Oaklands Global

Oaklands Global is a research-led recruitment consultancy and executive search firm. It has operated since 2013 and has offices in London, United Kingdom and San Francisco, California. It works across aviation and aerospace, and also in investment banking and financial services.

The aviation and aerospace practice places senior and specialist hires across commercial aviation, private aviation, aerospace engineering, defence and space. It recruits for airlines, OEMs, MROs, and developers of eVTOL and urban air mobility aircraft. Roles include pilots, cabin crew, licensed aircraft engineers, Nominated Post Holders and C-suite positions.

Its services include executive search, retained, contingent and interim recruitment. Executive search covers C-suite, board level and senior executive appointments in the UK and internationally.

The company describes its work as research-led. It says it has completed hundreds of placements, from senior executives to specialist technical staff. The site also states that the company has over 50 years of combined recruiting experience.

The site says it has access to a qualified talent pool of more than 30,000 professionals. Its international network exceeds 100,000 contacts. The company says it is increasingly retained by clients who value passive and semi passive candidates.

The financial services practice places investment banking staff for banks, hedge funds, boutique investment banks and asset managers. It recruits across front office and leadership functions. Some of the team have worked as flight attendants or in aircraft maintenance.

The website has a jobs board, news and blog pages, case studies, and sections for employers and jobseekers in each practice. The company says it has no formal operating hours and deals with requests at any reasonable time of day. The site lists 28 to 33 days holiday, private healthcare and flexible working for its staff.

Services

• Executive search
• Retained recruitment
• Contingent recruitment
• Interim recruitment
• Aviation and aerospace recruitment
• Pilot and cabin crew recruitment
• Investment banking recruitment
• Financial services executive search
• Permanent recruitment for banks
• Jobs board