A small number of clients. Introductions made by hand.
We work with a limited number of clients, we know every one of them, and we make each introduction ourselves.
Begin
Meet people who want the same things you do
Who we work with
People who are genuinely ready
Not "open to it". Ready — out of the last thing, clear about what they want, and with room in their life for somebody. We ask directly and we can usually tell.
People who are interesting on a Tuesday
Achievement is not what makes somebody good to be around. We look for curiosity, humour and the ability to be still. Our clients tend to have accomplished a great deal and to lead with none of it.
People who will take our advice
The introductions that work are frequently not the ones a client would have chosen from a photograph. Working with us means being willing to be surprised.
People who are kind
We have declined clients for this reason and we would again. Everybody we introduce is somebody else’s introduction too.
We are not a platform. There is nothing here to scroll through, no likes to send and no number of members to be impressed by. Lumen takes on a small number of clients each year, gets to know each of them properly, and makes introductions by hand — usually four or five in a year, each one considered.
How it works
Forty minutes, confidential, no obligation and no charge. We ask what you are looking for and — more usefully — what has not worked so far.
If we both want to go on, we spend two or three hours together. It is the part clients say they did not expect to enjoy and always do.
We look through the people we know, the people we can reach, and — where it is right — we go and find somebody specific. That last part is what a matchmaker is actually for.
We tell you about them properly first: who they are, why we think this, and what we are less sure about. If you want to meet, we arrange it. Neither of you handles the logistics.
We speak to you both, separately, within a few days. What we learn shapes the next introduction — which is why the fourth is usually better than the first.
couples
The fourth introduction
Together three years
The first three were wrong, and each one was wrong usefully.
The team
A small team. You will work with one of us, not with a queue.
Isabelle
Founder & Matchmaker
Eleven years matchmaking
Started the service after fifteen years in executive search, having noticed that the hard part of both jobs is the same one: understanding what somebody actually needs as opposed to what they have asked for.
Marcus
Matchmaker
Seven years
Handles most of our clients outside Europe and does the post-introduction conversations. Trained as a psychotherapist, which is exactly as useful as it sounds.
Rania
Matchmaker & Client Care
Four years
Joined from hospitality and brought its standards with her. She is the reason nobody in this service has ever had to chase us for an answer.
Membership
What it costs depends on the brief. These are the two ways we work.
A matchmaker, a search, and four or five considered introductions.
On enquiry
When the right person is not already looking.
On enquiry
Enquire
Forty minutes, confidential, and an honest answer about whether we are the right people for you.
