Clifford Nash Executive Search

Clifford Nash is an executive search firm specialising in leadership appointments for private equity investors, operating partners and industrial businesses. It works across the UK, DACH, the United States and the Middle East, with a focus on industrial and manufacturing environments in both private equity-backed and corporate settings. Rather than treating a search as a vacancy to fill, Clifford Nash aligns each assignment with the client’s investment thesis and operational priorities, helping build leadership teams focused on value creation.

The firm supports businesses throughout the investment lifecycle, including post-acquisition transformation, turnarounds and restructurings, platform builds, add-on acquisitions, and exit preparation. Its search work covers Chief Transformation Officers, operating partners, integration leaders, COOs, senior operations executives, portfolio company CFOs, finance transformation leaders, CEOs, managing directors and board-level appointments. Relevant expertise includes lean operations, supply chain, manufacturing, financial discipline and transformation execution. Clifford Nash also provides a search process designed for high-pressure, performance-driven environments and handles enquiries discreetly.