Executives Online North

Looking to fill a position in the North of England?

Executives Online North provides senior and board-level interim management and fast permanent executive recruitment, serving clients in the North of England.

Candidates in the North of England should please register online

Clients looking to fill a position, please contact Executives Online North, or fill out our online form.

Since opening the Executives Online Northern office in 2006, Executives Online North has accomplished dozens of placements of interim and permanent executives into roles across diverse business sectors throughout the North west, North east and Yorkshire & Humberside. This includes the following successful interim and permanent placements:

• Interim General Manager for a Newcastle-based renewable energy company
• Interim Logistics Manager for a Huddersfield-based precision mechanical components company
• Performance Improvement Project Managers for a Leeds rail infrastructure consultancy
• Programme Manager and Field Operations Manager for a Doncaster area security and safety telecoms provider
• Interim HR Director for an automotive supplier of noise control and thermal insulation systems
• Interim Production Manager for Ringmesh, the Yorkshire subsidiary of a German chain mail manufacturer Friedrich Muench GmbH & Co KG - read the case study
• Sales and Marketing Director for a Manchester data storage and data outsourcing company
• Interim Financial Director for a Transport Infrastructure Support Provider
• HR Manager for a major catering company
• Call Centre Manager for a Huddersfield breakdown cover insurer
• Marketing Director and Finance Director for an AIM listed financial services provider based in central Manchester
• Finance Director for a Warrington wireless network infrastructure provider
• Manufacturing Operations Manager (UK) for a commercial and industrial air filtration supplier
• Assistant Bursar at a grammar school
• Procurement Manager for a valve and control manufacturer
• Manufacturing Operations Manager (Germany) for a commercial and industrial air filtration supplier
• Project Manager for a leading national charitable organisation based in Leeds supporting sports coaching and education
• Project Manager for a telecare and telehealth solutions provider
• Helpdesk Manager for a facilities management outsourcing company

Derek Ward is MD of Executives Online North. He has been based in the region most of his working life and has an exemplary background in senior sales and business development roles where he delivered dramatic growth. In the five years prior to joining Executives Online, Derek delivered a number of interim and consultancy projects, including his position as Interim MD for Swift Fire & Security Group, a regional security installation and service company, and his non-executive directorship of Ellis Fairbank plc, a £9 million recruitment (executive search and selection) company which achieved a successful MBO. Derek's others roles have included Sales Director, Divisional Director, Corporate Sales Director and Group Sales Director, primarily in the mobile telecommunications and security sectors.

The North of England was the clear choice for Executives Online's first expansion beyond our original offices in London and Winchester. With 75% of the Financial Times Top 100 Companies now based in the region and the Lyons Review aiming to relocate 20,000 civil service posts away from London and the southeast, growth in the North now outstrips the rest of the country and is the highest it has been for more than a decade and a half.