April and May saw 4,851 senior HR professionals step into new roles across the UK, and another 2,500 are being appointed every month.
Some of the companies include JPMorgan, GSK, John Lewis, Gartner, Ocado, Merlin, Screwfix, PUIG, Rubix Group, Trend Micro, Perrigo, Starling Bank, SharkNinja, Chelsea FC, Superdry, ODEON, Oliver Bonas, Hotel Chocolat and Yeo Valley.
For HR suppliers, these appointments create a massive opportunity. New HR leaders don't inherit strategy. They shape it.
Newly appointed HR leaders spend their first 100 days deciding what stays and what goes.
If you're not in the conversation now, you won't be on the shortlist later.
Every year, the same thing happens.
July arrives. Decision-makers disappear on annual leave. Meetings dry up. Pipeline thins out. Sales teams scramble in September wondering where the opportunities went.
But here's what most suppliers miss:
The decisions don't stop. They just happen without you.
The 4,851 new HR appointments are just one signal.
Right now, there are thousands of HR buyers showing clear intent through:
These aren't cold prospects. They're active buyers with decisions to make and budgets to allocate.
While most suppliers are waiting for opportunities to appear, somebody else is already having the conversation.
They're meeting the new HR Director. They're helping shape the requirement. They're influencing the shortlist. They're becoming the benchmark every other supplier gets measured against.
By the time the opportunity reaches the market, the winner is often decided. They were in the room months earlier.
Right now, 4,851 newly appointed HR leaders are entering that decision-making phase and the question is simple. Are you in front of them, or is your competitor?
Book a 15-minute walkthrough and we'll show you the HR buyers currently reviewing suppliers in your market.
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