Dixon Walter

Dixon Walter is a search and selection firm, set up in 2015, that recruits senior leaders and board members. It adapts its service to each client's needs and aims to put forward diverse shortlists of candidates.

What Dixon Walter does

• Executive search: headhunting for chief executives, vice-chancellors and other senior posts.
• Board appointments: chairs, governors and other governance roles.
• Search and selection: combined advertised and targeted recruitment for senior roles.
• Market updates: a regular Movers and Shakers roundup of recent appointments.

Customers and markets

Much of its work is in higher education, including assignments for Keele University, York St John University, the Royal College of Art, Norwich University of the Arts and the University of the West of Scotland. It has also recruited for Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust, the James Hutton Institute, West Dean and students' unions, and lists housing and regeneration among its practices.

Key facts

• Founded: 2015
• Commitments: signatory of the Inclusive Culture Pledge run by EW Group