and delivering solution-driven services, and working in trusted and accountable partnership.
If you are interested in exploring becoming a partner within the Selecture Platform please contact Richard Goddard
Solution-driven Services:
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Insight - Market and People (iMaP)
Our Insight Market & People service sits at the core of everything we deliver. It is the platform for our clients to truly understand the people operating in their target markets and enables informed decision making around talent strategies, talent acquisition, talent development and talent retention.
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Executive Search
Our executive search service is geared towards leadership appointments across all levels of an organisation from Board and executive leadership through to senior and mid management and individual contributors; from single strategic hires through to team builds.
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Early-to-late-Stage
Our early-to-late-stage service is borne from our interest and track record working with entrepreneurs and investors to launch and scale their ideas and companies into the marketplace. From single strategic hires through to team builds; from land and launch through to scale and hyper growth we are building the Selecture Platform to enable our clients and candidates to succeed.
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Talent Solutions
Our talent solutions service operates both independently in the market place or in tandem with talent acquisition partners across our client organisations; and drawing upon our full portfolio of permanent, interim and advisory services.
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The Selecture Platform
The Selecture Platform is our commitment to providing the best expertise and advice to our clients and candidates around the globe, and complementing our own advisory and search solutions. This will encompass a network of trusted recruitment partners in key locations as well as service providers/advisors covering topics such as immigration, legal, tax, payroll and public relations.
Technology
Selecture's international networks helped us recruit an IT security and forensics expert based in Europe for a critical programme in Sydney.
From next generation innovation to latest cutting-edge technologies; from software and services to hardware and infrastructure; from electronic and electrical components to materials and chemicals the Selecture team has the depth, breadth and tenure across the global technology ecosystem to partner with clients and candidates alike.
Our knowledge is broad, deep and ever evolving:
Artificial Intelligence (AI); Machine Leaning (ML); Augmented Reality (AR); Holographics; Virtual Reality (VR); Blockchain; FinTech; Cryptocurrency; Software; Cloud/SaaS; Analytics; Cybersecurity; IT Services; Healthtech; IoT; Devices; Telecom; Networks; Cleantech; Sensors; Semiconductors; Components; Materials
Digital
Very impressed with Selecture as a candidate and now I am working with Selecture to build my team.
McKinsey; “digital should be seen less as a thing and more a way of doing things....creating value at the new frontiers of the business world, creating value in the processes that execute a vision of customer experiences, and building foundational capabilities that support the entire structure”. The Selecture team works in the digital age and advises clients and candidates alike on their digital journey.
Consulting
Impressed with Selecture as a candidate and now I am working with Selecture to build my team.
Since 2001, our Consulting team have partnered with leading strategy firms, full-service management consultancies, boutiques and also corporates for in-house roles. Our sweet spot is Manager to Director level and we’re also very experienced at executing team and practice builds for new service lines and locations. We focus on placing both interim and permanent specialists and many candidates have been working with us exclusively throughout their careers. Selecture have consistently been voted “Best Management Consultancy Recruiter” in the annual Top Consultant awards.
Financial Services
Selecture assembled a team of international Finance transformation specialists with depth in Insurance to help us deliver a critical global transformation programme.
Financial services firms are under immense pressure to transform their operating models in response to regulatory changes, new cyber security threats and the technological impact of Digital, Big Data and Analytics. Selecture partners with leading Banks, Insurers, Asset Managers and Consulting firms to provide the specialist talent our clients need to stay ahead. Our international teams collaborate and work from Associate VP level right up to MD level.
Industry Expertise
Our combined breadth and depth of experience across Technology, Digital and Consulting enables us to work with innovators, adopters and integrators of technology across a broad range of functions, industries and geographies
Technology
Digital
Consulting
Financial Services
- Enterprise Software Solutions
- Cloud
- Digital
- Data
- Finance
- Strategy
- People
- Operations
- Finance, Risk & Compliance
- FinTech
- Projects & Change
- Banking Software Solutions
Roles & Specialist Areas
We work across all levels of an organisation from Board and executive leadership through to senior and mid management and individual contributors; from single strategic hires through to team builds.
Our combined breadth and depth of experience across Technology, Digital and Consulting enables us to work across a broad range of functions, industries and geographies
News & Insights
News Articles
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The Journey East
Richard Goddard is the COO and Global Managing Partner Technology for Selecture, a specialist Digital, Consulting and Technology advisory and search boutique operating out of regional hubs in London (Europe), Singapore (Asia) and Melbourne (ANZ). He has been recruiting since 1991, originally
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How AI will Affect The Financial Industry In 2018
Over the last few years, artificial intelligence has helped push the envelope in terms of technological advancements in the financial industry. For example, consumers can use facial recognition to log in to financial apps and use voice commands to check their balances. This year, artificial
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Compelling case for Diversity but are Companies actively embracing it?
Compelling case for Diversity but are companies actively embracing it? Bernadette Bannister investigates on behalf of Selecture
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Forrester's Top Emerging Technologies to Watch 2017-2021
Posted by Brian Hopkins on September 14, 2016 Think back just a few years — social, mobile, cloud, and big data ruled the emerging technology landscape. Business and technology management executives wondered what big data meant, when the cloud would disrupt their companies, and how to engage
The Facts
Selecture partner with clients for key hires in Technology, Digital and Consulting. We work globally servicing assignments from ‘hub’ offices in London, Singapore and Melbourne.
- 18
Years Established
- 12
Outstanding Awards
- 93
Candidates Recommend
- 80
Repeat Business
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Working at Selecture
Selecture is investing deeper into its core roots around Technology, Digital and Consulting and is seeking results-oriented individuals who are passionate in the art of recruitment and creating and delivering customer excellence.
If you are an experienced, collaborative and entrepreneurially minded individual who loves the world of recruitment, and are passionate about delivering customer centric solutions then we would love to hear from you.
We are interested to hear from recruiters and researchers at all levels who are in proximity to the following locations as we look to strengthen our existing network and explore expansion opportunities.
United Kingdom: London, Manchester
Europe: Frankfurt, Berlin
Asia: Singapore
Australia: Melbourne, Sydney
North America: San Francisco/Bay Area, New York
Please contact David Lancefield or Richard Goddard
Comprehensive Training & Development Programme
As we continue to grow, we are on the lookout for talented people who share our values. We look for people with passion, intelligence and integrity. To thrive at Selecture you will be honest, innovative, driven, professional and a team player!
What we offer:
- We help our people reach and maintain their potential by investing heavily in both external & internal training programmes. Our in-house training programme breaks our proprietary search methodology into modules which we teach at regular intervals. Incoming staff are also assigned a career mentor from Day 1 and based on an assessment of skills and any gaps, we design a training programme fully tailored to the individuals needs.
- Selecture regularly send senior Selecture staff onto quarterly management training programmes, which helps successful recruiters learn the art of the player manager.
- The opportunity to work with tier 1 clients
Package & Benefits
At selecture, we like to reward hard work and make you feel appreciated with attractive packages and benefits including;
- Market leading commission scheme
- Flexible and competitive benefits package
- International secondments ( Singapore, Australia )
- Holiday vouchers
- Company organised events ( days out for paintballing, go-karting )
- Special bonuses
Join our exceptional team
As we continue to grow, we are on the lookout for talented people who share our values. We look for people with passion, intelligence and integrity. To thrive at Selecture you will be honest, innovative, driven, professional and a team player!
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Working at Selecture
Selecture is investing deeper into its core roots around Technology, Digital and Consulting
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Comprehensive Training & Development Programme
We help our people reach and maintain their potential by investing heavily in both external & internal training programmes.
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Package & Benefits
Market leading commission scheme, flexible & competitive benefits package, international secondments, holiday vouchers, organised events.