McLean Partnership

Privacy Policy

The McLean Partnership Limited (‘McLean’) provides executive search and interim management services to clients who are looking to recruit personnel for their business. We need to collect personal data from our clients, candidates, and other individuals to ensure we can provide these services.

Your privacy is important to us and it is our policy to respect the confidentiality of information and the privacy of individuals. This notice outlines how we as a data controller, manage your personal information (‘personal data’). It also details your rights in respect of our processing of your personal data.

What kind of personal data do we collect about you?

We collect information necessary to fulfil our obligations to our clients and to find available opportunities for our candidates.

Some of this data is submitted to us in the form of CV’s, application forms, covering letters and identification documents, and may include the following types of data;  name, address and contact details, date of birth and gender, information about your income and benefits, profession and employment details, including previous employment history, qualifications,  family details, lifestyle and social circumstance, bank details, location data and any other similar information.

We may occasionally be given sensitive personal data such as health details, or racial or ethnic origin. We only collect and further process this data, where you have given your explicit consent.

If you provide us with any personal data relating to a third party (e.g. information of your spouse, children, parents), you represent to us by providing the data to us, that you have obtained prior consent from that person.

How do we collect your data?

Generally, we collect personal data in the following ways:

  • when you interact with our employees, for example, via telephone calls, letters, face-to-face meetings and emails
  • when you submit CVs, application or declaration forms and identification documents to us
  • when you use some of our services, like our websites
  • when you request that we contact you, be included in an email or other mailing list
  • when you respond to our initiatives or to any request for additional personal data.

We may also collect personal data in the following ways:

  • from an agent/third party acting on your behalf. e.g. Interim Management Company
  • through publicly available sources such as social media
  • by reference or word of mouth. For example, you may be recommended by a friend, a former employer, a former colleague or even a present employer.

What legal basis do we have for using your information?

The law on data protection allows us to only process your data for certain reasons:

  • in order to perform a contract that we are party to
  • in order to carry out legally required duties
  • in order for us to carry out our legitimate interests
  • to protect your interests and
  • where something is done in the public interest.

All of the processing carried out by us falls into the first three permitted reasons, for example; for the performance of a contract we have entered into with clients or in order to comply with legal requirements, such as carrying out checks in relation to your right to work in the UK.

For prospective candidates, referees and clients, our processing is necessary for our legitimate interests in that we need the information in order to be able to assess suitability for potential roles, to find potential candidates and to contact clients and referees.

If you are shortlisted as a candidate, then this may involve the processing of more detailed personal data including sensitive data such as health information that you or others provide about you. In that case we always ask for your consent before undertaking such processing. You have the right to withdraw that consent at any time by contacting us using the contact details below.

If you do not provide the personal data necessary, or withdraw your consent, we may not be able to match you with available job opportunities. 

How long do we keep this information for?

Your personal data is kept for the minimum time to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise to meet statutory requirements.

For example if you provide us with a CV and are unsuccessful in your job search, we may keep this CV on file for a reasonable period of time should another suitable role become available.

Disclosure of your personal data

We may share your data with selected third parties including:

  • a client for the purpose of a placement, project or assignment
  • a verification company to conduct checks on you to verify the information you have provided
  • third party service providers who process this data on our behalf to help run some of our internal business operations for example IT services

Where we share your data with third parties we ensure that your data is held securely and in line with GDPR requirements.

How do we store and protect personal data?

Safeguarding the privacy of your data is important to us, whether you interact with us personally, by phone, mail, over the internet or any other electronic medium.

We hold personal data in a combination of secure computer storage facilities and paper-based files and other records, and take steps to protect the personal data we hold from misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. We have a detailed data protection policy and procedure in place and ensure that all employees understand their obligations.

We have adequate IT Security arrangements in place to ensure your personal data is held securely. However, the internet is an open medium and we cannot guarantee that any data you send to us by email or via our sites will not be intercepted or tampered with; any transmission is at your own risk.

Your rights as a data subject

The law on data protection gives you certain rights in relation to the data we hold on you. These are:

  • the right to be informed. This means that we must tell you how we use your data, and this is the purpose of this privacy notice
  • the right of access. You have the right to access the data that we hold on you. To do so, you should make a subject access request
  • the right for any inaccuracies to be corrected. If any data that we hold about you is incomplete or inaccurate, you are able to require us to correct it
  • the right to have information deleted. If you would like us to stop processing your data, you have the right to ask us to delete it from our systems where you believe there is no reason for us to continue processing it
  • the right to restrict the processing of the data. For example, if you believe the data we hold is incorrect, we will stop processing the data (whilst still holding it) until we have ensured that the data is correct
  • the right to portability. You may transfer the data that we hold on you for your own purposes
  • the right to object to the inclusion of any information. You have the right to object to the way we use your data where we are using it for our legitimate interests
  • the right to regulate any automated decision-making and profiling of personal data. You have a right not to be subject to automated decision making in way that adversely affects your legal rights. Please note that we do not carry out any automated profiling.

You can read more about these rights here https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/

Transfers outside the EEA

Your data may be transferred to, stored at, and processed at a destination outside the European Economic Area. For example, we have a small number of clients that are domiciled outside of the EEA and we may forward CVs and other relevant information to them. You will be notified of this prior to this information being sent.

We ensure all our clients, partners and outsourced service providers comply with the GDPR.

Access to personal information about you

You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you. If you would like a copy of some or all of this data you may contact us by telephone on 02035976400 or you may write to us at our registered office address: 18 St.Swithin’s Lane, London EC4N 8AD.

Contact Us

If you have any queries regarding privacy issues or the content of this privacy notice, you can email us on info@mcleanpartnership.com or write to us at: 18 St.Swithin’s Lane, London EC4N 8AD or call us on 02035976400.

What if you have a complaint?

If you have a concern about any aspect of our privacy practices, you can make a complaint. This will be acted upon promptly. To make a complaint, please contact us via one of the methods set above. If you are not satisfied with our response to your complaint, you have the right to lodge a complaint with our supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). You can find details about how to do this on the ICO website at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/ or by calling their helpline on 0303 123 1113.

Get in touch

For a confidential discussion and help in finding effective people please call us.

London: +44 (0)20 3597 6400
Edinburgh: +44 (0)131 3000 255

Email us
I have been involved in both executive and non-executive appointments for some years and the process McLean delivered with us was excellent.  I would certainly recommend you to others and hopefully we can work together again  in the future.

Chairman, Industry Research Body
Throughout, McLean embraced a highly collaborative approach to not only ensure in-depth assessment of candidates, but also that candidates developed a good understanding of the culture of our organisation.  We would most certainly consider using McLean again in the future.

Vice Chancellor, UK University
We found The McLean Partnership to be extremely knowledgeable, thorough and professional; they had a good network of Interim Managers in the business disciplines where we required support and they delivered! I found them easy to work with; they did what they said they would and kept us regularly updated during the on-boarding process.

CEO, Leading Charity
I would recommend them to anyone seeking senior staff in the Aerospace and Defence sector.  Certainly if I was looking to recruit into senior roles in my current organisation I would look no further and would use them.

Managing Director, Aerospace & Defence
Their approach to building long-lasting relationships is reinforced by their integrity and high ethical standards. Coupled with authenticity and a very approachable style, I recommend The McLean Partnership highly.

Director General – Finance & Commercial, Government Department
It was essential that we worked with an executive search agency who have a good understanding of the Aerospace industry and have an established network of contacts.  Having worked successfully with The McLean Partnership on another senior level assignment, they were the natural choice.

President, Aerospace & Defence OEM
It’s not surprising that The McLean Partnership are so highly rated by both their organisational clients and their interims. They are very professional in their work and their attention to detail ensures that people come back to them time after time.

Director General – Finance & Commercial, Government Department
The McLean team have been a key recruitment partner for us since 2009.  Their detailed appreciation of both the ‘buy’ and ‘sell’ side adds weight to their advice and has ensured we have made numerous successful senior hires.  They are a trusted long term partner.

Head of European Equity Research – Global Investment Bank
The McLean team have been very approachable, whilst maintaining professionalism at all times. They took time to work with us, providing professional, neutral and unbiased service throughout the entire recruitment process.

Managing Director, Multinational Construction & Development Company
The Partners at McLean have consistently provided high quality solutions to our business needs in a professional and timely manner, across both their Search and Interim Practices. They have taken time to understand both our business and requirements. I would highly recommend the team at McLean.

CEO, Major Transport Operator
The McLean Partnership stands out as an organisation that not only says it can meet [your] requirements, but actually delivers on them. There is a demonstrable depth of sector expertise and capability within the McLean Partnership.

Commercial Director, Multinational Aerospace, Defence and Security
The McLean team’s input extended beyond the significant number of important hires we made under their guidance. Their engagement with the market on our behalf and the feedback we got from it was an important factor in the positioning of our business and shaping of our brand story.

Managing Director, FTSE 100 Plc
The end result provided us with a highly experienced special advisor – exactly to our specification. I would have no hesitation in working with The McLean Partnership for future executive searches.

Head of Policy, Foreign Government
The team is incredibly driven and hardworking with strong attention to structured and collaborative processes and a sound sense of continuous urgency.  I would certainly use the McLean Partnership again for any future recruitment requirements.

Managing Director, Multinational Construction & Development Company
We [are] in a strong position to build on our success and would feel confident in engaging the services of The McLean Partnership when the need arises in the future.

CEO, Leading Charity
The interview process took longer than expected but that was due to the very high quality and calibre of persons presented.  This is a credit to the McLean Partnership, their knowledge of the market place and the ability to match our candidate brief and requirement.

President, Aerospace & Defence OEM
The McLean Partnership understand Aerospace and Defence and also importantly build close relationships with the people they are looking to place, thereby making the candidate feel as if they have support during the recruitment and placement process.

Managing Director, Aerospace & Defence
The McLean Partnership were responsible for placing me in my current Managing Director level position in January 2012 after 28 years in my previous role. I found the way in which the process was carried out to be exemplary.

Managing Director, Aerospace & Defence
The McLean Partnership is not a run of the mill recruitment company which just relies on a standard approach and a static inventory of potential candidates.

Chairman, Enabling Software Solutions
As a relatively new brand in a mature market we needed an advisor who could articulate our vision and ambition. The McLean team were exceptional at representing our interests in the market and importantly gave us considered and candid advice throughout the recruitment process.

Managing Director, FTSE 100 Plc
McLean have successfully delivered on all appointments we have tasked them with searching for and are an excellent advocate for our business.  They are never afraid to give honest and clear advice.  It’s a trusted and highly valued relationship based on shared success.

Global Head of Equities – UK listed FTSE100 Fund Manager
The team from McLean impressed with their early focus on understanding our needs as a client and proved to be highly responsive to our needs as they evolved throughout the commission.

Head of Policy, Foreign Government
We engaged McLean to provide interim management expertise to support the under-performing EMEA Sales Operations. The candidate joined us to provide management support. Specific actions showed me he meant business!

Managing Director, Global Data Centre Provider
Paul secured us an interim CIO and he was outstanding at securing an excellent person. I worked with McLean later on building and recruiting an entirely new senior management team for the IT service at Surrey. I recommend Paul wholeheartedly and would undoubtedly use him again.  

COO, University of Surrey