We partner with leading consulting firms across Europe, connecting them with exceptional leadership talent that shapes delivery, culture, and long-term firm growth.
Our mission is simple: To connect strategic ambition with leadership that delivers.
Strat-Bridge is a retained search firm specialising in Partner to Director-level appointments within the strategy and management consulting sector.
We partner with leading consulting firms across Europe, connecting them with exceptional leadership talent that shapes delivery, culture, and long-term firm growth.
Our mission is simple: To connect strategic ambition with leadership that delivers.
Top-tier management consultants form the core of our candidate network. We help leading consulting firms attract and retain exceptional talent — from individual Directors and Partners to high-performing teams.
Our track record spans successful appointments across Germany, Switzerland and the UK, from Senior Manager through to Partner, with a focus on roles that shape strategy, delivery, and long-term growth.
What
drives us.
Connected: We bridge Europe’s top consulting talent and strategy firms -with sharp timing, trust and insight.
Network-driven: Global reach. Local precision. Our curated network solves complex hiring at speed.
Excellence: Every search. Every step. Delivered to the highest standard with precision, discretion and discipline.
Advisory: We shape decisions that elevate firms and advance leaders.
Ben Appleton
Founder & Partner.
Ben is a London-based New Zealander who has specialised in recruitment within professional services (across Europe) for 9+ years. Ben focuses exclusively on the management consulting space, particularly positions in operations strategy and the digital economy.
As the Founder & Partner of Strat-Bridge, Ben is responsible for the overall running of the firm, focusing on client engagement and the delivery of agreed metrics.
Outside of Strat-Bridge, Ben enjoys sharing his Māori culture across Europe through haka (dance) and waiata (song) – he is proud of his heritage and hails from the Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Whakatōhea and Ngāi Tahu tribes of New Zealand.
David Stone
Partner.
David is a Partner at Strat-Bridge, responsible for client management and project delivery across the DACH and UK regions. He has over ten years’ experience in international executive search and recruitment within professional services, working with management consultancies, strategy houses, private equity, and technology services providers.
He also advises clients on talent advisory and DEI initiatives and creates and implements learning & development programmes within Strat-Bridge.
David is an avid traveller having visited over 65 countries, and enjoys building diverse, international teams.
Anthea Tuakanangaro
Finance Director
Anthea is a London-based Chartered Accountant from New Zealand with Big 4 experience at PwC and a strong background in financial reporting, audit, and commercial finance. She has experience operating across UK, Europe, New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific, bringing a global perspective to financial and operational decision-making.
At Strat-Bridge, Anthea is responsible for the firm’s financial and operational performance. She partners with the founders on commercial decision-making and ensures the business is set up for scalable and sustainable growth. She also leads financial reporting, compliance, and internal systems.
Anthea brings a pragmatic and hands-on approach, focused on improving financial visibility, strengthening controls, and supporting clear, commercially driven decision-making.
Outside of Strat-Bridge, Anthea is proud of her Polynesian heritage and comes from the islands of Mauke (Akatokamanava) and Rarotonga (Tumutevarovaro) in the Cook Islands. She enjoys sharing and staying connected to her culture within the Pacific and Māori community in London and values the role it plays in building connection and community.
Diversity & Inclusion.
Strat-Bridge recognises the unique level of influence we have as a search and talent firm, to lead and advise on diversity and inclusion (D&I) across every mandate that we take. We are committed to supporting the talent in our network and are active in our efforts with an anti-discrimination approach to recruitment, regardless of race, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity or otherwise.
Strat-Bridge works to promote value for everyone equally, both within our own organisation and through challenging our clients to approach their search and hiring needs with an inclusive mindset, this in turn promotes the diversity of candidates and the teams that they operate within. To enrich the businesses that we partner with Strat-Bridge places competence, experience, and merit at the core of our search and candidate selection criteria.
Through our approach to D&I we affirm our commitment to championing talent and ability, we do this to support the diverse range of individuals and communities within our network and the markets that we operate within.
Where We Operate.
United Kingdom
Germany
Switzerland
Wider-Europe
United States
