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2025
New CEO
Richard Eardley has stepped into the role of CEO for Investigo, InX, and Definia, key brands within The IN Group, a global leader in talent solutions. Bringing over 35 years of experience in the recruitment industry, Richard is renowned for his ability to drive growth, revitalize businesses in complex markets, and lead cultural transformations across diverse regions, including Asia.
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2023
New CEO
Derek took up the role of CEO of Investigo in July 2023. Having successfully built our brand in the technology sector and grown our business change and strategy businesses, he’s now overseeing our growth as a company. At the start of 2023 he launched Campaign, the UK’s first LGBTQ+ business network for the recruitment industry.
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2022
The IN Group launches
Our four powers combined: Investigo, InX (formerly known as Investigo Executive), Definia, and Caraffi come together to form The IN Group, covering all your people needs.
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2022
Investigo rebrand
Investigo gets a new look and website for both our UK and US businesses.
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2021
Midlands Office
We open another office in the Midlands to manage the tech space.
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2021
Salesforce
Our Salesforce team launches in 2021.
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2021
San Diego Office
Our third US office opens in Southern California, focusing on pharma and life sciences recruitment across the West Coast.
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2021
Cyber Security
Our Cyber Security team launches in London.
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2021
Philadelphia Office
We open our second US office at 1900 Market Street, formerly the home of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, recruiting in technology.
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2021
Tax
Our tax team launches, recruiting all levels from newly qualified to tax partners or Heads of Tax.
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2020
Infrastructure and Networks
Our Infrastructure and Networks team launches in 2020.
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2020
European expansion
We expand our services to the EU, covering property, consulting, manufacturing, ERP, data and analytics, and cyber and information security.
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2020
New London Head office
We open our fabulous new head office at 10 Bishops Square, overlooking Spitalfields Market.
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2020
Manufacturing
Our manufacturing team joined Investigo at the start of 2020. Bringing years of experience placing management to C-Suite leaders into the global industrial/manufacturing sector.
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2020
Caraffi joins the party
Caraffi becomes our first acquisition, offering full service talent advisory solutions to help you understand how your people strategy is working .
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2019
New Investigo Consulting Brand
Definia day: we launch our new consulting brand, putting high-impact change management teams in place to help our clients deliver digital transformation.
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2018
New Executive Brand
We take the plunge into the leadership world with the launch of Investigo Executive, scouting out the best leaders on the market for businesses ranging from SMEs to blue chips.
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2018
Tech Consulting
Our technology team launches to source top-notch mid to senior tech talent across the UK and EMEA.
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2018
BI & Data
We set up our BI and data analytics team, placing freelance consultants with blue chip companies across the UK and Europe.
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2017
Public Sector Consulting
Our public sector consulting team launches, focusing on mid to senior level commercial, technology, change, and digital transformation recruitment.
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2017
Investigo goes Stateside!
We make our big move to the Big Apple, recruiting in pharma and life sciences.
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2017
New CEO
Nick Baxter becomes our new CEO, leading us into the next exciting chapter of our journey with a new mission – to be the market leader in each of our chosen specialisms.
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2014
SAP
Our SAP recruitment team is launched to focus on permanent and freelance SAP jobs across the entire spectrum of SAP modules.
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2012
HR and Talent Management
We launch our HR and talent management division to recruit both interim and permanent HR jobs, from mid-management to board level.
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2011
Procurement
Our procurement division is born, covering multiple markets in both the UK and internationally.
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2011
Milton Keynes Office
We start 2011 with a bang by launching a regional office in Milton Keynes, recruiting in HR and finance.
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2010
Property and Facilities Management
We set up our property and facilities management team to recruit mid to senior interim and permanent property jobs across the UK and EMEA.
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2009
Strategy
Our strategy and corporate advisory team is created to cover specialist strategy recruitment across the UK, EMEA, Americas, and Asia-Pacific regions.
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2007
St Albans Office
We open our second regional office in St Albans to cover accountancy and finance jobs.
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2006
Business Change and Transformation
Our business change and transformation team launches to cover interim and permanent roles across the project lifecycle.
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2005
Guildford Office
We open our first ever regional office, specialising in HR and accountancy and finance jobs.
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2003
Accountancy and Finance
It all begins with our accountancy and finance team, recruiting talented finance professionals from part qualified to CFO.
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2003
Investigo Launches
A new professional recruitment agency is born as Investigo launches in London.
2008
Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100
Ranked 49th Sunday Times
2009
Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 (one of only 11 privately owned companies to be ranked three years consecutively)
Ranked 10th in the Sunday Times
2009
Recruitment International
Winner of Rising Star Award
2010
Real Business Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies
Ranked 51st in the Real Business
2011
Recruiter Hot 100 Recruitment Agency
Ranked 26th
2012
Recruitment International’s Top 250 Recruitment Companies
Ranked 96th
2012
UK Futures 1000 Companies
Recognised by Deloitte
2012
Recruiter Hot 100 Recruitment Agency
Ranked 14th
2012
Recruiter Fast 50
Ranked 49th
2012
Recruiter Hot 10 Professional Recruitment businesses
Ranked 7th
2013
Recruiter Fast 50
Ranked 17th
2013
Investec Real Business Hot 100
Ranked 45th
2013
Accelerate 2013
Recognised by Accelerate
2014
Recruiter Hot 100 Recruitment Agency
Ranked 5th
2014
Recruitment International
Winner of Deal of the Year
2015
Recruitment International Top 500
Ranked 85th
2016
Recruiter Hot 100 Recruitment Agency
Ranked 32nd
2016
Top 25 Most Socially Engaged Recruitment Agency
2016
Recruitment International Top 500
Ranked 78th
2017
Most Socially Engaged Staffing Agencies
2017
Recruiter Awards
Winner of Recruitment Agency of the Year (51 – 200 employees)
2018
Glassdoor
Best Workplace for Leadership and Culture
2018
Most Socially Engaged Staffing Agencies
2018
Recruiter Awards
Winner of Recruitment Agency of the Year
2018
Hot 100 Recruitment Agency
Recruiter Hot 100 Recruitment Agency
2020
Recruiter Awards
Winner of Best Recruitment Agency of the Year (Large)
2020
Recruiter Awards
Winner of Best Banking/Financial Services Recruitment Agency
2020
Best Companies
2 Star accreditation for outstanding levels of engagement.
2020
The Recruiter Investing in Talent Awards (RITAs)
Winner of Best Employee Communications
2021
Recruitment Awards
Best Recruitment Agency of the Year (Medium)
2021
The Recruiter Hot 10 Professional Sector
Ranked number 3
2021
The Recruiter Hot 100 of the UK’s top performing recruitment companies!
Ranked 12th
2022
Recruiter Investing in Talent Awards (RITAs)
Best Recruitment Company to Work For (Large)
2022
APSCo Awards for Excellence
Recruitment Company of the Year
2022
Best Companies
13th in the UK's Best Large Companies to Work for
2022
Best Companies
12th in London's Top 25 Best Large Companies to work for
2022
Best Companies
4th in Recruitments Top 5 Best Companies to work for
2022
Best Companies
3 Star World Class Organisation to work for
2023
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