Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 4 mos · London

• I'm privileged to lead Annapurna Executive where I work with a highly talented multi award winning team to manage the execution of our senior mandated work.
• Awards include: 3 x Best Professional Search Agency, Best Candidate Service, Recruiter Awards for Excellence, 3 x Sunday Times Top 100 Small Companies , APSCO Award for Excellence, Global Recruiter Winner.
• We work with transforming businesses to find World class senior talent.
• We help businesses acquire talent to 'ERUPT', which we define as the self actualisation of business growth and improvement which enables market disruption.
• Core specialisms include:
• Chief People Officers
• HR Leadership Teams
• Executive Corporate Functions
• Executive Transformation Appointments
• Transformational Diagnosis and Interim Advisory
• Non Executive Director Appointments
• Having created the ERUPT community in 2008, the group has grown to have over 100,000 members internationally. We are enabled to be at the centre of business transformation to build value adding relationships with World class senior professionals. We have delivered over 200 VIP executive roundtables internationally , 5 international conferences and produced over 1000 videos case studying transformation within business.
• We utilise Annapurna 'EDGE'- a values based assessment system to gauge candidate potential, as well as experience, in transformational business contexts.
• We are a first adopter and investor in 'Hinterview' the video assessment recruitment platform.

Jun 2017 – Present · 8 yrs 11 mos

• ERUPT aims to be 'The World's home for Business Transformation Networking and Content.'
• Formed in 2008, we are proud to have an exponentially growing community of over 250,000 HR, Technology and Transformation leaders.
• On our platform we host the largest repository of transformation content in the World with over 2,500 content pieces that have reached over 1 million professionals. As of 2018 we have started to build a partnership network for leading HR industry vendors in technology, consulting and services
• Over the last 15 years we have hosted nearly 200 events including 5 major conferences.
• We provide round tables, and major summits throughout the year to a community of over 250,000 senior HR, Technology, and Transformation business leaders.
• Our round tables are known for their intimate, executive level, thought leadership. We provide a warm, welcome opportunity for industry leaders to network, share and validate strategy with cross industry peers.
• All of our forthcoming events are listed on our Annapurna website.

Nov 2008 – Present · 17 yrs 6 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

• Founder and Executive Search Lead
• Annapurna Recruitment
• (www.annapurnarecruitment.com)
• I lead Annapurna Executive which partners with transforming companies to find World class senior talent.
• We are a multi-award winning international, trusted, responsible, search firm specialising in international HR, technology, and business change recruitment.
• Awards won include:
• 3 time winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence 'Best Professional Services Recruitment Firm'
• Global Recruiter 'Agency of the Year'
• 11th Sunday Times UK Top 100 companies
• Recruitment International 'Best Company to Work for'
• APSCO Awards for Excellence 'Innovator of the Year'
• Annapurna aims to build long term, value add relationships, with our specialist target communities and thus deliver specialist search and contingency delivery. We pride ourselves on providing a distinctive level of customer service excellence for our candidates and clients.
• We created the ERUPT community in 2008. Since this time we have recorded and written over 2,500 content pieces, delivered 5 major conferences and reached over 1 million people. The community now has over 250,000 members.

Oct 2000 – Aug 2008 · 7 yrs 10 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

• Starting as a trainee recruitment consultant, I became a consistent top 10 revenue generator for the Sthree group, a FTSE 250 recruitment company, acting as recruitment consultant, and account manager within the business before moving through to divisional management. Positions of management responsibility included contracts manager for the South East region, City Practice manager, and head of Senior Appointments. I was then chosen to lead the creation of the global accountancy and finance division within Huxley Associates from scratch for the Sthree group.
• Achievements included being the business's Top New Business and Top Overall Contract Recruitment sales person, consistently billing over £500,000, and by my final billing year, £750,000 a year. Taking the City contracts division from £25,000-54,000 a week within 2 years. Creating a new international accountancy and finance business that billed over £1.5 mil in its first 2 years. I was proud to hire, lead, and manager exceptionally talented people and personally developed 5 of the organisations top divisional billers including 3 from trainee to divisional leader.

Jun 2000 – Oct 2000 · 4 mos · Harrogate Constituency Office with Phil Willis MP

• I worked in a work placement after my year as vice-president at the University Of Nottingham Student Union for the Liberal Democrat’s in the Harrogate constituency office.

Jun 1999 – Jun 2000 · 1 yr

• Elected Sabbatical Post