Started in 2000 by three ex-Deloitte management consultants, PGC has become one of the leading independent search and selection firms in the UK.

The US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) safeguards the interests of investors in US listed companies. In 1999 it began to examine more closely the independence of the auditors of SEC regulated businesses. The (then) Big5 global professional services firms of Andersen, Deloitte, PwC, KPMG and Ernst & Young were encouraged to put their independence as auditors beyond question and discontinue certain service lines, mostly consulting and advisory activities.

Over the preceding five years Phillip Price, Andrew Guy and Andrew Cholerton had led and grown the Executive Search & Selection and Human Resource Consulting practices of Deloitte & Touche in the UK under the “Management Solutions” and “Management Advisory Services” brands. With changes to the regulatory environment, the three of them recognised the opportunity to establish themselves as an independent firm and Price Guy Cholerton Limited was founded in January 2000.

Over the years following, the letters “PGC” have become widely recognised and synonymous with Consulting Excellence, Practical Solutions and Successful Outcomes in Executive Search & Selection. With a lower public profile, but no less valuable to their clients, PGC has continued to provide human resource consulting advice on senior management issues in the public, not for profit and private sectors.

PGC has expanded steadily with the recruitment of a number of senior consultants, all respected experts in their chosen fields of executive recruitment or human resource consulting.

In 2004, PGC moved to larger prestige offices in the Midlands and in 2005 established a representative presence in both London and Manchester.

PGC remains wholly owned by its shareholder consultants.

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