Home furnishings and furniture
Leadership across product, brand, distribution, wholesale and retail.
Home, interiors & design
Executive search for home, interiors and design.
Senior leadership for home furnishings, furniture, interiors and design-led businesses. We help owners and investors connect creative identity with commercial and operating leadership.
A confidential first conversation. No completed brief needed.
Build the business around its point of difference.
Design and home businesses can serve very different customers: private clients, designers, retailers, property owners or trade partners. We define the channels, relationships and operating responsibilities that make the leadership brief distinctive.
A focused view of the home market
The search can cover brand and enterprise leadership in home furnishings, furniture, lighting and interiors. For studios and project-led businesses, we distinguish senior business leadership from individual design and project vacancies.
Interiors and design businesses
Managing directors, finance and operating leaders working alongside founders and creative teams.
International growth
Commercial and regional leadership for businesses developing new markets and channels.
Leadership that understands both the product and the numbers
A strong candidate should be able to explain how they built demand, managed channel relationships and improved the operating model. We examine the evidence in context: the size of the business, its ownership and the authority they held.
CEO and managing director
Enterprise leadership, founder transition and accountability for the growth plan.
Commercial, marketing and creative
Senior brand, client, channel and design leadership.
CFO and operations
Financial control, delivery discipline and the systems required to support growth.
Home goods and furnishings searches in the US
For US briefs, the market map reflects the relevant home goods or furnishings category and its customer channels. We consider national and regional talent rather than assuming every appointment belongs in one city. Mandates are led from London, with the research geography agreed around the role.
The brief and the evidence
Frame the search around the product category and customer channels. Trade-led furnishings, a retail design brand and a project-led interiors business need different commercial and operating evidence.
Before we speak
Practical questions.
Is trade-channel experience important?
Where the business serves designers, specifiers, dealers or trade partners, assess those relationships and the economics of the channel. Consumer brand experience alone may not be sufficient.
Can the search cover US home furnishings leadership?
Yes. Define the category, distribution and geographic remit. The relevant talent pool may extend beyond the city in which the business is based.
Does this include individual designers and project staff?
This practice focuses on senior business, creative and functional leadership. The scope and level are agreed before a search is accepted.
Start the conversation
What does your business need next?
Share the leadership decision you face. We will discuss the scope, timing and how we can help.