Executive Recruitment Experience
Infrastructure Planning Commission
The IPC is a new national body, set up as part of a wide-scale overhaul of the nation’s planning system. They will create faster, fairer processes for taking the big decisions that affect the national infrastructure.
Service Lines: Executive Recruitment | Public Sector |
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Stoke-on-Trent is a rapidly changing City that has a proud past and a very exciting future. With a huge regeneration agenda and a continued improvement in the delivery of services, the Council faces significant challenges.
Service Lines: Executive Recruitment | Public Sector |
How we helped a major city council make the biggest change in their recent history
Swedish Orphan International
Swedish Orphan International (SOI) is a pioneering pharmaceutical company with a Nordic and international network of subsidiary companies. They distribute products to more than 50 countries around the world, and have shown very profitable growth over the last five years.
Service Lines: Executive Recruitment |
How we helped a pioneering pharmaceutical company go even further across Europe
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) is the country’s 4th largest university teaching hospital, providing acute and specialist services to some £2.5M citizens in the local area.
Service Lines: Executive Recruitment | Public Sector |
How we helped a University Hospital to recruit a Chief Operating Officer
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
Stoke-on-Trent’s Children’s Services had been through difficult times a few years ago. It reached the point where the Government had to intervene. With considerable improvements and solid foundations in place, it was the right time to bring the service in-house.
Service Lines: Executive Recruitment | Public Sector |
How we helped keep some remarkable progress on track in the public sector
Directgov
Directgov aims to provide easy access to government information and services. It does this by working closely with ministerial departments and non-departmental public bodies to bring key information and services together for the citizen.
Service Lines: Executive Recruitment | Public Sector |
How we helped the government’s digital channel reach even more people
The Ministry of Justice
The Ministry of Justice commissioned Penna to secure the successor to Dame Anne Owers as HMCI Prisons on completion of her second term in office. The remit for this important post was to balance operational delivery and ambassadorial leadership, with the need to drive system reform whilst maintaining total independence.
Service Lines: Executive Recruitment | Public Sector |
CAT Group
CAT Group, formerly known as Compagnie d'Affrètement et Transport (CAT) was created by Renault in the late 50s. Today, it is the automotive logistics specialist, placing 2.5 million vehicles in 2006 alone. CAT Remarketing, essentially a spin off from an existing service, is to become the group’s sole provider of used cars.
Service Lines: Executive Recruitment |
How we put new thinking into action to reinvigorate the used car market
Defra
The Climate Change Adaptation sub-committee is a new expert body to be established under the Climate Change Act 2008. It will advise the Committee on Climate Change on climatic risks in the UK, helping to ensure that the Government’s Programme for adaptation enables England to prepare effectively for the impacts of climate change.
Service Lines: Executive Recruitment |
How we put safe leadership in place for a new committee to climate change risks.
Cigna International
CIGNA is a US-based, listed Fortune 500 company offering healthcare, insurance and financial service benefits. Following an internal promotion, it was decided to search the market in Europe for an Operations Executive capable of bringing the vision, drive and technical know-how needed to lead the Operations team in Europe to increased success.
Service Lines: Executive Recruitment |
How we searched Europe to help a US employee benefits company operate even more effectively

