It’s true, we’ve come a long way from a single desk, in a spare bedroom. But we’ll never lose sight of where we came from – or forget the agility, the passion, and the people-first approach that defines us.
June
2018
Sean Bourke founds Pearse Partners, after 7 years at Michael Page, the FTSE 250 recruitment firm. He names the company after his super-hero mum, taking her family name ‘Pearse’.
August
2018
New places, new faces. Pearse Partners moves into its first home, sharing office space with Rutherford Search.
December
2019
A little DIY never hurt anyone – especially in the name of business growth. Pearse Partners knocks down walls (literally and figuratively) to expand its office-floor space.
July
2021
Pearse Partners relocates to Metal Box Factory, outgrowing the old office space. Fortunately, it’s only across the road – a short distance for the office chairs, which in true Pearse Partners fashion the team wheel across themselves.
August
2021
Business booms. Processes evolve. New departments are born. For the first time, Pearse Partners divides into two distinct specialisms: Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity.
April
2022
Bigger. Better. Definitely slightly noisier. Pearse Partners doubles its office size, moving from a 1000 sq. ft to a 2000 sq. ft office space, within the Metal Box Factory.
May
2022
More results. More specialists. The new Pearse Partners Debt team begins operating. Hitting the ground running with big clients and impressive candidates.
October
2022
Pearse Partners continues to go from strength to strength. Forging new industry relationships, entering new geographies, and matching the best candidates with the right clients.
October
2022
We expand operations again and welcome the ESG team to Pearse Partners. This has allowed us to work with talented professionals in all areas of ESG, from influential leaders to push sustainable investment and corporate citizenship agendas, to analysts and reporting practitioners.
October
2022
Powered as part of Pearse Partners, Pearse Professionals is born as a specialist search firm focussing exclusively on Portfolio and Senior Finance mandates across Private Equity and the Financial Services industry.
January
2023
Quite possibly our proudest moment to date, we secure our first official home! Next to the OXO Tower, right on the Thames, we are excited to invite clients and candidates to come and meet us!
January
2024
The year where growth became impossible to ignore. We doubled our headcount, and we doubled our revenue. You could feel the momentum of scale in the room, the work, and in our client outcomes.
August
2024
2024 was also the year we became more than a single identity. We unified our specialist strengths and officially formed the Pearse Group. A collective made up of three boutique brands, each focused on a distinct area of the financial services market: Pearse Partners, Pearse Professionals and Rutherford Search.
February
2024
Month on month, we didn’t just maintain - we broke records. We consistently billed our biggest numbers ever, continuously resetting what “best ever” looked like.
August
2025
Pearse went truly global. We launched in the USA opening the door to a vast new market and a world of international opportunity. This move expands our reach, strengthens our client impact, and positions us to serve our partners across the globe with even greater depth and scale.
It’s that simple, we love the financial services industry. And as a team, we bring our enthusiasm and intellectual curiosity to every search.
As specialists in Front Office Financial Services, we make it our business to possess the most thorough and up-to-date industry knowledge. Always.
We’re a business run by real people for real people. That means listening to the needs of our clients and candidates – and always being at the end of a phone, for any advice.
Our approach is considered and methodical. It combines our profound industry knowledge with extensive experience and trusted relationships to achieve great results.
All
US Team
The Pearse Group Board
Top three dinner guests? (can be anyone, dead or alive)
Jack Grealish, Louis Theroux and Ricky Gervais
What did you want to be when you were older?
An M&A recruiter
If you could swap lives with anyone for a day, who would it be and why?
Elon Musk, would love to know what goes on in his head
What is your favourite holiday destination?
Egypt as I really enjoyed snorkelling in the Red Sea, however I love the sun, so anywhere hot!
What did you want to be when you were older?
I always wanted to be a Police Officer or a Barrister.
If you could swap lives with anyone for a day, who would it be and why?
Rhianna, I would love to share her wardrobe!
If you could choose to do anything for a day, what would it be?
I would drive an F1 car around a race circuit for a day.
Favourite destination to travel too?
During winter it would be New York, for summer Hawaii is hard to beat!
How many languages do you speak?
I speak two languages, German and English
Looking for a challenge? Want to join an exceptional team of dedicated professionals? Here at Pearse Partners, we’re still at the beginning of our journey, but our ambition is giant.
Join usFounded in 2018 by Sean Bourke, Pearse Partners is a front office recruitment firm made up of five specialist teams across Corporate Finance, Credit, ESG & Sustainability, Investor Relations & Fundraising and Private Equity.
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