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About Howard Green
Howard Green is a senior executive search and leadership advisory professional with more than 20 years' Howard Green Business Director Robert Walters experience delivering board and senior leadership appointments across professional services, financial services and international businesses.
He partners with Boards, Managing Partners, CEOs, CFOs and People Leaders to deliver critical leadership appointments where commercial performance, stakeholder management and long-term succession are central to organisational success. His experience spans publicly listed companies, private equity-backed organisations, privately owned businesses and global partnership structures.
Howard has particular expertise in confidential executive search, supporting clients with leadership succession, organisational transformation and strategic growth. He has successfully delivered searches for CEOs, CFOs, Managing Directors, General Counsel, Chief People Officers and other executive leadership roles, combining rigorous market mapping with evidence-based leadership assessment to identify leaders who align with both the commercial objectives and cultural dynamics of each organisation.
His approach extends beyond candidate identification. Howard advises clients on organisational design, leadership benchmarking, executive assessment, compensation strategy and succession planning, helping organisations make informed, low-risk leadership decisions in highly competitive talent markets.
Prior to joining Robert Walters, Howard founded, scaled and successfully exited his own executive search firm over a sixteen-year period, delivering retained executive search assignments across the UK, Europe, North America and the Middle East. This entrepreneurial background gives him a strong commercial perspective and enables him to engage credibly with senior partners, executive committees and boards on the leadership challenges facing modern professional services firms
Recently completed searches
- Managing Director - Engineering & Automation
- Managing Director - Medical Device Manufacturing
- CEO - Veterinary Pharmaceuticals
- Sales Director - Building Products Manufacturing
- Manging Director - Building Products
- Supply Chain Director - Transport & Logistics
- Engineering Director - Food Manufacturing
- Non-Executive Director - Health-tech
- Commercial Director - Chemical Manufacturing
- Operations Director - Packaging
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What our clients say
At Robert Walters, we believe our success comes from the success of our clients and candidates. We're not just recruitment experts; we're partners in crafting your success story.
“From commencing the search to securing an accepted offer, the entire process was completed in just six weeks. For a Managing Director appointment, this was an exceptional achievement. Throughout the process, Howard maintained excellent communication, provided honest and balanced advice, and managed both candidates and stakeholders professionally and discreetly. The quality of the candidates presented was particularly impressive. Every individual introduced was credible, well-qualified and thoroughly assessed against our requirements. Howard demonstrated a strong understanding of both technical capability and cultural fit, ensuring that the shortlist reflected not only the skills required for the role but also the leadership style and values that were important to our organisation.”
Managing Director
Anabas
Fortune 500 Global Tax Director Search
"We were very pleased with the service provided by Robert Walters in our search for a new Global Tax Director. More specifically, we were impressed by their great ability to understand us as a client, including our culture, needs, and our industry. We felt that Robert Walters prioritized Seadrill’s requirements and kept in constant communication with us. The result has been that we have found an excellent resource and the process was made very simple."
“Robert Walters is truly great at their job—knowledgeable, supportive, and able to strike the right balance in communication, keeping you informed throughout the process at the right time and in the right way. They are genuinely focused on achieving the best outcome for all parties, and I have no hesitation in recommending them.”
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Contact our executive search team for a confidential discussion about your requirements.