Leading EIS Provider – Business Development Manager

A well-established EIS provider engaged Fram Search to help them hire a field-based Business Development Manager to cover a specific region. The role required someone with genuine credibility in the intermediary market, an individual who could hit the ground running and build trusted relationships with IFAs and other distribution partners from day one.

The location made the search more challenging, as the candidate pool in the region was naturally smaller. This is precisely the kind of assignment where our network, built carefully over many years, makes a tangible difference. Rather than relying solely on advertising or database searches, a recommendation from within our network led us to the individual who was ultimately placed.

At Fram Search, we have invested significantly in our networks across the asset management and broader financial services market. Many members of our team carry substantial professional networks and well-established social media profiles, and it is this depth of connectivity, developed over fifteen years, that allows us to identify the right people in challenging locations and niche disciplines.

The candidate we placed has now been with the client for almost ten years, has proven to be a consistent high performer, and has since been promoted. We consider this one of the stronger examples of what a well-networked, research-led approach can deliver.

VCT-Focused Investment Manager

Fram Search was instructed to find an Investment Manager for a well-regarded VCT-focused firm that invests across sectors, with a particular emphasis on early-stage technology businesses. The firm is widely recognised in the market and has a strong track record, but the profile they required went beyond conventional financial skills.

Whilst rigorous financial evaluation and modelling ability were important, the client was equally clear that they needed someone with an entrepreneurial instinct, a person who could engage authentically with founders, identify genuinely promising technology in a crowded and fast-moving market, and apply the kind of judgement that comes from thinking like a builder rather than solely as an analyst. It is a rare combination, and not one that responds well to a purely transactional approach to search.

Through a combination of structured research and our established network in the venture and growth capital space, Fram identified a candidate who matched both the technical requirements and the less tangible qualities the client was seeking. The individual has now been with the client for five years and has been promoted during that time, a result that reflects well on both the quality of the hire and the strength of the client relationship we have developed.

Fram Search has been active in the venture capital market since 2010, and assignments of this nature sit firmly within our core expertise. Our database, research function, and network allow us to access the passive candidate market effectively, and it is this capability that consistently delivers outcomes of this kind.

I found working with Simon an extremely pleasant experience, he listened to my requirements in terms of the role that I was recruiting for and delivered an exceptional candidate – I would definitely recommend Simon and his team

Mark Pearson, Rockpool Investments LLP

We used Fram Search to help us find a key and strategically important role as we looked to develop our institutional offering. Fram presented us with some outstanding candidates, one of which we hired.

Chloe and her team were professional and fully understood the brief we gave them. Most importantly our new hire has proved to be a great success

Head of Institutional Distribution, leading investment manager