Experience

Argon International

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director - Resource Management

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Leadership role driving Argon’s Resource Management Function with a focus on optimising the effective deployment of resource across strategic projects & programmes. Leadership role driving Argon’s Resource Management Function with a focus on optimising the effective deployment of resource across strategic projects & programmes.



Investigo

• United Kingdom
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Associate Director - Financial Services - Banking, Payments & FinTech

  • Apr 2019 - Dec 2022

  I head Investigo's Interim Change Management Practice across our Financial Services Division. The team cover; Retail / Challenger Banking, Payment Providers & FinTech.We are hiring so please get in touch if you are interested in a career within the team.

• Associate Director - Key Accounts

  • Sep 2017 - Mar 2019

• Manager - Key Accounts - Banking

  • Jun 2015 - Sep 2017

  With a team of over 150 experienced consultants and offices in London, Guilford, Milton Keynes, Reading and St Albans, Investigo offer interim and permanent recruitment services to a diverse range of blue chip companies and SMEs.In an industry which often talks about USPs, the only USP we point to is our people. Their knowledge, expertise and passion distinguish our organisation from competitors. We have created a culture which provides great personal satisfaction and individual growth. Our company’s success is a result of the environment we have designed combined with the determination of our people to achieve a common goal: to become the market leader in each of our chosen fields.We also believe in making a difference and that’s precisely why we always look beyond skills and competencies when connecting candidates to clients.Our mission is to create a brand synonymous with the sourcing of both interim and permanent talent at a professional services arena and to become a market leader in each of our specialisms.The values which define us include:Expertise: we know our stuffCommitment: we go the extra mileFairness: in all our dealings with candidates, clients, suppliers and colleaguesIntegrity: what you see is what you getPassion: we love recruitment and we care about our companyOur current areas of specialisation include:Accountancy and FinanceAudit, Risk and ComplianceBusiness Change and Transformation Human Resources and Talent ManagementProcurementProperty and Facilities Management SAP Strategy Show less

• Team Lead

  • Jun 2014 - May 2015

  - Having successfully lead and developed junior members of staff I was promoted to team lead.Responsibilities- Managing a team of consultants - Heavily involved in their career & personal development of the team- Responsible for business relationships across our key clients- Actively developing new networks and growing our client base- Tasked with delivering the growth plan for the team

• Senior Consultant - Key Accounts - Banking & Insurance

  • Jul 2013 - Jun 2014

  Promoted to Senior Consultant based on billing performance.Managing a vertical across our key banking and other financial services clients that include; Lloyds Banking Group, Barclays and the FCA.Achievements:• Successfully trained and managed junior team members.• Maintained the most contract runners across Investigo over a 9 month period• Finished 2013 in the top 5 NFI contract billers across Investigo

• Consultant

  • Jan 2011 - Jul 2013

  INVESTIGO is a high-growth professional recruitment business operating across 5 key markets:• Accounting & Finance • Change Management• Specialist Markets (Strategy, Consulting, Audit, Tax & Treasury)• Procurement, Supply Chain & Logistics• PropertySince our inception, we have experienced exceptional growth, ranking in the Virgin Fast Track 100 for 3 consecutive years (from 2007-2009: a feat only ever achieved by 8 companies). We have enjoyed over 35% top-line growth in our last year of trading, with Year 8 group turnover coming in at £42.5m- up from £31.2m in Year 7 - and we have grown from 65 to 130 people in the same period. Key clients across our organisation include Lloyds Banking Group, HSBC, Barclays, Skandia, The Phoenix Group, Legal and General and Aviva.I work as a consultant in our Change Management Division (ICS), specialising in the supply of Permanent and Interim Project and Change Delivery professionals across 4 key practices:• Capital Markets• Financial Services (Insurance & Retail Banking)• Retail & Consumer• Telco, Media, TechnologySpecialtiesMy personal focus is within the retail banking and Life & Pensions community, placing front to back office, cross-product Programme / Project Managers, business analysts, PMO’s, test managers, test analysts and copywriters. Principle focus in the London market with some coverage in the South East/West and the midlands area. Show less



Principal Resourcing

• PE Teacher

  • May 2010 - Dec 2010

  Worked as a supply teacher all around the Lincolnshire and Yorkshire regions teaching PE in secondary schools to children aged 11-17. Worked as a supply teacher all around the Lincolnshire and Yorkshire regions teaching PE in secondary schools to children aged 11-17.



Leeds Beckett University

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student

  • Sep 2007 - May 2010

  BSc Hons Sports Coaching BSc Hons Sports Coaching