01Brief & mandate
Understand the role beyond the job description
Deep discovery of organisation, strategic context and the personal qualities that separate a competent appointment from an exceptional one.
Week 1–2
Executive Search & Leadership Advisory
We find the leaders who define your organisation's future.
Hartebridge is an executive search and leadership advisory firm helping clients successfully navigate leadership transitions. Drawing on a network built over twenty years across investment banking, energy and social impact sectors, we find and validate CEOs, senior executives, non-executive directors, Trustees and Chairs.
Our team
Specialist skills in recruitment, advisory and consulting.
Founder
Anthony Harte
Anthony is Founder of Hartebridge, a London-based executive search and leadership advisory firm specialising in senior leadership appointments. He brings a twenty-year career spanning investment banking, energy and social impact sectors.
Anthony is a trusted advisor to civic institutions, including as a board member of the Worshipful Company of Communicators and The Irish Cultural Centre, and as an Ambassador for Women in New Energy.
Worshipful Company of Communicators
The Irish Cultural Centre
Women in New Energy
Hanna Sanford
Advisor
Peter Gomez
Legal Advisor
Tia Rakotoniera
Client Experience
The moment
Leadership demands are shifting.
Technology is transforming how organisations operate, raise capital and deliver impact. Governance expectations are rising. The pool of leaders with the right combination of strategic capability and digital fluency is narrow. Hartebridge exists to help organisations find and appoint those leaders, and to advise them on what exceptional leadership looks like in this new environment.
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Executive Search
Anthony leads every search, supported by a rigorous assessment and validation model that goes beyond a CV.
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Technology
Advanced data intelligence and candidate sourcing technology to reach the talent that traditional networks miss.
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Talent Advisory
Strategic counsel on leadership, governance and organisational capability.
Roles we appoint
From operational leadership to the boardroom.
Executive i.
- Chief Executive Officer
- Senior NGO leadership, including Heads of Fundraising and Communications
- Public Relations, Government Relations and Corporate Affairs
- Social impact leadership
- Interim executive leadership
Governance ii.
- Chair
- Trustee
- Non-Executive Director
- Treasurer
- Senior Independent Director
Why Hartebridge
A different kind of search partner. Most executive search firms offer a process. Hartebridge offers a partnership, bringing together leadership advisory, rigorous candidate validation and AI-enhanced market intelligence in a single, founder-led engagement.
— The Hartebridge principle
How we work
A considered, founder-led engagement from first conversation to appointment.
Every Hartebridge search follows the same disciplined method, with the founder personally present at every phase.
02Search & attract
Reach the leaders that advertised search will miss
A twenty-year network combined with AI-enhanced market intelligence that surfaces relevant candidates beyond first-degree connections.
Week 2–603Assess & validate
Evidence of competency, not just confidence
Structured assessment and validation that goes beyond interview performance, providing objective evidence of capability before shortlist decisions are made.
Week 5–804Appoint & onboard
Secure the appointment. Support the transition.
Shortlist facilitation, referencing, offer negotiation. We remain engaged post-appointment to support the new leader's transition.
Week 8–12
Our services
Executive search and leadership advisory, built for purpose-driven organisations.
Our services span the full leadership lifecycle, from board governance and executive appointment to interim leadership and strategic advisory.
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Executive Search
We appoint leaders at the highest level: CEOs, senior operational leaders and specialist directors. Through a structured, evidence-based process that goes beyond CV and interview. Our candidate validation model provides clients with objective evidence of competency, not just confidence.
Every engagement is led personally by our founder.
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Board & Governance Search
Effective governance has never been more critical or more complex. Hartebridge sources and appoints Chairs, Trustees and Non-Executive Directors who bring the specific skills, experience and independent perspective your board needs. Now, and for what is coming.
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Interim Leadership
When organisations need immediate, experienced leadership through transition, growth or crisis, we source and place interim executives who can step in, stabilise and lead. Our interim appointments draw on the same validation rigour as permanent search.
Sectors we serve
Commercial, charitable and purpose-driven, wherever the mandate requires.
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Commercial
Growing enterprises, private equity-backed businesses, and mission-aligned commercial organisations navigating leadership transitions in competitive markets.
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Charities & NGOs
Large UK charities, international development organisations, campaigning bodies and membership institutions appointing executive and governance leadership.
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Foundations & Philanthropy
Grant-making trusts, family offices and endowment-led organisations seeking leaders who combine strategic clarity with deep sector understanding.
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Purpose-Driven
Social enterprises, impact-first businesses and civic institutions where commercial discipline and mission integrity must be held in balance.
For candidates
Hartebridge helps leaders make life-changing career transitions.
We offer a bespoke experience. We invest time in understanding your career goals, provide transparent feedback throughout, and ensure you are fully prepared for every stage. We respond personally to every approach.
Get in touch
Begin a search, or simply start a conversation.
We respond to every enquiry within 24 hours. If you are unsure whether Hartebridge is the right partner, we are happy to talk before you commit to anything.
Direct contact
Anthony Harte, Founder
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Registered office
Hartebridge Limited5th Floor, 167–169 Great Portland Street
London W1W 5PF