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Oliver Dick brings 20+ years’ experience in appointing senior leaders to board, C‑level, and senior executive roles across business & support services, and a range of industrial and consumer sectors. He partners with boards, financial sponsors, and organisations of all sizes and structures to support their strategies for growth, transformation, and resilience.
Professional Focus
- 20 years’ experience in executive search, working in the UK and the USA
- Substantial track record in appointing senior executives, including CEO, COO, CFO, MD, HRD, Chief Supply Chain Officer, and other leadership roles, for main and divisional boards
- In-depth experience in the business and support services sectors, transportation and logistics, multi-site consumer & retail, automotive
- Partners with diverse ownership structures, including family‑owned businesses, PLCs, privately owned growth companies, major listed multinationals, SMEs, PE‑ and hedge‑fund‑backed businesses, and owner‑managed operations
- Track record of guiding clients through significant change and disruption, including succession planning, building teams for new ventures and markets, navigating physical and digital supply chains and the disruptive forces of automation, AI and sustainability.
Business Expertise
- Partner and Principal at top-tier global and boutique search firms, working in both New York and London, initially in financial services, before focusing on broader industrial and support services.
- Started career in equity trading at Credit Lyonnais Securities, before joining the management consulting division of Towers Watson, to work on board-level strategic projects with the CEOs and Chairs of major multinational companies.
Additional Expertise
- Business & Support Services
- Financial Services
- Infrastructure
- Private Equity & Venture Capital
- Transportation
Education & Certifications
- MBA and Diploma of Imperial College (DIC) from Imperial College London
- Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (Hons) from University of Sheffield
Case Studies
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Transforming Operations in a Family-Owned Medical Device Business
Seamless Collaboration Delivers Interim Site Quality Director
Discover how Boyden’s integrated interim and executive search teams delivered rapid leadership solutions for a global pharmaceutical client, ensuring regulatory compliance, operational stability, and business continuity at a critical manufacturing site.
Reviving Growth: Leading Transformation and Profitability in Environmental Monitoring
Boyden appointed an experienced Interim COO who delivered a comprehensive turnaround, restoring profitability, restructuring operations and driving sustainable growth.
Thought Leadership
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Articles & Papers
MedTech Leadership Succession & Next-Gen Executive Strategy
Discover why MedTech leadership succession is a strategic imperative—and how these companies can build strong, future-ready executive pipelines.
Blog
General Counsel Succession Planning
Meeting the Demands of a Changing Landscape
Articles & Papers
Why Leadership Capability is now the Defining Challenge for Family Businesses
Voices of Family Business Survey
Articles & Papers
A Third Generation Charts a New Course
A third-generation family business found itself navigating sudden global disruption with limited internal capability to manage a complex reshoring effort. The solution was not more control, but the confidence to bring in the right external expertise. This is how the family safeguarded its legacy by acting decisively—and differently.
Media
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Navigating the Complex World of Global Sports with Jonny Gray
Podcast
Curiosity vs Expertise—Why Leaders Are Generalists with Xenia Wickett Founder of Wickett Advisory
Podcast
Leaders in Focus featuring Chad Hesters, CEO and President of Boyden
Video
Leaders in Focus featuring Mark Russell, CEO, The Children's Society
Video
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