Thomas Cole Kinder is a specialist executive search firm focussed on the UK and European real estate markets. With deep experience and knowledge across the sector we’ve spent over 30 years advising clients on how best to attract and retain the key executive leadership, non-executive and functional talent that their organisation needs.
We’re a Partner owned and led firm, reliant on our own reputation and trusted by our clients to advise on their leadership and succession challenges. Our focus is on ensuring our clients have access to the highest calibre and diverse talent across the market, along with the insights and assessment tools to avoid poor decisions that can be so damaging financially, managerially and culturally.
Our advice on appointments within the real estate sector is not just well-informed, but better-informed.
With the breadth of our experience and depth of insight into all areas of the industry, we know how crucial the right appointment will be to the future success of all concerned, and so build relationships that last. It's a commitment that's earned the confidence of our clients, with over two thirds of our assignments being for people we've worked with already.
Our diligent research allows us to identify transferable skill sets, with a reach that covers a range of roles and sectors, from property companies and investment managers to banks and retailers.
It's this ability and desire to go further and look deeper that gives us our competitive edge, as well as a sharper one.
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We advise a diverse group of organisations across all channels of the international real estate sector on appointments that are crucial to their future success.
Clients include:
- Property Companies / REITs
- Family Offices / Trusts
- Private Equity / Portfolio Companies
- Institutional Fund Managers
- Banks / Alternative Lenders
- Housebuilders
- Major Corporate Occupiers
- Specialist Advisors & Consultants
We provide our clients with broad coverage across all functions of the real estate sector, including:
- Chair / Non-Executives / Board Advisors
- CEO / MD
- COO / Operations
- CFO / Financial Officers
- Equity / Debt Capital Markets
- Investment / Development
- Portfolio / Asset / Fund Management
- Construction / Project Management
- Property / Facilities Management
- Sales / Marketing
Finding talent that excels, is a talent in itself, with every search as unique as the role it seeks to fill.
At Thomas Cole Kinder, we don't just focus on present and past performance, but on potential too, using an extensive and exhaustive process that combines research, legwork and inspiration in equal measure.
It's an approach that leads us to the stars of the future as well as the talent of today.
We expect diversity to be at the forefront of our clients’ minds, not least because relatively few organisations in the markets we serve have a genuinely diverse work force.
We go to great lengths to ensure that every shortlist we produce is diverse. And where options are at their most limited, we challenge our clients to consider a wider field of high-potential candidates and support them through successful onboarding and realisation of full potential.
Initial briefing to fully understand the role, required competencies and ideal profile. Challenge client assumptions and advise on alternative strategies. Develop a detailed assignment brief for client review and agree the appropriate search strategy and timetable.
Lateral coverage is vitally important to every search in the real estate market as key industry knowledge, contact base, technical, transactional and leadership skills are all highly transferable. Analyse client's business and corporate culture and structure as well as define target markets and geographies.
Conduct discreet market sourcing and targeted research to develop a long list of the most relevant prospects. Present and discuss profiles and agree on a set of "high-potentials" to approach. Develop bespoke approach strategies and engage candidate interest.
Combine rigorous competency-based interviews and confidential third party referencing to accurately gauge suitability. Present a final short list of candidates, providing balanced candidate reports covering fit against the brief, market insights and guidance on any aspects to explore further at client interview.
Oversee and support client interview schedule and negotiations. Manage the offer process, take formal references and advise candidate through the resignation process.
Follow up with both parties once the search is closed, to check the progress of transition. Maintain partnership and support growth and success of both the client and candidate.
Thomas Cole Kinder has ties to the real estate market the world over and identifies talented candidates nationally and internationally for roles in the UK, continental Europe, Middle East and Asia-Pacific.
If you would like to learn more please contact us at:
Thomas Cole Kinder
25 Beak Street,
London, W1F 9RT
| +44 (0)20 7290 1600 | tayla.ponsford@tck.co.ukWe actively identify the leaders of tomorrow as well as those of today. Offering the same high levels of diligence and consideration as for Board level hires, our Future Leaders team brings rigour and structure to appointments in the heart of your business that are too important to get wrong.
We identify and appraise emerging talent with a clear focus towards potential and the development and mentoring that will unlock future leadership progression. These appointments create a strong internal talent pool vital to long-term success in every business and have been poorly serviced by mid-level recruiters who limit themselves to active jobseekers.
We go further to understand the drivers of your business and the areas in which an outstanding candidate can contribute, beyond their initial role. We directly consider the required skillsets alongside the cultural and interpersonal qualities that dovetail appropriately with your existing team to maximise the value of every appointment.
In a complex business world demanding ever more from our leaders, gaining deeper insight into their capability and potential shortcomings is imperative. We offer leading-edge psychometric assessment tools to provide the evaluation and assurance that a candidate can deliver as the organisation and its situation requires.
Partnering with market leading occupational psychologists and leadership assessors, we bring independent perspective to our clients to fully understand a candidate’s performance and leadership qualities and their future potential. We all know that the best players don’t always transition to being the best managers but businesses frequently overlook future potential when making critical appointments. The tools we use enable our clients to make highly informed and rigorous hiring decisions.
TCK Reward is an associated reward consultancy that offers expert advice on all aspects of remuneration across the real estate sector, including listed businesses, funds and private companies. We specialise in benchmarking compensation levels of key senior management, as well as those in divisional, functional or technical roles - undertaking bespoke remuneration studies both on a one-off basis and as a regular part of an organisation’s annual remuneration reviews.
It is Thomas Cole Kinder's experience and understanding of the real estate market, along with having immediate access to the most current data, that has allowed TCK Reward to develop a unique and effective role-evaluation model. By focusing on the scale and requirements of each role, rather than merely a job title, we deliver bespoke reports that make precise and accurate comparisons enabling companies to attract, retain and motivate top talent.
We represent our clients with integrity and professionalism and take our work personally – an approach which is respected by candidates and has led us to over 1,500 successful appointments in the sector.
Each member of our team at all levels is 100% focussed on the real estate market. From Partners to research, we engage every day with a wide network of senior contacts allowing us access to accurate market perceptions and discreet references from sources we trust.
Every assignment matters. We go the extra mile to carefully consider the combination of cultural and technical fit alongside interpersonal and leadership qualities.
The Future of Office Culture
Everyone in the property industry and many beyond it have a view of how offices will be occupied once we are able to safely return. Yannick Green, a Principal at Thomas Cole Kinder, was keen to explore the changes that we might expect to see, how technology will change office culture and any potential shifts in future working patterns - so he assembled a panel of experts from the UK, Europe and USA with different perspectives.
During the hour we covered:
- Who the workplace will be for?
- How could we redesign the space?
- What cultural impacts might we anticipate?
- How will space requirements change?
- Which roles and which types of people really benefit from the office?
- How necessary is physical collaboration?
- How will location effect decisions?
This Privacy Policy explains what Thomas Cole Kinder (TCK) does with your personal data, how we collect, use and process it and how we comply with our legal obligations to you. Your privacy is important to us and we are committed to protecting and safeguarding your data privacy rights.
This Privacy Policy applies to the personal data of our candidates, clients, suppliers and other people who we may contact. It is important to note that we may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be published on our website www.tck.co.uk.
Types of Data We Collect
1. Candidate Data
In order to provide the best possible employment opportunities that are tailored to you, we need to process certain information about you. We only ask for details that will genuinely help us to assist you, such as your name, contact details, education details, employment history, diversity information and details about your current remuneration arrangements. We may also hold extra information that you choose to tell us.
2. Client Data
If you are a Client of TCK, we may need to collect and use information in the course of providing you with our services. The data we collect about Clients is usually limited to the details of individual contacts at your organisation (names, telephone numbers and email addresses) to enable us to ensure that our relationship runs smoothly.
3. Supplier Data
We need a small amount of data from our suppliers. This includes contact details of relevant individuals at your organisation as well as bank details so we can pay for the services you provide.
How We Collect Your Personal Data
1. Candidate Data
We collect Candidate Data in two primary ways:
- Personal data that you, the Candidate, gives to us
- Personal data that we receive from other sources. We may obtain information about you from searching for potential candidates from third party sources such as LinkedIn, your referees may disclose personal information about you and our Clients may share personal information about you with us following an interview.
2. Client Data
We collect Client Data in two primary ways:
- Where you contact us proactively, usually by phone or email and/or
- Where we contact you either by phone or email or through our consultants’ business development activities
How We Use Your Personal Data
1. Candidate Data
Our main area of work is recruitment, connecting the right Candidates with the right roles. We have listed below various ways in which we may use and process your data for this purpose. Please note this list is not exhaustive.
- Collecting your data from you and other sources such as LinkedIn
- Storing your details (and updating them when necessary) on our secure database so that we can contact you in relation to recruitment
- Providing you with our services and to facilitate the recruitment process
- Assessing data about you against roles which we think may be suitable for you
- Sending your information to Clients to assess your eligibility for roles
- Verifying details you have provided, using third party resources (such as psychometric evaluations) or to request information (such as references)
We may use your data for the above purposes if we deem it necessary to do so for our Legitimate Interests.
2. Client Data
We have listed below the various ways in which we use your data to facilitate providing you with executive search services.
- Storing your details (and updating them when necessary) on our secure database so that we can contact you in relation to recruitment activities
- Keeping records of our conversations and meetings
We may use your data for the above purposes if we deem it necessary to do so for our Legitimate Interests.
We keep records for as long as required to provide the relevant service, and in accordance with legal, tax and accounting requirements. Where your information is no longer required, we will ensure it is disposed of in a secure manner.
Who We Share Your Personal Data With
1. Candidate Data
We may share your data with potential employers and third parties who we have retained to provide services such as psychometric evaluation.
2. Client Data
We may share your data with potential employees.
How We Safeguard Your Personal Data
We are committed to taking all reasonable and appropriate steps to protect the personal information that we hold from misuse, loss, or unauthorised access. We do this by having in place a range of appropriate technical
and organisational measures. These include measures to deal with any suspected data breach.
If you suspect any misuse or loss of or unauthorised access to your personal information please let us know immediately. Details of how to contact us can be found at the end of this Privacy Policy.
How You Can Access, Amend or Take Back the Personal Data You Have Given Us
Even if we already hold your personal data, you still have various rights in relation to it. Please contact us using the details at the end of this Privacy Policy if you would like to access, amend or take back any personal data we hold. We will seek to deal with your request without undue delay and in any event in accordance with the requirements of any applicable laws. Please note that we may keep a record of your communications to help us resolve any issues which you raise.
1. Right to Object
If we are using your data because we deem it necessary for our Legitimate Interests to do so, and you do not agree, you have the right to object. We will respond to your request within 30 days (although we may be allowed to extend this period in certain cases).
2. Right to Withdraw Consent
Where we have obtained your consent to process your personal data for certain activities, you may withdraw your consent at any time.
3. Data Subject Access Requests
You have the right to ask us to confirm what information we hold about you at any time, and you may ask us to modify, update or delete such information.
4. Right to Erasure
You have the right to request us to erase your personal data. We will respond to your request within 30 days. We will delete your data but will assume that you would prefer us to keep a note of your name on our register of individuals who would prefer not to be contacted. That way we will minimise your chances of being contacted in the future if your data is collected in unconnected circumstances (for example via a LinkedIn search). If you would prefer us not to do this, you are free to say so.
5. Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the local Supervisory Authority, details of which can be found at the end of this Privacy Policy.
Our Legal Basis for Processing Your Data
Legitimate Interests
Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR says that we can process your data where it is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by
the interests or fundamental rights or freedoms of you which require protection of personal data.
We do not believe that any of the following activities prejudice individuals in any way. However, you do have the right to object to us processing your personal data on this basis. If you would like to
do so please contact us using the details at the end of this Privacy Policy.
1. Candidate Data:
We think it is reasonable to expect that if you are looking for employment you are happy for us to collect and otherwise use your personal data to provide our services to you, share that information with prospective employers and assess your skills against roles. Your prospective employer may also want to double check any information you have given us, such as results from psychometric evaluations, or to confirm your references and qualifications. We need to do these things so that we can function as a profit making business, and to help you and other Candidates get new roles.
2. Client Data:
To ensure that we provide you with the best service possible, we store your personal data and/or the personal data of individual contacts at your organisation as well as keeping records of our conversations, meetings and assignments. We deem these uses of data to be necessary for our Legitimate Interests as an organisation providing recruitment services to you.
Contact
For the purpose of applicable data protection legislation, including the General Data Protection Regulation, the company responsible for your personal data is:
Thomas Cole Kinder Limited
Registered Address: Manfield House, 1 Southampton Street, London WC2R 0LR
Office Address: 25 Beak Street, London W1F 9RT
Company Registration Number: 08278142
Telephone: 020 7290 1600
Email:
info@tck.co.uk
The Local Supervisory Authority is:
The Information Commissioner’s Office
Telephone: 0303 123 1113
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