My Speciality
I run our advisory consulting division here at Leadenhall and also have responsibility across the business for hiring, performance management and our P&L. We work with a number of boutique consultancies and strategy houses as well as in-house strategy roles for a variety of blue-chip organisations in North America and the UK. We typically cover roles ranging from Consultant to Director level and base salaries anywhere from $100,000 to $500,000.
Having worked with a variety of different sized firms I probably have enjoyed the partnerships with my smaller clients more, there’s a sense of satisfaction seeing the growth of the firm over the years of your partnership and the relationships as a whole tend to be a lot more two way.
Why I chose Leadenhall
Having spent 7 years at a large, global recruitment firm I was looking for a company where things were done differently and where I could be heavily involved in growing a business from the ground up. It helped that an old colleague had setup Leadenhall so I had some insider information! The key differences between us and other recruitment firms is definitely our approach to the job in terms of quality and also how much responsibility we give our staff regardless of level. We don’t believe in KPI’s or micromanagement in any way, building long-term relationships with clients and candidates is valued far and away above short term wins.
Career History
Having started studying History at the University of Exeter I quickly realised higher education wasn’t for me. At 19 I wasn’t sure exactly what I wanted to do but I knew I was keen to work in London in fast paced environment. My dad was a shipbroker and after considering moving into that space I realised that with us both having the same name it was going to be difficult to escape his shadow if that was what I chose! Whilst looking at some different options I stumbled across recruitment, went for an interview and a week later had accepted an offer without really knowing what had happened! I spent 7 years with Aston Carter where I started out working on the consulting team and continued to do so during my whole stint there. It was a tough environment but nevertheless I have a lot of good memories from my time there.
Since joining Leadenhall I’ve overseen our transition from being a 100% investor owned business to an 85% employee owned business with over half of our current employees already being shareholders. Our Director team is committed to sharing the success of the business both in the short and long term with all of the flock.
Outside of Work
My biggest passions are travel, good food, cricket and Chelsea FC. In the summer captaining Leadenhall’s ‘Last Man Stands’ cricket team and my local cricket team keeps me pretty busy. In the winter the focus shifts onto going to the theatre, eating out and generally enjoying what London has to offer.
My wife Dana is also one of my fellow Directors, so the business is never far away from our thoughts whether it’s the week or the weekend! We also love to travel both with the Leadenhall flock (to Val Thorens and Mykonos this year!) and just the two of us: snowmobiling in the Arctic Circle in Finland and spending 2 weeks in the jungle in Bali are some recent highlights!