Odgers (Odgers Berndtson) review — the London-headquartered executive search firm

Odgers Berndtson company overview — the name, the group and the filings

A short Odgers Berndtson company overview, from primary sources only.

The name changed in June 2025: the firm announced on its own site that "Odgers Berndtson is now Odgers", with its CEO, Kester Scrope, saying the new name is "straightforward to spell" (Odgers — Introducing Odgers).

Older lists still carry the old name, and its misspellings: GOV.UK's list of signatories to the Voluntary Code of Conduct for Executive Search Firms spells it "Odgers Berndston" (GOV.UK).

Odgers, Odgers Berndtson and those variants are the same firm.

The UK holding company is Odgers Group Limited, active on the Companies House register with its registered office at 20 Cannon Street, London (Companies House) — the same address the firm gives for its London office.

Its UK office page also lists Aberdeen, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds and Manchester (Odgers UK).

Companies House records what a company files; it states on the register that it does not check the accuracy of it.

Odgers presents more than one business under its name.

Its own site describes Berwick Partners as "the division of Odgers which focuses on identifying and placing senior management and executive roles" (Odgers — Senior Management Recruitment), and interim work runs as Odgers Interim (below).

AESC's own member-firm directory lists Odgers (AESC member firms), which matches the membership the firm states on its site.

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Odgers Berndtson UK — the London office, the regions and Odgers recruitment routes

Odgers Berndtson UK — now trading as Odgers — is run from London.

The firm gives 20 Cannon Street as its London office, which is also the registered office of Odgers Group Limited on the Companies House register (above).

Whether you know it as Odgers Berndtson London or simply Odgers London, it is one office at one address.

Outside London, the firm's UK office page lists Aberdeen, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds and Manchester.

Odgers recruitment runs through more than one route, by the firm's own account: retained executive search for board and senior appointments; Berwick Partners, the division it describes as focused on senior management and executive roles; and Odgers Interim for full-time interim cover.

Which one a brief lands with depends on the seniority of the role and whether it is permanent or interim, so ask at the outset which team will run yours.

The questions for a hiring company are the same whichever office runs the work: who will do the search day to day, what the fee letter says and what the timetable is — none of which Odgers publishes.

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