Oliver Gaydon

Finance recruitment is where I’ve built my career. Agencies are where I’ve built my deepest network.

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For the past ten years, I’ve worked with independent agencies, global networks and private equity backed groups to appoint the finance people who make the business behind the ideas work. From commercial finance and FP&A through to Controllers, Directors and VP's, I focus on people who bring sharper insight, stronger control and better commercial decision making.

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In the past five years alone, I’ve made around 50 finance appointments into agencies, including senior and executive level hires. Many of those relationships have continued across multiple appointments as businesses have grown, leadership teams have changed and finance functions have evolved.

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Agency finance is a small world. The difference is not simply knowing who might be open to a move. It is knowing who has grown with an agency, who has led through change, who understands the pressure on margin and who has earned the trust of the people around them. That knowledge is built over time, through real conversations and relationships that continue long after a placement is made.

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My network spans London and New York, built through long standing relationships with London agencies and finance leaders whose businesses operate across both markets. That connected view is particularly valuable to international networks and private equity backed agency groups building the finance capability needed for their next stage of growth.

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Agency is my deepest specialism, but not my only market. I also recruit finance roles across technology, professional services, consumer, leisure and the wider creative industries, bringing the same market knowledge, honesty and judgement to every search.

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If you are planning your next finance hire, building capability for growth or considering your next move, get in touch and let’s start with a conversation.