Natalie Heilling has spent twenty years asking the questions that most search firms never think to ask.

With a background in Design, Media Management and Psychology, Natalie has always approached people and organisations differently — not as a filler of roles, but as a strategic thinking partner who starts with where a business is going before considering who it needs to get there.

She founded Research Partners in 2005 out of a conviction that the most consequential decisions a business makes are its people decisions — and that most organisations don’t treat them that way until it’s too late.

Since then she has worked with global businesses across Europe, North America and LATAM, helping leadership teams and founders navigate critical hires, build investor-ready teams and understand talent markets they couldn’t see clearly on their own.

Natalie splits her time between London and Barbados.

Heidi Kull brings a rare combination of operational rigour and genuine human insight to every search she leads.

As Delivery Director at Research Partners, Heidi heads up service delivery across North America, LATAM and EMEA, overseeing senior leadership searches and strategic intelligence projects while working directly with hiring managers and internal talent teams.

Heidi holds a BA in European Studies and a Masters in Psychoanalysis from the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, with clinical training completed at a satellite community centre of South Beach Psychiatric Center in New York. This background informs the way she listens, questions and understands what is really being asked.

Fluent in German and English and conversant in French and Spanish, Heidi brings strong cross-cultural intelligence to every international search she leads.

Outside of work she is an avid reader, a globe traveller and a musician.