Our Expertise

We recruit everything from Public Affairs. Executives and Officers to executive search for Managing Directors and Global Heads of Corporate Affairs.

We are a team of politicos, with degrees in Politics, and experience in working in parliament, civil service, and political polling across the team. As a result, we are plugged into the heart of politics in Westminster, Brussels, Washington D.C., the Middle East, and beyond. As a highly discreet firm, we have placed Chiefs of Staff for Presidents, Special Advisers (SpAds), civil servants, and diplomats, as well as first-class talent in public affairs agencies. Our knowledge, network, experience, and proactive approach allows us to find the best talent globally.

If you are a company with a corporate affairs team

We partner with a range of clients to build their corporate affairs teams, such as NGOs, government entities, large corporates including MNCs and FTSE 250s, trade associations, utilities firms, and disruptive startups in every sector.

If you are open to opportunities

If you are looking to move into or within the public affairs and government relations industry, our expertise in this sector and long-term relationships with top-tier agency and in-house firms ensures that you will receive the best advice and guidance to help you make the best move.

We are extremely discreet and understand the complexities for anyone looking to leave politics and go into the private sector, such as navigating ACOBA, and finding a role that is equally as high-profile and interesting.

If you are a corporate affairs agency

We have recruited for some of the most strategic and flexible agencies over the last decade to help them to grow exponentially and disrupt the public affairs sector while maintaining the quality of their teams. We headhunt from top tier agencies as well as sitting governments and opposition to ensure they are providing their clients with valuable networks and an understanding of political affairs in the UK, US, and EMEA.

Our clients’ political campaigns and public affairs strategies are based on qualitative and quantitative research from in-house polling, focus groups, or OSINT analytics and therefore provide their clients with uniquely strategic insights into Whitehall and Westminster. Thus, we headhunt research specialists in politics and policy.

If you are setting up a new agency

Elva Partners has helped some of the most impactful and high-profile agencies grow and make their mark in the industry over the last decade. Clients come to us when they have maxed out their own network and looking to keep the quality high as they grow, with a partner who understands the world of politics, and more importantly the industry and how to standout in the industry.