Services

Executive search and talent advisory, senior-partner led.

We find the leaders a business needs, and we make sense of the leadership it already has. Every engagement is run by a senior partner from the first conversation to the first months in seat.

What we do

The hires that decide where a business goes next.

Three ways we help: hiring leaders, understanding leadership teams, and navigating AI. Most clients start with one and stay for all three.

Executive Search

Board-level and senior leadership hiring across all core corporate functions, from listed global corporations to private equity backed firms.

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Talent Advisory

Leadership assessment, succession planning and team design. Understand the team you have before deciding the team you need.

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AI Deployment

Advisory and hiring for leadership teams navigating the agentic era, honest counsel on AI capability, governance and talent.

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Functional expertise

Who we place.

Senior appointments across the functions that set a company’s direction.

Board

Chairs, non-executive directors and committee members who bring genuine governance, not just good names.

CEO & Succession

The most important hire most organisations ever make. We understand what the moment demands, then find the person who can meet it.

Commercial Leaders

The executives who own growth, CROs, CCOs, presidents and managing directors who turn strategy into revenue.

Corporate Functions

CFOs and finance leadership, CHROs, general counsel and COOs, the leaders who keep ambition operational.

Technology & Digital Leaders

CTOs, CPOs and CDOs for businesses where technology is the strategy, not just the infrastructure.

Sector specialisms

Where we work.

Deep networks in five sectors, serving everyone from regulated incumbents to PE-backed challengers.

Financial Services

Banking, insurance, asset management and fintech.

Technology

Software, data and platform businesses.

Life Sciences

Pharma, biotech, medtech and healthcare services.

Industrials

Engineering, manufacturing, energy and infrastructure.

Consumer

Brands, retail and consumer businesses built on trust.

Bentley Lewis is a member of ENEX, a global network of independent executive search firms spanning 40+ countries, and a strategic partner of TATE Leadership Consulting across India and Asia Pacific. About ENEX →·About TATE →

Our search model

Human + AI intelligence.

Human-first, by design. AI widens what we see; our consultants decide what matters. Every judgment call, every conversation, and every final decision stays with an experienced human.

Borderless market intelligence

We scan the global talent landscape beyond traditional platforms to uncover exceptional leaders wherever they operate.

Comprehensive talent mapping

We map the whole market, with our teams focusing on judgment, engagement and fit.

Objective, merit-based evaluation

AI-assisted scorecarding supports fair, criteria-led assessment, while final decisions remain firmly human-led.

Always-on global execution

Distributed teams across EMEA, the Americas and APAC keep your search moving across time zones.

How we work

Your executive recruiting team.

Most firms run a process. We build an understanding, of your strategy, your culture, and what this appointment has to deliver, and we stay accountable long after the start date.

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We start inside your business, not inside a database. Strategy, culture, board dynamics, and what success in this seat looks like three years out.

Research

Human judgment backed by AI-supported market intelligence. We map the whole landscape, including leaders who aren’t looking, and the unconventional profiles others miss.

Assess

Criteria-led, merit-based evaluation, with regular updates, candidate insights and market intelligence throughout. You always know exactly where the search stands.

Partner

The placement isn’t the finish line. We stay close through onboarding and beyond, ongoing counsel on the team around the hire, not just a completed search.