Leadership
Moonlight’s management team is drawn entirely from the London design and build sector. Before moving into senior search, we worked within the environments our clients operate in today. That experience informs our judgement, our network and the way we represent the businesses we partner with.
Our Clients
Clients benefit from informed guidance, discreet market access and introductions to senior individuals who are respected within the industry. We focus on appointments that strengthen capability and culture over time.
Our Candidates
Candidates engage with people who understand the pressures, expectations and opportunities of design and build. Our conversations consider career direction first, and only then specific roles. Many of our relationships span years rather than recruitment cycles.
Director
Thomas Wood
Thomas has spent ten years in senior D&B recruitment, building a network that spans commercial, pre-construction and leadership roles across the UK and Europe. Before returning to search, he worked as a Pre Contracts Manager for a mid-sized design and build contractor, giving him a practical understanding of how projects are won, costed and delivered.
That blend of industry and search experience shapes his approach: commercially minded, detail driven and focused on long-term wins for both clients and candidates.
Interests: Literature, boxing, sciences
Director
Matthew Lane
Matthew brings extensive experience from senior operational roles within the fit out sector. His career includes long tenures as Operations Director at ISG, Modus Workspace and Stirling Grey, where he oversaw major workplace projects and built high-performing delivery teams.
Matthew’s approach to search is steady, informed and practical. He works closely with clients to identify the calibre of individual who can genuinely strengthen a business, rather than simply fill a role.
Interests: Riding, baking, engineering
A letter from the Directors
Moonlight was founded on a simple belief: recruitment in design and build should be better. Too often it feels rushed, transactional or driven by short-term targets. We wanted to build a search firm that does the opposite: one that takes the time to understand people, uses real industry experience to offer useful judgement, and focuses on decisions that strengthen careers and businesses over the long term.
All of us have worked within design and build. We know the pressures, the pace and the responsibility that comes with senior roles. That’s why we approach every search with care, discretion and a clear sense of what “good” looks like.
Our aim is straightforward. We want to make a tangible difference to the organisations we support and the people we represent. If we can help shape careers and teams that stand the test of time, we’ve done our job well.