We scale your organisation
by making the hiring process simple.
1,000+
Candidates placed
150+
Years experience
40+
Business partners
We make the hiring process simple, transparent and quick, so you can focus on scaling.
WHAT WE DO
At Bergman Holt, we believe that a successful hire is the result of a well defined process. We’ll take you through the four core steps to make sure you make the right type of hire for your needs:
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We help you to define the role and appropriate job specification for that role to be a success.
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We undertake the search for you and provide highly qualified candidates that meet your need and fit with your culture.
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We also manage the interview process for you, advising on structure and even the interview questions if needed.
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Lastly, we help to negotiate the final package with the candidates and support with the on-boarding process too.
THE DIFFERENT HIRING OPTIONS
There are lots of different hiring options that we help our clients with. At Bergman Holt we can advise on the right option for your talent needs, advise on IR35 scenarios and find the best talent for your specific need in the market.
01. Permanent.
Employing an Executive or team member on a full or part-time basis, where there is a career path for development with the company.
02. Fixed Term.
Hiring an employee for a fixed period, where they are treated as a full-time hire & get all the benefits associated with that too.
03. Interim/Fractional.
Usually a highly experienced professional who works at the company for a defined number of days a month.
04. Consultancy.
Consultants usually charge a fixed fee for overall delivery or may also charge on a Time and Materials Basis (T&M).
Why traditional exec
search doesn’t work
OUR RESEARCH
❌ Fee structures are antiquated
❌ Traditional search take too long
❌ Hiring isn’t transparent
We understand these frustrations and have ripped up the old ways of working by creating a model for hiring which is cost-effective, transparent and timely. We believe in sustainable hiring utilising the right talent acquisition model at the right time.
After 40+ years in the business and speaking to numerous CEOs, we’ve identified 3 core areas where we feel we need to act differently to rip up an antiquated system.
What we do differently
OUR MODEL
✅ Fees - We charge fixed fees rather than a % of salary, meaning our partners know exact costs up front. Our incentive is finding the best candidate, not the highest salary.
✅ Transparency - We use advanced project management tools to provide visibility across our hiring process, including our conversations with candidates & their terms, meaning no surprises along the way.
✅ Uncommon speed - Our level of transparency allows us to move quickly - something which sets us apart from other firms. Our average time between meeting partners and providing a candidate shortlist is 2 weeks vs the industry average of 6-8.
Key questions we help our clients to answer:
What
Should my organisational structure
look like now, in 12 and 24 months?
What
Types of NED do I need at different
stages of fundraising requirements?
How
Do I develop a performance
management framework?
Are our leadership capabilities today,
and what do we need in the future?
What
How
Do I deliver a strong candidate
experience at all hiring stages?
How
Do I manage my company
culture as I grow?
Why
Can’t I recruit the best talent as
quickly as I’d like?
Can I curate and balance an
effective and challenging Board?
How
Do I understand what each role in
my organisation should do?
How
HOW WE SUPPORT SCALE UPS
Want to scale your organisation quickly? We know that scaling can be a complicated challenge. Knowing what is needed and putting the subsequent foundations in place is critical.
In conjunction with scale up specific CEOs and HR leaders, we have developed a proven framework covering core areas such as strategy & values, organisation & planning, hiring & onboarding and capability & performance.
Once you get in touch using the contact form on our website, we’ll send you our scale up framework questionnaire, which will help you understand what level of growth your business is at, and what support you might need to reach the next stage of growth.
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Team Hires
Interim & Fractional Support
C-Suite Search
Board
Curation
We’ve worked in nearly all major industries throughout our 40 year history, helping companies big and small hire the right people.
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Our range of industry experience means we are excellently connected with market leaders in the below industries. This allows us to act quickly and decisively when hiring for your organisation.
DeepTech
& AI
Finance &
Banking
Clean &
GreenTech
Life Science /
HealthTech
Decentralisation
& Web3
Comms, Enterprise
& IoT
Family Offices,
PE & VC
FinTech &
InsurTech
WORKING TRANSPARENTLY
Part of what makes us different is a transparent hiring process - at all times.
At Bergman Holt, we employ modern project management tools to maintain maximum momentum and transparency throughout the entire hiring process.
This strategic approach ensures all stakeholders can see one clear version of the truth in terms of candidate status, their expectations, and overall progress.
Our commitment is to deliver full visibility and transparency at every stage, for every stakeholder.
TESTIMONIALS
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"We were looking to develop our AI Strategy, and we wanted to bring on an individual who was commercially focussed and could take the organisation and its leaders along for the whole journey. I’d used BH before and knew that they would not only understand the challenge but also the cultural fit we required. I was not wrong, they scoured the market, spoke to most Chief AI officers in the UK, and gave us some great options, we now have our AI leader on board and he is just what we needed.”
- Chief Information Officer, Global PE Business
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“I’ve worked with Bergman Holt before, and I knew BH would approach us with creative and flexible solutions. We were a Series A backed business bringing together IoT and Web3, and Bergman Holt helped us structure ourselves our org for growth. They then sourced my core leadership team, and our entire commercial, back office and technology + product team across almost every timezone. I had no issue recommending them to my investor and his portfolio companies.”
- Chief Executive Officer, Leading IoT Provider
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“BH are a true partner for the business, bringing on Senior technology talent as well as Scientific teams for a new area of development. We also asked them to look into several key international commercial hires for us. Trusted and reliable and not afraid to challenge our thinking. Highly recommended and they are doing fantastic work in the Cambridge ecosystem.”
- Chief Executive Office, Bioinformatics Firm
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“We were at a key point in a highly public sale process, we needed to bring onboard a hugely deal driven, commercial CFO who knew our sector, not an easy ask! BH were quick to respond and had options to us within days, some stand-out candidates and real industry leaders. We were quick to engage our favourite, he was pivotal in getting things across the line. We would always work with BH when given the opportunity.”
- Chief Commercial & Strategy Officer, Media Conglomerate
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“We were looking for an innovation specialist to help us around the process of validating & developing a new business proposition and product line. Having used BH before we knew they would be able to help, they quickly understood our needs, helped us understand the possibilities, and worked at speed to get us the right person. Would recommend without question.”
- Chief Financial Officer, Leading Creative Studio
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“We have used Bergman Holt many times, whether it be hiring international Commercial teams, transformation or technical leaders, they have always been quick to understand exactly what we needed & worked at pace to ensure we had numerous candidates all within difficult timeframes... we could have taken any of these options, needless to say they are certainly our go-to search firm.”
- Chief Product Officer, News Aggregator
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“We entered into a strategic JV with another family office in a retail vertical we were excited about but didn’t have experience in; we therefore tasked BH with finding us a CEO to lead the JV and bring to life our ambitions. I’m sure they had much easier clients than us, but we never felt they were frustrated and they helpfully challenged our thinking and gave good advice. We then used BH to build the team. Why reinvent the wheel!”
- Chief Operations Officer, Family Office
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