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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Managing Director operating in the Recruiting space. If you think a Managing Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Patrick Wehrmann
Group Managing Director & CEO, StepStone UK of StepStone
Patrick Wehrmann joined StepStone 2012 as member of the supervisory board. In February 2014 he was appointed to his current role as Group Managing Director with specific responsibilities for the group businesses (Totaljobsgroup, Jobsite, SAON UK) in the UK, Mergers and Acquisitions and international HR. Before joining StepStone as Group Managing Director, Patrick served as Managing Director of Axel Springer Digital Classifieds. In this position he held several supervisory and advisory board positions in the digital classifieds businesses of Axel Springer worldwide. Previously, he was Commercial Publishing Director / CFO of the BILD Group and the Axel Springer Magazine Division as well as COO/CFO of the Axel Springer Magazine and International Division. In the beginning of his career he held several positions in the French, German, US and UK businesses of Axel Springer. Patrick graduated in Business Administration (Diplom-Kaufmann) at European Business School (EBS) in Oestrich-Winkel. He also studied at the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce in Dijon (France) and at the University of Colorado.
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About StepStone: StepStone is a leading international provider of software and services for the human capital management sector.
Oliver Adderley
Founder and Managing Director of Jobster
Oliver Adderley is the founder and managing director at Jobster.
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About Jobster: Jobster is an online recruitment agency based in the United Kingdom
Alex Fourlis
Managing Director UK of CareerBuilder
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About Broadbean, CareerBuilder: CareerBuilder is an online platform specialized in HR Software-as-a-Service to help companies with the recruitment process.
Andrew Lavelle
Co-Founder & Managing Director of TalentPool
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About Alvius, TalentPool: TalentPool is a Talent Matching Platform connecting talented recent graduates.
Andrew Davison
Founder & Managing Director of Teacher Finder
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About Teacher Finder: Looking for a language teacher? We can help you find one quickly and easily.
Andrew Davison
Founder & Managing Director of Teacher Finder
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About Teacher Finder: Looking for a language teacher? We can help you find one quickly and easily.
Neil Willis-Stovold
Managing Director of iO Associates
Neil previously worked for the S3 Group across multiple offices in the UK and Australia, progressing from Trainee to Management, and then to S3 Group’s Australia Director for the last 4 years. Driven by a client centric and partnership approach, Neil has a proven track record of developing staff at all levels, establishing and maintaining key client relationships and evolving these relationships into effective, long lasting and successful business partnerships. “iO is the coming together of Panoramic Associates’ consultative approach to recruitment, with a passion for understanding Technical and Digital recruitment in the world today, for the benefit of our clients.”
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About iO Associates: iO is an industry leading IT search firm, with specialist disciplines including FinTech, development, analytics, IT security and more.
Diana Campbell
Managing Director of Zoek
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About Zoek: Zoek is the new job search site and app that uses state of the art technology to find you the perfect job match.
Nicolas Jacquier
Managing Director of Leyton France
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About Leyton France: Leyton France is a consulting firm specializing in cost optimization consulting.
Andrew Barnes
Managing Director and Co Founder of 6prog
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About 6prog: The fastest and most cost effective contract engagement process
Daniel Richard
Managing Director – EMEA of Sonru.com
Sonru.com, an automated online video interview solution, replaces first round phone and on-site interviews. Interviewers create and send interviews to candidates. The candidate completes the interview in their own time, do not see the questions in advance and recorded answers are saved for review when suits the interviewer. HR departments and Recruiters globally use the product to radically save time and money in their recruitment process.
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About Sonru.com: Automated Video Interviewing Solution for Screening Candidates
Michaela Reaney
founder and Managing Director of Gradvert
Michaela is the founder and MD of Gradvert. She drives the company’s strategic direction and commercial focus as well as staying close to many of our clients and universities. Michaela has a decade of experience in global talent management and recruitment with FTSE100 organisations. An authoritative figure in the news on education, employability and and policies effecting young people, she takes great pride in driving a brand and organisation that supports the development of professional skills and behaviours in our future leaders.
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About Gradvert: UK’s leading graduate recruitment and training companies
Kirsty Trafford-Owen
Co-Founder and Managing Director of Druthers Search
Kirsty has 18 years’ experience of recruiting senior to board-level executives across a number of different industries, including technology, banking and FMCG. She has over a decade’s experience in executive search, as well as extensive experience in talent acquisition, for business including Barclays and Coca Cola. Kirsty is passionate about diversity and inclusion and regularly hosts and attends events and training sessions across the UK and Europe.
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About Druthers Search: Druthers helps candidates and companies with diversity & inclusion recruitment in the workplace.
Iain Blair
Managing Director of Revoco
Iain Blair is the managing director at Revoco.
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About Revoco: Revoco is a recruitment company that offers a variety of services to clients who seek talents in tech.
Darryl Mydat
Managing Director of TLTP Education
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About TLTP Education: Education and Medical Recruitment Specialists
Alan Scott
Managing Director of Abalon
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About Abalon: IT Services company specialising in the supply of on-demand resource, project management and recruitment services
