Great Britain

The 🇬🇧 UK hosts about 5.5 million private-sector businesses as of January 2024, including 1.4 million employers and over 4 million non-employing businesses.

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London and the South East remain major hubs for finance, tech, professional services and scale-ups, but the wider economy is facing productivity challenges, slow business creation and continuous restructuring in retail, energy and public services.

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In this environment, executive interim management in the UK is a mature market. Boards frequently use interim CEOs, CFOs, CHROs and programme directors to handle restructurings, carve-outs, rapid scale-ups, pre-IPO readiness and regulatory remediation. Demand is particularly strong in private-equity-backed businesses, distressed situations and high-growth tech or digital platforms.