Executive Recruit placement at Nexus
Executive Recruit placed an experienced Operations Director at Nexus Planning, a boutique focused on business growth and operational independence reported. That placement underscores demand for senior operators who can run client-facing operational turnarounds inside mid-market firms.
The brief tasked the new hire with bringing IT, finance and HR under an internal operating model to lift turnover and reduce third‑party spend — a transition documented in the Nexus case study. executiverecruitment.co.uk Nexus runs five UK locations — London, Manchester, Birmingham, Reading and Bristol — and its July 3, 2025 Birmingham expansion added an Associate Director while expanding strategic land and regeneration work, creating cross‑office coordination needs for an operations lead. nexusplanning.co.uk Executive Recruit presents the assignment in a published case study and touts a 98% placement retention at 12 months, a track record Nexus’s managing director Roger Tustain explicitly praised for producing “an excellent shortlist.” hire.executiverecruitment.co.uk Nexus’s leadership roster names Roger Tustain as managing director and lists senior operational roles such as Director of Finance & Operations (James Havers) and Regional Operations Executive (Gemma Williams), signalling the Ops Director will be aligned to finance, HR and regional delivery leaders. nexusplanning.co.uk
