It's business, but it's personal is one of the values at Wilton & Bain, which provides executive search and permanent resourcing services to organisations and investors in the technology, media and telecoms, and professional and financial services sectors, and recruits interim leaders to organisations going through transformation and growth.

The London-based company was founded in 2001 and has grown rapidly, going through a private equity-backed management buy-out in 2017. It is now a global firm, with offices in New York and Texas, setting the standards in its industry but continuing to think like a growth business.  “With Wilton & Bain there is no groupthink, just the constant pursuit of greatness. That's because we nurture clients, candidates and our own people so we all benefit,” the company says.

Wilton & Bain uses its expertise and the diversity of ideas and approach to match the ambition of clients. The aim is to build visionary and sustainable transformation strategies through people. New to the Best Companies list, the agency “understands that our people are our greatest asset; known for the quality of our work, we aspire to be the destination of choice for the market's best talent”. Employees operate in a professional, balanced, and fun work environment, are paid well and “helped to lead happy lives.

Staff got extra days off and childcare support during lockdown and Wilton & Bain is “committed to enabling our people to be the best version of themselves” in a high-performing environment where people of all different backgrounds are enabled to achieve their goals.”