Executive search in Manchester for property, construction, manufacturing and private equity backed businesses. Employee-owned since 1988.
Oryx provides executive search in Manchester and across the North West, the largest concentration of corporate activity in the UK outside the capital. The city is running one of Europe's biggest build to rent and student accommodation pipelines, which keeps developers, contractors, consultancies and operational property businesses hiring at board level and has drawn national investors into the region. The surrounding towns hold a deep food, drink and consumer goods manufacturing base alongside advanced materials, chemicals and industrial technology, and our regional clients include Bodycote, the world's largest provider of heat treatment and specialist thermal processing, and Delkia in specialist engineering and control systems. Aviation and airport infrastructure are headquartered here, the North West's industrial decarbonisation and hydrogen programme cuts across much of the area, and Manchester supports an unusually active mid-market private equity community, which means a steady flow of portfolio businesses appointing new leadership after an investment.
As one of the UK’s leading construction companies, and a constituent of the FTSE 250, Balfour Beatty is committed to attracting the best possible talent from right across the construction sector. Oryx has successfully handled numerous projects across various parts of the Group, from a Project Director to deliver a pioneering waste-to-energy plant in a complex JV relationship, through to commercial and operational leadership roles for the Highways business.
Tilbury Douglas is a FTSE 250 listed organisation; for whom we have delivered projects since 2006. Since that time we have successfully recruited a number of key individuals into their Citizen Services Division and International Project Services Division in the Middle East. Our projects have included a number of pivotal Director appointments on behalf of the Justice and Healthcare Business Units. We have also helped to strengthen their Middle East operation, recruiting numerous strategic positions across the region.
Bureau Veritas is the world leader in Testing, Inspection and Certification. They assist their clients throughout the lifetime of their assets, products and infrastructure, helping them assure quality, reduce costs, increase productivity and foster a more responsible, sustainable culture. Oryx has handled projects including the Head of Defence and the Sector Lead for renewables.