Corporate Affairs

Ellwood Atfield specialises in the recruitment of European corporate affairs staff within public affairs, communications or regulatory functions.

We recruit senior practitioners across Europe particularly in Belgium, Holland, France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK.

We conduct and publish serious research into key issues, including our recent report on remuneration.

In Brussels, the vast majority of EU corporate affairs staff are involved in public affairs and outreach to the EU institutions, anticipating threats and opportunities posed by EU policy, and advocating company positions.

Companies from 6 continents are represented in EU institutions. Over 2,100 multinational companies actively lobbying the EU, and almost 600 have offices in or around Brussels. These companies originate from 38 countries and employ around 2,500 staff in key EU these functions.

Ellwood Atfield recruits corporate affairs leaders for some of the world’s largest corporations including; American Express, Astra Zeneca, GSK, Johnson & Johnson, McDonald’s, Novartis, PayPal, RELX (Reed Elsevier), Schroders and Syngenta.