About Us

The most essential asset of any company is the people it employs.  We believe that this important understanding, coupled with a constant striving to be the very best at what we do, is what has made Ellis Fairbank one of the most innovative and fastest growing recruitment brands in the UK (achieving 47th place in the UK Sunday Times Fast Track 100).

Ellis Fairbank was established in 1991.  Since then, we have been driven by the same underlying ethos: to attract, retain and develop the very best people for our own and clients’ businesses.  With 15 years of success behind us and a commendation as the Best Executive Search & Selection Firm this year, we have been able to evolve and grow organically, steadily broadening our reach and expertise across 6 continents worldwide - a growth that has been reinforced by our award winning Training and IT departments.  

2007 marks a particularly exciting year for us, having further intensified our growth strategy with the completion of our first acquisition; EM Group, a specialist and prestigious financial recruitment boutique.  This partnership will only serve to strengthen the depth of experience and knowledge that the Ellis Fairbank Group can today offer, which is largely unrivalled within the industry and takes in many disciplines and levels ranging from administrative support to senior boardroom appointments across multiple market sectors.

In addition to a head office in Leeds, we have branches in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Strasbourg, Frankfurt, Geneva, Zurich and Paris, employing a total of 200 individuals and can demonstrate proven success of recruiting across the diverse cultures and economies of over 35 countries across the globe.

So what makes us special?

• We have a truly unique service proposition that includes benchmarking, referencing, stress management, culture audits, business perception studies, psychometric profiling and more
• Our diversity, combined with individual market specialists, enables us to search and attract the very best talent from both within and outside of our Clients’ marketplace
• In addition to retained assignments and consultation, we are proactive and actively market suitable candidates to our Clients, ensuring that pitfalls associated with lengthy retained recruitment campaigns are avoided, particularly when quick results are paramount

Our recent inclusion in the Financial Times Best 50 Workplaces in the UK 2007 epitomises the energetic, proactive and with truly meritocratic team values that Ellis Fairbank holds - offering unlimited opportunities to succeed, Ellis Fairbank provides a service that will meet and exceed your expectations in every area.