Our New Finance Executive Search Lead, Spencer Tarrant

Venari Partners is thrilled to have added to our team by welcoming Spencer Tarrant as Principal Finance Consultant. He will lead our CFO Advisory and Financial Transformation practice, working cross-sector to appoint senior finance leaders across a range of functions and industries.

Spencer joined Venari Partners last month, and now that he’s had some time to settle in, we wanted to give our network a comprehensive introduction to his background and what he will be working on.

Spencer has a strong commercial mindset, which was shaped long before he began his career in finance executive search. Prior to working in recruitment, he spent over a decade in the automotive sector working in commercial finance, sales, and operations. Spencer was a general manager, leading large-scale operations and managing multimillion-pound P&Ls for the Ford Motor Company. Outside of this he also created a few smaller award-winning independent retail businesses, which he has since sold to focus on executive search.

His hands-on experience has certainly been an advantage to his work in talent solutions, where he has been helping companies to source senior finance leaders for well over a decade. Initially, Spencer’s work in executive search was primarily focused on accounting roles prior to his work with CFOs and financial transformation across the globe, with countless placements in territories including the US, the Middle East, Europe, and the UK. He has also worked on interim appointments and operational transformation projects for clients across the UK and Ireland. Spencer’s real-world knowledge and general manager’s perspective help him connect and develop meaningful relationships with senior leaders.

Spencer is proud to work cross-industry in sector-agnostic fashion. He has placed finance talent across aviation, transport, and tech, to name just a few – though in recent years his true focus has been on the life sciences sector. It’s likely that this will form much of his work at Venari Partners, and we’re delighted to have added his skillset to our already strong offering in this space.

‘My knowledge base is broad, though the life sciences industry has been of particular interest to me of late,’ Spencer says. ‘It is endlessly fascinating: so cutting-edge and dynamic that there’s always something new happening. Venari Partners has an excellent reputation in the global executive search space – not least thanks to their excellent life sciences team – and I’m delighted to have joined.’

Venari Partners Director James Parker is similarly enthusiastic. ‘We’ve wanted to add someone with a focus on financial talent for a while, and Spencer fitted the bill,’ he notes. ‘His experience is extensive and we’re confident that he has the know-how, skills, and attitude to thrive. It’s a great appointment for us.’

When it comes to your finance team, it pays – literally – to have the best talent on board! Spencer is keen to help organisations across our network to find, attract, and retains the best candidates to drive ROI and financial transformation. If you would like to find out more, just reach out.