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GKR International has recruited exclusively in real estate since 2010.
We are a specialist real estate recruitment business. From executive and director-level search through to volume residential and property management hiring, we work with developers, investors, agencies, fund managers, and consultancies across the UK and internationally.
Our work ranges from executive and C-suite appointments to specialist mid-level and volume hiring. Across all of it, the approach is the same: understand the brief properly, work the right channels, and present candidates who genuinely fit. Over 80 years of combined sector experience sits within the GKR team, including direct industry backgrounds. The knowledge that our team holds shapes every conversation with clients and candidates alike.
For director-level and C-suite appointments across the full breadth of the real estate sector, GKR runs retained executive search mandates managed personally by our founding and senior directors.
Recent appointments include Finance Director for a European investment trust, Managing Director of Property Management for an international advisory business, Director of a prime central London sales office, and Lettings Director of a luxury buying agency.
GKR began in London and has expanded its international operations significantly since 2019. We now place candidates into roles across the UK, Europe, the UAE, and broader EMEA, North America, and APAC markets. Our team supports independent businesses operating locally within their regions, national start-ups targeting fast growth, through to international giants operating across multiple geographies.
Our Cape Town-based team extends the reach of our candidate network considerably, particularly for residential, property management, and RPO mandates. From graduate-level roles through to board appointments, the geographic scope of our work continues to grow.
We work across the real estate market, from graduate entry roles to C-suite and board appointments. Our case studies cover a cross-section of recent mandates, including retained executive searches, RPO programmes, and specialist mid-level placements across the UK and internationally.
Commercial
Permanent and contract recruitment for property and construction consultancies, developers, banks, and funds across the private and public sectors.
Read more.Residential
Specialist consultants with agency backgrounds, working with high street agents, corporate operators, developers, and investment agencies at all levels.
Read more.Property Management
First-hand experience in the field. We work with estate agencies, managing agents, private portfolios, commercial mixed-use developments, student accommodation providers, and investment funds.
Read more.Built Environment
Permanent and interim solutions for architectural and interior design practices, property developers, and project management businesses.
Read more.Professional Services
Finance, legal, compliance, technology, marketing, and sustainability appointments within real estate businesses across the market, from estate agencies to investment funds.
Read more.Many of our clients work with GKR on an exclusive or long-term basis. They do so because they trust us to represent their business properly in the market, give honest advice, and deliver consistently over time. We become familiar with how their business works, what they value in a hire, and what they have learned from the ones that did not work out.
With candidates, the relationships we build tend to last well beyond a single placement. We take the time to understand where someone wants to go, not just where they are now. That investment pays off in both directions.
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