
Four firms founded or co-founded. One sold. 1,000+ senior appointments since 1999.
Cyber • Risk • Resilience • Governance
Owen connects senior leaders and specialists in cyber security, risk, resilience and governance with the organisations that need them.
Every week he talks to senior professionals and hiring leader
Four firms founded or co-founded. One sold. 1,000+ senior appointments since 1999.
Cyber • Risk • Resilience • Governance
Owen connects senior leaders and specialists in cyber security, risk, resilience and governance with the organisations that need them.
Every week he talks to senior professionals and hiring leaders about who's moving, who isn't, what people are being paid, where talent is getting scarce and why candidates turn roles down. That two-sided view of the market is what clients and candidates come to him for.
Now
Co-founded DWH Recruitment in June 2024 with Paul Adkins and Amy Morris. Executive hires, high-performance team builds, interim and contract placements, talent intelligence and coaching across the UK, Europe, the UAE and the USA.
Technology and AI do the market mapping and deep-reach sourcing. The work itself is done face to face, built on long-term relationships rather than mass emails and LinkedIn campaigns.

Recruiting in cyber, risk and corporate governance since 1999. Took a specialist search business into the US.
Cyber • Risk • Resilience • Governance
Paul has built and run recruitment teams across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the US. At DWH he leads leadership search and recruitment operations for UK, US and EM
Recruiting in cyber, risk and corporate governance since 1999. Took a specialist search business into the US.
Cyber • Risk • Resilience • Governance
Paul has built and run recruitment teams across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and the US. At DWH he leads leadership search and recruitment operations for UK, US and EMEA clients, across permanent and interim hires.
Career
2024 – present · DWH Recruitment, Co-Founder & Director
2018 – 2024 · talentorder. Grew global leadership development and search across the UK, USA and EMEA
2014 – 2017 · BeecherMadden, Managing Director US. Led the US expansion, built a team of six and set up partner relationships, then ran Corporate Accounts
2005 – 2014 · RedCat Digital, Recruitment Director. Governance teams and campaigns across Europe, the Middle East and Asia
Earlier · Eurosearch & Selection (1999–2005), plus Somet Recruitment (2017–18) and an international interim staffing project for Airsorted (2018)
Specialisms
Cyber security, risk management, operational resilience, corporate governance
Sectors
Banking and financial services, FinTech, consulting, telecoms, technology, media, retail, investment regulators
Engagements
Executive search, leadership hires, interim and temporary staffing

Retained C-suite search and international growth across five regions.
Cyber • Risk • Resilience • Governance
Amy has recruited in cyber security and corporate governance since 2015, moving from consultant to Commercial Director at talentorder before co-founding DWH. She leads client management and the firm's expansio
Retained C-suite search and international growth across five regions.
Cyber • Risk • Resilience • Governance
Amy has recruited in cyber security and corporate governance since 2015, moving from consultant to Commercial Director at talentorder before co-founding DWH. She leads client management and the firm's expansion across the UK, UAE, Europe, the USA and APAC.
Career
2024 – present · DWH Recruitment, Co-Founder & Director. Global expansion and client management, and handles retained C-suite, hard-to-fill and specialist hires herself
2023 – 2024 · talentorder, Commercial Director. Led all international client engagement on the senior leadership team
2019 – 2023 · talentorder, Consultant to Global Corporate Governance Lead. Built the cyber offering for international clients, then led governance hiring globally. Associate Director, International Recruitment in 2023
2015 – 2017 · BeecherMadden, Recruitment Delivery Consultant, Risk
Selected roles represented
CISO, technology business, USA · Cyber Security Director, global consultancy, UK/Germany/UAE · VP Risk Management Consulting, FS consultancy, UK · Audit Manager, global consultancy, UAE
Cyber security
CISO, cyber risk, cyber resilience, SOC, pen testing and red team, cyber response, cyber defence
Corporate governance
Risk management and ERM, business resilience, corporate security, intelligence and investigations, audit and assurance, compliance, fraud, ESG
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