About Us
We are the dedicated search and advisory services offering within Compass Recruitment Solutions
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Award Winning
Award-winning offering
The CCO team are proud recipients of HealthInvestor’s, Search Firm of the Year award in both 2022 and more recently in 2024. This accolade recognises the outstanding levels of client services where repeat and referred business is high, with judges citing granular industry knowledge, an unmatched track record of delivery, and clear examples where executive team builds have yielded strong EBITDA multiples on exit for the businesses CCO support.
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Expertise
In sector expertise, out of sector reach
There is no other executive search firm who can match CCO’s knowledge or longevity in the investor backed healthcare and life sciences markets. Senior Partner’s Adam and Luke can draw upon decades of experience, supporting clients navigate transactions by delivering exceptional talent tailored to the organisation’s needs. Trusted to identify emerging leaders in and out of sector, the team consistently delivers.
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The Compass Group
Part of the Compass house
of brands
The standalone executive search and advisory services function within the Compass Recruitment Solutions house of brands, CCO is able to draw upon the grass-roots knowledge of sister contingent brands dedicated entirely to the investor backed healthcare and life sciences markets to identify emerging leaders who operate under the radar of many less specialist search firm competitors. Clients cite this highly unique knowledge as a key differentiator, and in turn, CCO can introduce you to dedicated Compass contacts to support with managerial hires on a non-retained basis, ensuring all recruitment needs can be provided by the Compass business.
Our Sectors
We are experts at what we do
Our Milestones
June: CCO wins Search Firm of the Year at the HealthInvestor Awards
May: Carter Schwartz strategically acquired, merging with Compass Executives to create Compass Carter Osborne
March: Private Equity invests in the group, resulting in new ownership by Cow Corner
November: Investors in People accredits the group GOLD standard
June: Compass awarded Search Firm of the Year at HealthInvestor Awards
July: CRS receives group nomination for Best Recruitment Business at the TIARA Awards
May: Carrot Recruitment acquired by CRS to provide contingent life sciences recruitment offering
June: CRS win HealthInvestor’s Recruitment and Executive Search Award
June: Double success for the group at the LaingBuisson Awards, and HealthInvestor Awards in the recruitment and executive search categories
June: CRS’s first success at the HealthInvestor Awards
January: Compass’s executive search brand, Compass Executives launched, and London offices open
London
Head Office
- 78 Pall Mall St James’s London SW1Y 5ES
- 020 8036 3530
- [email protected]