About
I’m Blair Taylor,
founder of Evolve Partners.
I didn’t set out to be a recruiter who only knows one desk. My career has taken me from building teams for airports, hospitals and high-rise towers in Dubai, to investment banking, fintech and the public sector in London, and now into transformation, technology and aviation across the UK, the Gulf and further afield.
That range taught me something useful. Good search doesn’t depend on decades in a single niche. It comes down to understanding what the client actually needs, mapping the market properly, reaching the right people and staying with the process until it’s done.
That’s why I started Evolve. The name says how I work: I adapt to the problem in front of me.
When you work with me, you work with me. The person who takes your brief is the same person who researches the market, approaches candidates, advises both sides and sees it through to completion. No hand-offs, and no CV sent anywhere without the candidate’s agreement.
I’m selective about the assignments I take on, so each one gets real time and attention. I’m open with clients and candidates, I build relationships rather than transactions, and once I’ve committed to something, I’m persistent.
Give me a complex hiring problem, and I’ll own it.
MY PATH
Places, not a CV.
Dubai
Building teams for airports, hospitals and high-rise towers. MEP, construction and engineering.
London
Investment banking, fintech and the public sector, including running a large-scale RPO programme.
Technical & engineering
Deepening the technical desk: design, MEP, estimating and project delivery.
Evolve Partners
Transformation, technology and aviation across the UK, the Gulf and further afield.
Along the way I spent time on the client side, reading architects’ and contractors’ specifications. It taught me how hiring looks from inside a business, and it shapes every brief I take.
Adaptability
I get under the skin of a new market fast, then apply the fundamentals properly.
Access
Direct reach into the whole relevant market, not just a database.
Ownership
The person who takes your brief sees it through. No hand-offs.
Trust
Open with both sides. No CV goes anywhere without the candidate’s agreement.
How I’m different
Relationships, not transactions.
I’m open with both sides, from the first conversation to the last. I’d rather lose a fee than place the wrong person. I take on fewer assignments so each one gets real time and attention, and once I’ve committed to something, I’m persistent.
Find me on LinkedInDiscretion by design
Confidential
executive search.
For board and senior appointments that need discretion. A private conversation first, always.
For companies
Hiring for a senior role? Send me the brief and I’ll tell you honestly what the market looks like.
For candidates
Thinking about a move? We can talk privately. Nothing goes anywhere without your agreement.