Professional and Business Services

For more than 25 years, Wilton & Bain has been a trusted partner to the Professional & Business Services sector worldwide. Our work spans consulting, technology services, financial advisory, legal, accounting, engineering, outsourcing, and industrial services.

We advise boards, C-suites, and investors on the leadership decisions that drive growth and resilience. From appointing CEOs and functional leaders to hiring high-performing lateral partners and executing strategic team lifts, we help our clients secure the talent that shapes strategy, culture, and long-term value.

Our partnership model is boutique in care but global in scale. With deep sector expertise and a research-driven process, we deliver leaders who not only meet the demands of the role but elevate the organisations they join. For investors, we provide pre-deal talent assessments, succession mapping, and due diligence support ensuring leadership advantage from day one.

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What our clients say

Chief Product Officer Kantar

I was truly impressed with Wilton & Bain's ability to provide us with a shortlist of highly qualified product management leaders. W&B’s ability to find profiles that brought together our domain expertise and product management requirements was invaluable in finding the perfect candidate. In high-growth businesses, it’s great to know you have an exec search partner like W&B by your side.
Global Head of TA West Monroe

"When we started working with Wilton & Bain, they were much smaller than they are today. Even with a smaller team, they were always 100% dedicated to building a strong, trusted client relationship by getting to know our business, our stakeholders, our clients, our culture, and our value proposition. Now, many years later, the Wilton & Bain team feels like an extension of our own team. They have placed a variety of high caliber leaders across the organisation and work hand in hand with our recruiters and Partners on the line to uncover extremely high-caliber talent across several areas of our business, from high-tech and digital services to healthcare and energy & utilities."

Case Study

For over 5 years, Wilton & Bain partnered with West Monroe during a pivotal phase of growth, delivering more than 20 Partner, Senior Partner, and Director hires across Operations, Digital, Innovation, and M&A Advisory. This included supporting their UK market expansion, helping the firm scale from 500 to 1,500 consultants and achieve a landmark investment from MSD Partners.

Meet the Global Leadership Team

Gary Landes

Managing Partner

Zarina Contractor

Managing Partner

David Burton

Senior Partner

Dan Jermy

Partner

Thought Leadership & Events

Private Equity Trends in Professional Services

The professional services sector is undergoing a seismic shift. Private equity is backing firms across consulting, legal, accounting, engineering and business-services with capital, technology and strategic ambition. In this report we chart the forces reshaping the market, from consolidation and buy-and-build strategies to digital transformation and recurring-revenue models.

Let’s Talk Leadership for Professional & Business Services

Whether you’re planning ahead or solving an immediate need, we’ll help you appoint leaders who make a difference.