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Newsom Consulting has successfully placed over 500 talented industry professionals in leadership, senior management, and technical expert roles since its launch in 2010. Today, the London-based firm works regionally, nationally, and globally, helping businesses to source and secure top executive candidates.
Its success is powered by strong client relationships, outstanding service, and an in-depth understanding of infrastructure sectors, including:
- Rail.
- Aviation and maritime.
- Highways.
- Utilities.
- Energy.
- Buildings.
With expert knowledge of these markets, the Newsom Consulting team understands how to source candidates whose skills and experience meet its clients’ needs. It has successfully delivered search projects for infrastructure asset owners, transport operators, and world-leading technical consultancies.
Newsom Consulting understands the challenges facing the rail industry – many of which, make it difficult to source first-class candidates for senior roles.
Drawing on its well-established industry network, it helps clients to tap into the right talent pools. And this unparalleled network means it can fill even the most challenging roles. Clients include:
- Rolling stock and signalling companies.
- Infrastructure asset owners and project developers.
- Train operators and franchise bidding.
- professional services and engineering consultancies.
- Contractors.
- Public sector agencies.
- Service providers.
- Intelligent transport solutions and technology firms.
- Major projects.
The functions it recruits for are equally varied, including:
- General management.
- Business development.
- Engineering.
- Commercial management.
- Contractor management and procurement.
- Planning.
- Estimating and project controls.
- Operations management.
- Project and programme management.
- Bid management.
- Transport planning.
- Safety and assurance.
- Environment and sustainability.
- Finance and risk management.
Newsom Consulting offers four key services, which can be tailored to suit its clients’ needs.
Its executive search service helps businesses to find the right executive candidates for their teams.
Talent mapping helps them to understand the current market and establish what talent is available.
Leadership assessments provide a clear and objective picture of a leadership team’s current competencies and future potential.
Outplacement support provides colleagues with tools that will help them as they search for a new role and transition into their new career.
Newsom Consulting strives to deliver balanced, diverse long and shortlists, and is a proud sponsor of the Senior Women in or Formerly in Transport (SWiFT) group. Its inclusivity-focused approach has helped a range of rail organisations (including Crossrail, South Western Railway, and Network Rail) to build leadership teams as diverse as they are strong.