Mark Hamill

Managing Director

As the new Managing Director of SpenglerFox, I’d like to welcome you to our new website. SpenglerFox was established in 2003 and now has offices in 16 countries spanning the globe. Weighing in against the “old guard”, we may seem younger but our collective experience, proactive approach, and market connectivity vastly outweighs our age.

Our company comprises a team of 120 consultants and researchers worldwide who have previously worked within either executive search or in the industry practices we specialise in. Consummate professionals, we were all restless, we craved something different - that sense of dynamism, multi-culturalism and connectivity that has created a new world order.

Hence was born SpenglerFox and a new attitude to Executive Search.

I have worked for SpenglerFox since the beginning of the organisation in 2003, at different times having been based out of our London, Paris and now Prague offices. After travelling to our near and far flung locations and spending time with all members of our global team the world to me seems like a much smaller place.

I have witnessed the unimagninable growth, seen boom and bust times, met with our clients and candidates through each of our global Practice Groups, and grown more passionate about SpenglerFox by the day. Ultimately it is the quality of our consultants from London to Hong Kong, Moscow to Dubai, and beyond that has allowed us to achieve such high levels of client retention.

We live for our clients, and the trust and responsibility we commit to them. We understand that we are partners in helping them achieve their business objectives. Being able to connect them with the talent they need to achieve their business goals is what drives and motivates us.

Travelling to Warsaw for a breakfast meeting with a key client, and having a light dinner with an excellent candidate in Moscow the same day, is stimulating. Hoping on the Eurostar from Paris to London to go through a client’s upcoming talent needs, and getting back home in time to spend precious moments with my wife and two boys is part of the job. A conference call with a US based client with expansion plans into Central Europe, followed by a video conference with a shortlisted candidate in Romania, wrapped up with a quality review call with a consultant in Dubai, is part of our daily DNA. I really appreciate having the opportunity to connect with so many talented individuals across the globe on a daily basis.

We put ourselves on the line each time we take on a project with a client, no matter if it is our first or tenth search for that client. We look at each search as an opportunity to prove our value to our customer. It is our desire to succeed and our belief in partnership that I am sure sets us apart from our more established peers. We cannot afford to let our clients down in any way or to have a narrow, closed view on the world.

I was delighted to accept the leadership role in SpenglerFox and work alongside Leyla Spencer, our Global Operations Director. Leyla is helping to ensure all our internal process and procedures are managed correctly and is driving our development of cutting-edge research techniques in this fast-moving environment.

Along with Leyla, we have built up a truly excellent team of Country Managers, Practice Group Leaders, Consultants, Researchers and support teams each of which is committed to and excited about contributing to the success of our clients, which of course is the ultimate measurement of success in SpenglerFox.