Edward Pettifer

Ed leads Beaumont Bailey’s Capital Equipment, Automation & Robotics practice and brings more than seven years of experience in executive search.

He partners with international businesses that design, manufacture, integrate and service the machinery and intelligent systems used across industrial production, materials processing, logistics and critical infrastructure. His clients include capital equipment manufacturers, automation and robotics businesses, systems integrators, engineered component suppliers and service-led organisations.

Ed delivers senior and executive appointments across general management, commercial leadership, service and aftermarket, operations and supply chain, technology, engineering and transformation. His work frequently supports succession planning, international expansion, operational improvement, acquisition integration, aftermarket growth and the development of connected equipment and digital service models.

Capital equipment sits within Beaumont Bailey’s broader industrial specialism. Ed works closely with colleagues covering process industries and industrial manufacturing, building products and construction materials, semiconductors, smart infrastructure, energy and critical infrastructure. This connected perspective provides access to leadership talent across the full industrial value chain, including the suppliers, customers, partners and adjacent technologies shaping each market.

His approach combines detailed market research with long-term relationship development, helping clients look beyond the most obvious competitor set and identify leaders with relevant, transferable experience.