Former treasury executive encourages others considering an interim career to ‘go for it’
Growing numbers of executives are leaving permanent roles and moving into the fast growing professional interim management market. The drive for digital transformation and customer experience programmes across the consumer, retail and financial services sectors is creating huge demand for interims to help steer companies both large and small through organisational change. The sudden departure […]
New technology and traditional values the winning combination for building society sector
Combining new technology with traditional values is the winning formula for the building society sector, which is enjoying a healthy growth in market share this year. That was the upbeat message from the Building Societies Association’s annual conference in Manchester, a two day gathering which more than 500 executives from the UK’s 44 building societies […]
Interim executives meet transformation talent gap
By John Wakeford, MD of HW Interim Has your business got a talent gap that could be bridged with a swift executive interim appointment? The professional interim management market is enjoying rapid growth, driven largely by a corresponding increase in business transformation programmes across all industry sectors. Companies both large and small are increasingly turning […]
Have you considered the benefits of an interim executive?
By John Wakeford, MD of HW Interim HW Global Talent Partner has built a reputation for excellence in executive search over the past decade among the many global and local brands we serve. But did you know we also have an interim management business? Many of our executive search clients also turn to us when […]
Have you considered a career in interim?
By John Wakeford, MD of HW Interim The professional interim management market is enjoying rapid growth, driven by a burgeoning cycle of business transformation programmes across all industry sectors. For a multitude of reasons, companies both large and small are increasingly turning to professional interim managers to help steer them through organisational change – with […]
The CPG sector needs to embrace end-to-end digital transformation
By Stuart Richards Leading CPG players have responded to digital disruption with huge investment in eCommerce. But if they are to truly realise the massive potential growth through the channel they need to embrace an end-to-end digital transformation programme encompassing their entire business process. New entrants using plug and play e-commerce technology and other distribution solutions […]
Demand for transformation and change programmes driving interim management growth
By Rachel Frankland The professional interim management market is enjoying rapid growth, driven by a burgeoning cycle of business transformation programmes across all industry sectors. For a multitude of reasons, companies both large and small are increasingly turning to professional interim managers to help steer them through organisational change – with a particular drive for […]
FS providers seek NEDs with retail experience
By Pascale Gara Talented retail executives are being targeted by the boards of financial services institutions looking to adopt new technologies to get closer to their customers. Many banks, building societies and other FS providers remain some way behind the retail sector in rolling out customer engagement and digital transformation strategies, and boards are under […]
Experts available to advise on digital transformation
By Pascale Gara It is the biggest challenge to financial services providers today and one they cannot afford to ignore: how to deliver a truly omnichannel approach to customer service. They face a combination of heightened consumer expectations of consistent service across all touchpoints and the threat posed by the ‘challenger’ banks and Open Banking. […]
Insatiable appetite for healthy food and convenience fuels innovation drive
The pressure has never been greater on firms in the food sector to innovate in order to compete. Meeting the demands of switched on consumers with an insatiable appetite for healthier food and convenience is one of the key drivers, and there is an ongoing battle to find the magic ingredients. Online ordering and delivery […]