54 Chief Executive Officer jobs in London

PLEASE NOTE BEFORE READING ON: Due to the general volume of interest, we are very specific in what we are looking for in the career routes to this role. See the first point listed below. If that doesn't apply to you, then sadly we will just not consider the application (and ticking "Yes" to a screening question will not help.) If those two routes do strictly apply, then please do read on!

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) is a prominent UK Trade Association representing the Mineral Products Sector, including cement, aggregates, concrete, asphalt, and more. Our sector employs 80,000 people, generates £22 billion annually, and produces 400 million tonnes of material each year, making it the largest material flow in the UK economy. The member companies we represent range from multinational groups to SMEs.

We now seek a CEO to lead the MPA, taking responsibility for developing the strategic direction and initiatives that will enable and support our Members in meeting the multiple challenges they face: decarbonisation; sustainability, access to mineral resources and the regulatory issues which impact upon them

Crucially, our new CEO will ensure that MPA leverages all relevant communication channels and resources to best represent Members' interests to key stakeholders including Government, regulatory agencies, industry partners, and the public; highlighting the sector’s essential economic, social and environmental contributions and advocating for favourable policies and regulatory frameworks in order to protect the industry's 'licence to operate

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Direction: Analyse the internal and external social/political environment, develop strategic direction and the necessary actions and initiatives to ensure MPA's relevance and influence. Serve as the principal advisor to the Board and lead the management team

Sector Advocacy: Engage with key stakeholders, maintain high-profile representation, and communicate MPA's policies and position effectively to influence Government and regulatory decisions.

Member Engagement: Cultivate relationships with Members, ensuring timely information provision and high-quality service delivery to meet their needs while actively seeking to attract and retain Members.

Operational Management: Oversee the organisation's safety, financial stewardship, and compliance with legal responsibilities while fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration among staff and ensuring operational efficiency and effectiveness.

What we are looking for in you ?

• You must be an established senior executive from one of two possible career paths: either currently operating at a senior level within the Trade Association sector for a strictly B2B Trade Association or working at that same senior level within the sector we serve.
• Ideally, relevant sector expertise, but as a minimum experienced in related B2B sectors, with demonstrable willingness and passion to learn quickly.
• Management experience of a substantial organisation at Board level and in motivating a diverse team, together with strong financial and operational acumen.
• Lead with an inclusive style focused on building consensus, fostering collaborative teamwork, and having the humility to allow colleagues to lead and showcase their expertise and skills externally where appropriate.
• A skilled strategist able to analyse the internal and external social/political environment, thus identifying necessary actions that enable Members to thrive. Visionary, proactive, and passionate about the sector and its future.

PLEASE NOTE : Although primarily envisaged as a full-time post working from our London office and within the salary range stated, for a truly exceptional candidate already operating at or above this level, there is potential for flexibility around part time working, hybrid working and salary.

If your skills and career track record match these requirements, and the prospect of a new challenge excites you, then please get in touch. You are welcome to have a confidential conversation about the role ahead of a formal application by contacting the Association’s Recruitment Advisor, Steve Huxham at , directly.

Chief Executive Officer, Magistrates’ Association (MA)

Location: London (Hybrid working available)

Salary: up to £80K

Contract: Permanent, full-time

About the Magistrates’ Association

The Magistrates’ Association (MA) is a national charity and membership organisation that represents and supports magistrates across England and Wales. They have tasked us with finding them an experienced and visionary Chief Executive to lead the organisation through its next phase of development, ensuring it remains a strong, effective, and inclusive voice for the magistracy.

The Role

Reporting to the Board of Trustees, the Chief Executive will provide strategic and operational leadership to the MA. You will be responsible for ensuring that the organisation operates efficiently, delivers its strategic priorities, and continues to serve its members and the wider justice system effectively.

You will oversee all operational, financial, and administrative functions, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and best practice in governance. Working closely with trustees, staff, and stakeholders, you will drive the organisation’s work programme, promote diversity and inclusion, and secure sustainable income to support their mission.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day management of the Magistrates’ Association in line with the strategic direction set by the Board of Trustees.
• Work with the Board to develop, implement, and monitor the organisation’s strategy and annual workplans.
• Provide clear, effective leadership to the staff team, fostering a collaborative and high-performing culture.
• Oversee financial planning, budgeting, and reporting, ensuring resources are managed efficiently and transparently.
• Lead the development and delivery of a robust membership recruitment and retention strategy.
• Identify and pursue opportunities to expand the MA’s reach, influence, and sources of income, including fundraising and partnership development.
• Advise the Board of Trustees on governance matters and ensure compliance with legal, financial, and regulatory obligations.

About You

You will be an accomplished leader with significant experience at a senior level in the charity, public, or membership sector. You will combine strategic insight with operational acumen, and demonstrate a deep commitment to justice, equality, and public service.

Essential skills and experience:

• Proven experience in strategic leadership, financial management, and organisational governance.
• Strong record of managing teams and motivating staff to achieve shared goals.
• Experience of membership development and stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to build partnerships and represent the organisation externally with authority and credibility.

For full details of the role and to receive a candidate pack, contact Catherine Whitmore.

PLEASE NOTE BEFORE READING ON: Due to the general volume of interest, we are very specific in what we are looking for in the career routes to this role. See the first point listed below. If that doesn't apply to you, then sadly we will just not consider the application (and ticking "Yes" to a screening question will not help.) If those two routes do strictly apply, then please do read on!

The Mineral Products Association (MPA) is a prominent UK Trade Association representing the Mineral Products Sector, including cement, aggregates, concrete, asphalt, and more. Our sector employs 80,000 people, generates £22 billion annually, and produces 400 million tonnes of material each year, making it the largest material flow in the UK economy. The member companies we represent range from multinational groups to SMEs.

We now seek a CEO to lead the MPA, taking responsibility for developing the strategic direction and initiatives that will enable and support our Members in meeting the multiple challenges they face: decarbonisation; sustainability, access to mineral resources and the regulatory issues which impact upon them

Crucially, our new CEO will ensure that MPA leverages all relevant communication channels and resources to best represent Members' interests to key stakeholders including Government, regulatory agencies, industry partners, and the public; highlighting the sector’s essential economic, social and environmental contributions and advocating for favourable policies and regulatory frameworks in order to protect the industry's 'licence to operate

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Direction: Analyse the internal and external social/political environment, develop strategic direction and the necessary actions and initiatives to ensure MPA's relevance and influence. Serve as the principal advisor to the Board and lead the management team

Sector Advocacy: Engage with key stakeholders, maintain high-profile representation, and communicate MPA's policies and position effectively to influence Government and regulatory decisions.

Member Engagement: Cultivate relationships with Members, ensuring timely information provision and high-quality service delivery to meet their needs while actively seeking to attract and retain Members.

Operational Management: Oversee the organisation's safety, financial stewardship, and compliance with legal responsibilities while fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration among staff and ensuring operational efficiency and effectiveness.

What we are looking for in you ?

• You must be an established senior executive from one of two possible career paths: either currently operating at a senior level within the Trade Association sector for a strictly B2B Trade Association or working at that same senior level within the sector we serve.
• Ideally, relevant sector expertise, but as a minimum experienced in related B2B sectors, with demonstrable willingness and passion to learn quickly.
• Management experience of a substantial organisation at Board level and in motivating a diverse team, together with strong financial and operational acumen.
• Lead with an inclusive style focused on building consensus, fostering collaborative teamwork, and having the humility to allow colleagues to lead and showcase their expertise and skills externally where appropriate.
• A skilled strategist able to analyse the internal and external social/political environment, thus identifying necessary actions that enable Members to thrive. Visionary, proactive, and passionate about the sector and its future.

PLEASE NOTE : Although primarily envisaged as a full-time post working from our London office and within the salary range stated, for a truly exceptional candidate already operating at or above this level, there is potential for flexibility around part time working, hybrid working and salary.

If your skills and career track record match these requirements, and the prospect of a new challenge excites you, then please get in touch. You are welcome to have a confidential conversation about the role ahead of a formal application by contacting the Association’s Recruitment Advisor, Steve Huxham at , directly.

Confidential Executive Search: Chief Executive Officer – Luxury Hospitality (UK)

Job Overview:

Oplu has been exclusively retained to conduct a confidential executive search for a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead a landmark five-star luxury hospitality property in the United Kingdom.

This is a discreet appointment for a privately owned single-asset hospitality business, backed by significant investment and redevelopment. The CEO will spearhead the property’s relaunch, guiding it into a new era as one of the UK’s most prestigious destinations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Full accountability for the property’s P&L
• Manage stakeholder engagement with local authorities, including Council and regulatory bodies
• Lead all PR, communications, and community relations, acting as the public face of the property
• Shape and deliver the long-term vision in line with UHNW ownership and family office objectives
• Lead the full executive team across operations, sales, marketing, finance, and guest experience
• Ensure exceptional performance across a complex multi-faceted operation including accommodation, dining, wellness, leisure, and events
• Build the brand’s international profile and secure its position among the world’s leading luxury hotels
• Act as a trusted advisor to ownership, investors, and asset managers, ensuring transparency and excellence in reporting and execution

Candidate Profile:

• Minimum of 10 years’ senior leadership experience in luxury hospitality
• Proven track record as a CEO, Managing Director, or senior executive within five-star hotels, luxury resorts, or international hospitality groups
• Expertise in managing high-profile, asset-backed hospitality investments
• Inspirational leader with a track record of attracting and retaining top-tier talent
• Commercially sharp and operationally hands-on, with strong financial acumen
• Comfortable working within UHNW and private ownership structures where discretion and trust are paramount

Why This Role?

This is a once-in-a-decade leadership opportunity to leave a legacy in one of the UK’s most ambitious luxury hospitality projects. The CEO will be instrumental in redefining the property’s future and establishing it as a destination of choice for both domestic and international guests.

Please note: Oplu is a bespoke executive search partner specialising in luxury hospitality, private estates, and family offices. We rarely advertise positions of this calibre publicly, and are doing so only to ensure we reach the most exceptional talent globally.

Applications will be handled in the strictest confidence. Due to the high level of interest expected, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 14 days of application.

Confidential Executive Search: Chief Executive Officer – Luxury Hospitality (UK)

Job Overview:

Oplu has been exclusively retained to conduct a confidential executive search for a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead a landmark five-star luxury hospitality property in the United Kingdom.

This is a discreet appointment for a privately owned single-asset hospitality business, backed by significant investment and redevelopment. The CEO will spearhead the property’s relaunch, guiding it into a new era as one of the UK’s most prestigious destinations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Full accountability for the property’s P&L
• Manage stakeholder engagement with local authorities, including Council and regulatory bodies
• Lead all PR, communications, and community relations, acting as the public face of the property
• Shape and deliver the long-term vision in line with UHNW ownership and family office objectives
• Lead the full executive team across operations, sales, marketing, finance, and guest experience
• Ensure exceptional performance across a complex multi-faceted operation including accommodation, dining, wellness, leisure, and events
• Build the brand’s international profile and secure its position among the world’s leading luxury hotels
• Act as a trusted advisor to ownership, investors, and asset managers, ensuring transparency and excellence in reporting and execution

Candidate Profile:

• Minimum of 10 years’ senior leadership experience in luxury hospitality
• Proven track record as a CEO, Managing Director, or senior executive within five-star hotels, luxury resorts, or international hospitality groups
• Expertise in managing high-profile, asset-backed hospitality investments
• Inspirational leader with a track record of attracting and retaining top-tier talent
• Commercially sharp and operationally hands-on, with strong financial acumen
• Comfortable working within UHNW and private ownership structures where discretion and trust are paramount

Why This Role?

This is a once-in-a-decade leadership opportunity to leave a legacy in one of the UK’s most ambitious luxury hospitality projects. The CEO will be instrumental in redefining the property’s future and establishing it as a destination of choice for both domestic and international guests.

Please note: Oplu is a bespoke executive search partner specialising in luxury hospitality, private estates, and family offices. We rarely advertise positions of this calibre publicly, and are doing so only to ensure we reach the most exceptional talent globally.

Applications will be handled in the strictest confidence. Due to the high level of interest expected, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 14 days of application.

About Ergonia

Ergonia Labs is a crypto-native venture studio and DeFi trading firm backed by DRW   and Cumberland . We build, fund, and scale foundational blockchain products,from zero-to-one protocol design through to institutional-grade deployment.

Ergonia Labs is building next-generation financial applications on the Canton Network, a smart contract platform designed for configurable privacy, composability, and regulatory compliance.

We are seeking a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) who combines deep product expertise with commercial leadership to build and scale Lendle, an institutional-grade platform on Canton that provides secure, compliant, and innovative solutions for digital asset lending, borrowing, and treasury management, into a market-defining platform for institutional digital finance.

This role is ideal for a product-driven leader who thrives at the intersection of technology, finance, and product. You’ll define the company vision, drive execution, and lead the evolution of Lendle from concept to full-scale adoption.

• Lead Company Vision & Strategy – Define and execute Lendle’s’ overall mission, roadmap, and business model, ensuring alignment between product innovation and commercial goals.
• Drive Product Evolution – Own the product direction for Lendle, guiding discovery, design, and delivery to achieve institutional-grade adoption and compliance.
• Shape the Organisation – Build and mentor a high-performing cross-functional team that blends entrepreneurial agility with operational discipline.
• Accelerate Growth – Drive partnerships, ecosystem development, and revenue opportunities to scale the business and expand into adjacent financial verticals.
• Champion Market Position – Act as the public face of Lendle, cultivating relationships with investors, clients, regulators, and ecosystem stakeholders.
• Embed a Product-Led Culture – Foster experimentation, data-informed decision-making, and a focus on customer value at every level of the organization.
• Ensure Operational Readiness – Oversee compliance, governance, and financial sustainability as the company matures from startup to growth phase

Requirements

• 8–10+ years of experience in product leadership, general management, or founder roles within fintech, blockchain, or institutional finance.
• Hands on product Management experience and expertise is essential.
• Proven success in taking a product from concept to scale, including strategy, execution, and commercialisation.
• Deep understanding of capital markets, liquidity, and digital asset infrastructure.
• Ability to bridge technical and business domains, communicating effectively across teams, investors, and partners.
• Demonstrated ability to attract, inspire, and retain top talent in a fast-moving environment.
• Experience with fundraising, go-to-market strategy, or managing investor relations preferred.
• Passion for blockchain innovation and conviction in its institutional applications

Benefits

• Competitive Salary & Benefits Package

We are seeking a strategic Business Strategy and Performance Manager with strong analytical skills to play a key role in advancing our Grassroots Strategy. This role will provide quality strategic support across key Grassroots programmes, while also supporting on performance monitoring and reporting for the division.

Please include a cover letter with your application, clearly outlining your interest in the position and how you meet the criteria.

If shortlisted you will be asked to complete an online video interview and will be informed of this on or around 5th November and will have one week to complete this.

If successful beyond the video interview stage you will be invited to attend an in person interview at Wembley Stadium on the 25th November.

What will you be doing?

Strategy:

• Lead the strategy development of key football programmes, working with the subject matter experts across the Grassroots division, wider FA and County FAs to ensure they are effectively scoped, planned and collaboratively delivered.
• Lead on the implementation plans for new strategies, working with policy leads to ensure they are appropriately embedded within the operational plans for the Grassroots division and that we are driving forward progress on a day-to-day basis.
• Provide thought leadership and check-and-challenge across the Grassroots division to maximise return on investment and deliver against our strategy.

Performance Management:

• Support on all reporting for the Grassroots Division including FA Game Changers, our Grassroots Strategy KPIs and County FA KPIs
• Use insight, analysis and reporting information to deliver presentations to key external and internal stakeholders to keep them updated and inform future direction of programmes.
• Use data to identify any performance issues or risks and work with policy teams to design and implement necessary strategy interventions.

General:

• Support the National Game Board, including programme development, performance reporting and alignment with strategic activities of The FA overall and the Grassroots division specifically.
• Deliver all ad-hoc, emerging project work or support related to the new Grassroots strategy and future strategies
• Develop tools to support and upskill the Grassroots division on programme management, production and performance reporting to continually raise standards
• Executes additional tasks as required to meet the FA's changing priorities.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures to ensure that the highest standards of health, safety, and well-being can be maintained.
• As part of the FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance.

What are we looking for?

Essential for the role:

Knowledge:

• Strong understanding of strategy development
• Analysing and presenting data in various formats
• Ability to think strategically and provide thought leadership
• Excellent Power Point and visualisation skills
• Managing and aligning key stakeholders

Experience:

• Experience of developing and delivering strategic programmes
• Prior experience working in strategy and/or a management consultancy
• Experience of adopting a hypothesis-led approach to problem solving
• Experience of working within performance reporting including designing new systems & models, building regular reports and presenting them to stakeholders

Technical Skills:

• Strong data analysis, visualisation and reporting skills
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong time management and independent working, being able to juggle multiple workstreams and prioritise effectively
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to influence across an organisation
• Strategic programme delivery skills, with experience in scoping, delivering and embedding projects within organisations

Beneficial to have:

Knowledge:

• Degree-level qualification
• Analysing reports using Power BI.

Experience:

• Professional or voluntary experience working in grassroots football, a County FA or grassroots sports more broadly
• Experience of stakeholder engagement on strategic projects or programmes.

Technical Skills:

• Prior experience is developing strategic roadmaps and other strategy communication tools
• Prior expertise in delivering cultural and organisational change initiatives

What's in it for you?

We are committed to ensuring everyone can flourish in their roles, to achieve this we have unique office spaces under the arch of the iconic Wembley National Stadium, which is the home of English Football. We are also delighted to offer a world-class, Elite Performance Centre, St. George's Park in Staffordshire which is an exceptional setting to develop and inspire high-performing England teams and leaders.

We pride ourselves in offering a competitive salary as well as great opportunities to develop and grow in your role. But that is not all; we also have a range of exciting benefits, some of which can be found below:

• Access to event day tickets at Wembley Stadium, alongside a host of regular internal events throughout the season, encouraging you to connect and learn with your colleagues and look after your mental health and well-being.
• Free, nutritious lunches at Wembley Stadium and St. George's Park.
• Free private medical cover.
• A contributory pension scheme.
• An additional 'Thank You' days leave, volunteering days as well as 25 days annual leave (based on a full-time, permanent contract. )
• A hybrid working model which offers greater flexibility.

For more information on what it is like to work at The FA, please visit our FA Careers page,

Currently, we are working within a hybrid working model whereby the expectation is to work from your contractual location for part of the week, and as and when required by the team. The remaining days can be worked remotely. We will continue to monitor this model, and it may be adjusted in future if deemed necessary. The contractual location of this role can be found on the FA Careers page.

We are a diverse workplace, aspiring to represent football across the country. The Football Association actively promotes inclusion and diversity, encouraging you to be the best version of yourself at work.

We welcome applications from everyone and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. If you have any particular requirements in respect of the recruitment or interview process, please mention this during your application.

As part of the FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance.