Specialists across

Corporate Affairs Corporate Communications Marketing Public Affairs Investor Relations Sustainability

Specialist recruitment for Communications, Public Affairs, Investor Relations and Marketing

Not every critical appointment is a leadership role. Organisations increasingly depend on highly specialised experts, particularly where deep subject-matter knowledge, proven experience or the ability to interpret complex issues is required.

We recruit experts across Corporate Affairs, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Public Affairs, Investor Relations and Sustainability. The aim is not simply to fill a skills gap, but to help organisations identify the expertise they truly need to achieve their objectives.

Specialist career paths are becoming more important

Career progression no longer necessarily means taking people-management responsibility. Many organisations are deliberately creating alternative paths for people who want to deepen their expertise and assume greater responsibility without becoming traditional line-managers.

Senior Experts, Principal Experts and specialist advisers can exert considerable influence over decisions, content and strategic direction. In knowledge-intensive functions, expertise and professional credibility often matter as much as formal authority.

Expert roles are becoming more strategic

Corporate Affairs continues to create new and more influential specialist roles, including:

Press Officers and Media Relations specialists
Speechwriters and Executive Communications specialists
Social Media experts
Content and issues strategists
Public Affairs and Government Relations specialists
Investor Relations experts
ESG and Sustainability specialists
Customer Insights and Engagement experts
Digital and ComTech specialists

Many work closely with senior leaders and and are deeply involved in strategic decision-making. They may not manage a team, but they carry significant responsibility.

Executive experts

The most demanding expert appointments often work directly with boards, executive teams or other senior decision-makers. They write speeches, shape positioning, manage complex stakeholder issues and lead elements of financial and capital markets communications.

They need technical excellence and personal authority. Creating impact at the highest level without formal leadership responsibility requires expertise, judgement and trust.

These profiles are rare – and cannot be identified by job title alone.

New roles are emerging

Communications and Corporate Affairs are changing. New technologies, digital channels, AI and evolving operating models are broadening existing remits and creating entirely new roles.

Topic Planners, ComTech specialists and experts in data-led Communications were not widely established profiles in many organisations just a few years ago. Today, they are often central to modern communications operations.

The market often evolves faster than job descriptions. That is why we assess capabilities, impact and responsibilities, not simply job titles.