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Meet the UK team

We firmly believe we have some of the best recruiters in the industry.

In the UK, our level of expertise is unmatched and many of our senior consultants have more than 15 years of experience.

23 years experience

James Calder

CEO of Distinct
22 years experience

Claire Fletcher

Divisional Director
Finance
Specialises in senior interim finance across all areas | £250-day rate plus
10 years experience

Ben Love

Lead Talent Acquisition Director
Finance
Specialises in senior and executive search finance and accountancy recruitment (permanent) | £55k – £200k
13 years experience

Henry Clarkson

Talent Acquisition Director
Finance
Specialises in permanent finance recruitment, from qualified accountants to CFO level | £40k – £200k

Isabella Bailey

Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant
Finance
Specialises in Transactional Finance (all levels) and Early careers – PQ Finance up to £40k (temp, contract and perm)
13 years experience

Angela Alcock

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
Finance
Specialises in Transactional Finance (all levels) and Early careers – PQ Finance up to £40k (temp, contract and perm)
19 years experience

Ben Radford

Divisional Director
Procurement & supply chain
Specialises in procurement & supply chain (temp, contract and perm)
12 years experience

Becky Downes

UK Talent & People Director
HR
Specialises in senior HR market, permanent & interim | £60k plus.
7 years experience

Amy Frost

Divisional Director
HR
Specialises in senior HR market, permanent & interim
18 years experience

James Robinson

Manager | Marketing Recruitment
Marketing
Specialises in marketing, brand and communications recruitment, permanent & contract, B2B and B2C | £45k – £150k
24 years experience

Selena Allwood

Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
Office Support
Specialises in office & IT support recruitment, permanent | all salaries
8 years experience

Rochea-Cleo Ashanti

Talent Acquisition Partner
Office support
Specialises in office support recruitment, permanent, temporary & contract | all salaries
12 years experience

Dale Cawley

Divisional Director
Senior finance
Specialises in senior finance recruitment, permanent & contract | £40k+
10 years experience

Andy Craven

Talent Acquisition Director
Tax
Specialises in tax recruitment, permanent & contract | all salaries
12 years experience

Ben Shapiro

Recruitment Director
Treasury & risk
Specialises in treasury & risk recruitment, permanent & contract | all salaries
20 years experience

Nicola Beach

Talent Acquisition Director
Finance
Specialises in qualified finance recruitment, permanent & interim

Keifer Oxley

Talent Acquisition Consultant
Finance
Specialises in finance recruitment, permanent & contract | £40k – £70k
24 years experience

Marie Carroll

Talent Acquisition Director
Office Support
Specialises in office support & operations recruitment, permanent & contract | all salaries
10 years experience

Jo Sanderson

Internal Talent Acquisition Partner
Internal talent
Specialises in internal recruitment | UK & USA
22 years experience

Laura Henderson

Associate Director
Internal Talent
Specialises in internal recruitment | UK & USA
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Board of directors

James Calder

Chief Executive

Leanne Gelderd

Finance Director

Amy Robinson-Nunn

Marketing Director

Becky Downes

UK Talent & People Director

Ryan Jaiswal

Director of Operations, USA

Alex Alcock

USA Director

Arran Jaiswal

USA Director

James Hales

USA Director

Paul Macildowie

Chairman

Michael Dawson

Non-exec Director

Internal staff

Jaimee Bishop

People Operations Manager

Sam Wadhia

Financial Controller

Clare Sheehan

Assistant Management Accountant

Sarah Cocking

Assistant Accountant

Charlie Miller

Finance Assistant

Laura Kerr

UK Marketing Manager

Demi Edmunds

US Marketing Manager

Elliot Langley

Senior Marketing Analyst

Clair Cunningham

Office Manager