A More Intelligent Approach to Recruitment
Most recruitment firms promote speed, volume, and access to active candidates. While these have their place, they rarely deliver the calibre of individual required for senior or technically complex roles. Industry-wide, contingent recruitment models often prioritise pace and competition between agencies, sometimes at the expense of accuracy of delivery.
At Brookstone Search, we take a different approach. Our work is grounded in deep market understanding, rigorous qualification, and a commitment to long-term outcomes rather than short-term placements. We engage with both active and passive talent, ensuring access to individuals who are not visible through conventional channels.
Specialist Focus: Forensic Accounting
Our exclusive focus on forensic accounting sets us apart. We work across disciplines including:
- Fraud and financial investigations
- Business valuations
- Business interruption and loss quantification
- Litigation support and disputes
- Expert witness services
This specialism allows us to engage credibly with senior professionals and understand the technical, commercial, and ethical dimensions of each role. As a result, we deliver candidates who meet the brief – and in some cases exceed it.
Our Core Service Lines
We offer two distinct recruitment solutions tailored to the nature, complexity, and sensitivity of the assignment, and both are conducted with discretion and confidentiality.
Contingency Recruitment
Our contingency service provides a flexible, success-based approach, where fees are only payable upon successful placement. This model is typically suited to clearly defined roles with an accessible talent pool and a need for efficient delivery.
While widely used across the industry due to its low upfront risk, contingency recruitment often operates on a “no placement, no fee” basis and can involve multiple agencies competing simultaneously.
At Brookstone Search, we elevate this model through disciplined candidate selection and exclusivity, ensuring quality is never compromised for speed.
Retained Search
For senior, business-critical, or niche appointments, we offer our Partnership (retained search) model built on exclusivity and, of course, partnership. Retained search enables a more comprehensive and structured process, including market mapping, proactive headhunting, and detailed candidate evaluation.
This approach is widely recognised as the most effective for executive and specialist hiring, where the cost of a mis-hire is significant and access to passive talent is essential.
Our retained assignments are characterised by:
- Deep market intelligence and competitor mapping
- Targeted engagement of passive candidates
- Rigorous assessment and shortlist delivery
- Close stakeholder alignment throughout the process
Confidential Assignments
In many forensic accounting hires, discretion is not optional—it is critical. Whether replacing a senior leader, building a new practice, or managing sensitive organisational change, we conduct our contingent and retained searches with the highest level of confidentiality.
Our approach ensures:
- Controlled communication and candidate engagement
- Protection of client identity where required
- Careful handling of sensitive market dynamics
- Confidentiality is embedded in our process, not treated as an add-on.
Permanent Placements, Long-Term Impact
We focus exclusively on permanent appointments. This allows us to concentrate on long-term fit—technical capability, cultural alignment, and leadership potential—rather than short-term solutions.
Our placements are designed to strengthen organisations over time, contributing to sustainable growth and resilience in highly scrutinised environments.
Defined by Values
Everything we do is underpinned by three core principles:
- Discretion – Protecting sensitive information and managing searches with care
- Integrity – Acting transparently and ethically in every interaction
- Precision – Delivering targeted, high-quality outcomes
Leadership and Experience
Brookstone Search is led by Christian Fischbach, who brings over 20 years of global recruitment experience across the UK, Europe, Asia Pacific, and North America. His track record includes delivering complex search mandates for global advisory firms, multinational organisations, and high-growth businesses.
Christian works directly with clients on senior appointments ranging from Director level through to Partner, Senior Managing Director, and Global Practice Heads. This hands-on involvement ensures consistency, accountability, and a deep understanding of each assignment.
What Sets Us Apart
Where many firms compete on scale, we compete on expertise. Where others prioritise volume, we prioritise precision. And where recruitment can often feel transactional, we build genuine partnerships grounded in trust and delivery.
Brookstone Search is not a generalist provider—we are a specialist partner, dedicated to securing exceptional forensic accounting talent with discretion, integrity, and precision.