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Government & Defence Search

Identifying, attracting, assessing and securing the best leadership talent

Working across the government, defence and national security sectors

We provide a full search process to secure the best possible talent for our clients. When you need to recruit individuals into leadership roles who will make a difference, using our unique market mapping to head-hunt the best possible candidates, will get you results fast when compromise is not an option.

We are solutions focused and will always build the approach to fit each individual customer. This could be as simple as a standard executive search assignment or something more bespoke.

Our deep sector knowledge, technical expertise and a proactive search methodology combine to give a unique proposition:

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    Sector Specialists

    We have deep knowledge and unrivalled networks across defence, national security, central government and national policing. We are a trusted and reputable organisation in these domains.

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    Technical Experts

    We have technical expertise across the entire digital landscape, engineering, project & programme management, manufacturing and operations support.

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    Search Methodology

    We apply a rigorous search process to access talent with hard to find specific skillsets, experience and capabilities.

Who uses our services

Any organisation that cannot afford to compromise on the quality of a critical hire.  We ensure they can deliver on both the needs of individual business strategies or the demands of complex programmes.

We work directly for central government departments as a supplier through the Crown Commercial Services Framework RM6290.  We also work for a wide range of organisations supplying into government, defence, national security, national policing and all other areas of secure government.  Our client list ranges from FTSE listed multi-nationals, large privately held businesses, SMEs and private equity backed scale ups.

What are the benefits that can help you?

Talk to us about any possible challenges that rely on individuals in leadership roles and mission critical positions

Get in touch

Josh Irving

Josh Irving

Head of Search - Government & Defence

Josh has worked in Executive Search for over 20 years delivering mandates across a spectrum of clients. He works with his clients to understand how to support their business by strengthening their leadership teams as a long-term strategic partner. Josh joined Sanderson Government & Defence four years ago and has developed a capability that is unique by combining his proactive approach and best practice with deep sector and technical understanding of the secure government sector.