Financial Services · United Kingdom

The right person for the roles that matter most.

A specialist search & selection firm placing senior talent across financial services — introducing only the calibre of candidate that meets your brief precisely.

30+
Years of combined search experience
4
Specialist financial services divisions
UK
Coverage from a national candidate network
REC
Member of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation
Who we are

Search & selection, done with discipline.

MI Search specialises exclusively within financial services. We take the time to understand our clients' needs and have built our reputation on introducing only quality candidates who strictly meet the criteria we're given.

Operating across the UK, we offer a genuine search & selection approach — drawing on well-established networks throughout the industry to reach the people other firms can't.

More about us
UK financial district skyline
Est. expertiseThree decades in financial services recruitment
What we cover

Four specialisms, one standard.

Focused divisions, each with its own network and its own depth of market knowledge.

How we work

A considered process, every time.

We work in close partnership with a select handful of clients — which is precisely why we can reach a far greater candidate pool than most.

Step one

Understand

We take time to learn your business — not just what you do, but the culture in which you operate — before a single approach is made.

Step two

Search

Using detailed search processes and our national networks, we identify individuals who rarely appear on the open market.

Step three

Introduce

You only meet candidates who strictly meet the brief — well-briefed, fully vetted and ready to add value from day one.

In their words

Trusted by those who hire.

MI Search consistently deliver high quality, well-briefed candidates for positions throughout the UK. I only get to see prospective members of our team of the right calibre, with the right skills and the right approach.
Chief Executive OfficerIFA Business Development Consultancy
When we decided to bring in experienced and quality key personnel I thought immediately of MI Search. I had every confidence they could provide me with applicants of the highest calibre. They didn't let me down.
Group Operations DirectorNational IFA Distribution Business
Without doubt the most professional and experienced recruitment consultants in the North of England. They use their knowledge of the market to match the right people to the right opportunities — common sense, but extremely rare.
Business Development ManagerOne of the UK's largest platform providers
Second to none — offering advice, support and a wealth of knowledge. I value their honesty, integrity and market awareness. They are not only a service provider but friends to our business.
National Recruitment OfficerAdvisory arm of a top-10 accountancy firm
They took time to understand what I was looking for and I would not have found the position without them. I would recommend them to anyone looking to change roles in financial services.
Employee Benefits DirectorTop-10 accountancy firm

Let's find the person your business is missing.

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