Ken Morrice, Founding Managing Partner and Derek MacFeate, Founding Managing Partner, MM SearchKen Morrice, Founding Managing Partner and Derek MacFeate, Founding Managing Partner
Organizational culture has garnered a new meaning and renewed importance in today’s work environment. It is a common denominator among the top global companies, and studies also indicate that working with employees who share similar values and work styles gets one more engaged with work. Similarly, culture-fit senior leaders supplement the equation for a successful workplace, enhance collaboration, boost productivity, and promote employee retention.

Against this backdrop, MM Search, Scotland’s fastest-growing award-winning executive search firm, supports organisations by headhunting executives that share synergy with the company’s culture as well as possess the necessary expertise and experience.

“Our professional outlook focuses on personality and quality, and this is reflected in our close-knit team of experts,” says Ken Morrice, founding managing partner of MM Search. “We understand the importance of creating a positive and supportive culture within the workplace, and we are dedicated to building a working environment that enables our team to perform at their best.”

The firm’s personality-based executive search process enables clients across all sectors to hire permanent and interim executives that will help to propel their organisation to greater heights. Based in the heart of Glasgow, the award-winning MM Search works with businesses across the UK as well as further afield. 2022 saw MM Search extend its scope beyond national borders by supporting a number of international clients to place executive candidates in China, India, USA and across Europe.

As people specialists, MM Search collaborates with clients to develop an innovative yet simple method to hunt for CEOs, MDs, and other C-suite executives. The process begins with a client meeting so that the team can gain deeper insight into the organisational culture. Following this knowledge-gathering session, the MM Search team leverages their unrivalled industry contacts to find the best talentfor the role and the business’s individual needs. The shortlisted candidates are then presented digitally to highlight their fit with the organisational culture and talent map.

“We have embraced digital technology in our methodology by presenting the shortlisted candidates via video along with competency documents, CVs, and our notes on them,” says Derek MacFeate, founding managing partner of MM Search. “By combining the latest technology with a team of dedicated and highly experienced executives, we can streamline the search process while offering the highest quality service and building longlasting relationships.”

MM Search uses this robust, personality-driven process to support clients of all sizes. The firm was recently appointed by a large publicly-listed company that had acquired six organisations and faced difficulties pulling together 1800 employees under one umbrella. MM Search presented a shortlist of candidates selected by matching their personality, culture, and values with the client’s while juxtaposing on the devised role profile. This enabled the public-listed company to appoint an HR director who then successfully brought together and managed the employees across the organisations.

Our professional outlook focuses on personality and quality, and this is reflected in our close-knit team of experts

MM Search’s expertise extends beyond senior and board-level recruitment, and the firm also explores options for those seeking chair and non-executive director positions. Through the Non-Executive Director Academy, MM Search aims to break down the barriers associated with becoming a non-executive director and provide insight into that career path. Live conferences are also conducted, where highly regarded non-executives impart the core skills required to advise and lead organisations.

The firm’s success in finding suitable permanent and interim executives and non-executives for global positions is credited to the team’s dedication and ability to adapt to the specific needs of the individual. “Our team is passionate about creating genuine client connections and finding new ways to collaborate that suit their requirements,” explains Ken. “We are proud to have built a challenger brand that offers an alternative to the traditional search model. By focusing on culture and personality, we have differentiated ourselves within the recruitment market and developed a successful strategy that works for both the candidates and the clients.”