An independent search firm for consultancies, technology and FinTech
The right person is rarely looking.
We find and approach the specialists your competitors can’t reach, across the UK, Europe and North America. Then you choose how to pay: contingent, retained or contract.
We have placed people in New York, Florida, Toronto, London, Belfast, Dublin, Paris, Luxembourg, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the UAE and Thailand.
Selected work
Client names withheld at their request.
Independent, and founder-led.
Hiring the wrong person is costly. Our founders, Leo and Peter, set up eMFusion Global to put quality before quantity: a consultative, hands-on search firm built on relationships with hiring managers, executives and founders, not volume.
“I spent over twenty years delivering change programmes in financial services. I spent too much time reviewing CVs, attending interviews and onboarding people. My client was essentially paying my delivery team to do it. Something was wrong.”Leo McKeague, on why he co-founded eMFusion Global
Leo McKeague
Executive Director and co-founderMore than two decades in financial services, from business analyst to programme director, leading major transformation programmes and the teams that deliver them.LinkedIn
Peter Murtough
Co-founderTwenty years in recruitment, both in-house and agency, across IT, banking, the public sector, and defence and space. He has led high-growth international teams, built internal talent teams and delivered major recruitment programmes for FTSE 100 companies.LinkedInFour ways to pay. One standard of search.
The sourcing and vetting don’t change. What changes is when you pay, and how much of our time the search commands.
Contingent
Pay only when you hire.
For well-defined roles where speed matters. A vetted shortlist and no upfront fee.
Retained
A staged fee through the search.
For senior, confidential or hard-to-fill roles. An exclusive search, a full market map and regular updates.
Project
A dedicated team for the life of a programme.
When a programme needs several hires, usually four or more, we work almost as your in-house team for its duration. Leo’s background as a change and programme manager means we understand the delivery, not just the roles.
Contract
A day or hourly rate.
For programmes, projects and peaks in demand. Contract, C2C and freelance specialists, engaged across borders.
From brief to signed offer.
One
Brief
We agree the role, the market and the fee model before any search begins.
Two
Search
We approach people who aren’t on the market, in the countries you need, and run confidential searches under NDA when required.
Three
Shortlist
A small, vetted shortlist, usually three to five people, with our honest notes on each. If the market can’t deliver at your price, we’ll tell you straight and early.
Four
Offer and start
We manage the offer, notice period and any relocation through to day one.
Success stories
UK to US
A UK consultancy breaking into the US market.
Established in the US quickly and with low risk.
US to UK & EU
A NASDAQ-listed company expanding into the UK and EU.
A timely, efficient entry into the UK and EU.
Toronto
An ongoing freelance talent pipeline for a global managed services provider in financial services.
More capacity to take on new projects.
Tell us about the role.
A short conversation is usually enough to tell whether we’re the right partner, and which fee model suits.