FMCG

The FMCG sector is an ever-changing landscape and continues to draw huge investment from both the UK and overseas. As consumers habits, diets and activities develop to become what they are today, we see a reflective shift in production and product development from manufacturers and brand owners. Creating a diverse market built for high-growth and opening the door to newcomers every year who wish to challenge the status-quo whilst developing their own new trends and initiatives.

At HedgerWay, we understand the role we can play in helping to shape finance and leadership teams across the FMCG space. Focussing our attention and energies on supporting the sector, our client base includes; consumables, non-consumables, pet products, start-ups, scale-ups, PLCs and private equity-backed businesses.

Recent mandates include;

  • CFO – PE backed snacks business
  • Group Finance Director – Manufacturing business
  • Group Financial Controller – AIM construction business
  • Finance Director – PE backed services business
  • Deputy CFO – Owner managed retail business
  • Interim Finance Director – Retail business
  • Interim CFO – Aviation business
  • Interim Financial Controller – PE backed distribution business
  • Interim Director of Finance – SAAS business
  • Interim Head if Finance – Tech start up business

In addition to permanent placements, we specialise in Interim roles as well as Tax & Treasury recruitment within the FMCG sector. This ensures businesses have access to experienced interim professionals and specialised tax and treasury expertise to support both short-term projects and long-term strategic needs.

Meet our FMCG Team

Oli Lampkin

Oli Lampkin

Director
Warren Gibson

Warren Gibson

Senior Consultant

Read our Blogs

16.01.23

The Speculative Interview Guide

It is written into folk-law that 50% of job vacancies never make it to the market. Or is it 40% or even 60%?
16.10.22

A job versus a career: what is right for you?

Our outlook on work, life and all of the other aspects which make up our world have without a doubt changed in dramatic circumstances since COVID19 enforced a global lockdown. Our longer-term prospects will be heavily influenced by how we as individuals and families pivot and evolve in these new and challenging times. With doctors and scientists at the forefront of decision making and controlling timeframes to begin a post-lockdown life, politicians and the business world face daily questions on how to stem the pain without damaging economies way into the future. In the following article, we discuss the thought process behind a job search versus a career move.
02.08.22

Transforming Financial Controls: 5 Things to Consider Now

All businesses, large and small, will encounter challenges when designing and deploying robust financial controls frameworks. Many organisations are now realising they have a lot of work to get through with the impending introduction of “UK SOX” and, unsurprisingly, some businesses are far behind where they need to be in preparation for such changes.