The History of Executives Online

Executives Online began its involvement with interim management and fast-track executive resourcing in November 1992 when Norrie Johnston, now Executive Chairman of Executives Online, created his limited company, Earncatch Projects Ltd., through which he practised as an interim sales and marketing director. Over the years 1993-1999, Norrie himself completed 10 major interim assignments for companies such as IMI, London Electricity, IBM, Westinghouse Electronics, and Tunstall Telecom.

In January 1997 the company name changed to EPL Consulting Ltd. and began operating as an interim management provider, accomplishing its first placement mid-1997 of David Kelly at British Gas Transco. January 1998 saw EPL Consulting's first listing in the Executive Grapevine Directory of Interim Management. In October 1998 the company was featured in its first major article in The Daily Telegraph, quoting Norrie Johnston of EPL Consulting Ltd. In January 2000 the company launched its first website at the domain www.executivesonline.co.uk and the company again changed its name, to Executives Online Ltd.

Building from Norrie’s track record as a successful interim (who sourced work himself and via other leading interim agencies), Executives Online has since that first placement in 1997 placed hundreds of interim managers into diverse and challenging roles with clients ranging from leading blue-chip companies, to SMEs, to public sector organisations, leading charities, and professional associations. Executives Online's client portfolio includes BMW, Age Concern, Carphone Warehouse, Dage Precision Industries, London Ambulance, Moss Pharmacy, Nestlé, Powergen, BuyEnergyOnline, Thresher, Syngenta, Portsmouth Housing Association, and Securicor, to name just a few. The company now boasts a candidate roster exceeding 40,000 practicing interim managers and other freelance executives. Services have evolved from purely interim management to include other fast-track executive resourcing solutions, including change management, project management, and fast permanent executive recruitment.

Today, Executives Online continues to experience exceptional growth in both turnover and margin, deploying a unique blend of technology and personal service to support the needs of both clients and candidates and to match them together in successful assignments.

Executives Online is also expanding geographically. There are now several regional offices throughout the UK and the Executives Online global presence is growing, with operations currently in Australia, South Africa, Ireland and France. Further international expansion is planned.