Over the last two decades, Andrea has worked with Government and the broader public sector on a vast array of senior executive and Board appointments, including some of the most sensitive and high profile Ministerial and Public Appointments. She has an extensive track record in the successful movement of FTSE 100 and 250 individuals into the most senior levels of Government and Regulation. She has advised prominent government and wider public sector Boards on recruitment and development and has led a number of successful Board refreshes for organisations such as TfL, London Legacy Development Corporation and the Scottish Government.
She joins Miles Advisory having spent nearly a decade building and leading Green Park’s Government and Public Sector search business. Prior to this Andrea spearheaded Odger’s central and local government appointments.
Chris is a Partner and has a wealth of experience leading senior search assignments across consumer, services, life sciences and technology sectors both in the UK and internationally.
Additionally, Chris has advised clients on Board transition, effectiveness, and a broad range of leadership solutions.
Clients include both publicly listed companies and private equity.
Chris began his career in recruitment in the consumer goods sector before moving into Executive Search in 1998.
Deborah is a Partner and Head of the Board Services and Financial Services Practices.
She advises Boards in the recruitment of Non-Executives (including Chairman and Chairs of Risk and Audit) and is experienced in appointing CEOs, MDs and C-Suite executives across a variety of functional leadership roles.
She brings depth and breadth to her financial services experience and diverse corporate knowledge having worked with the FTSE100, challenger brands and start-ups/fintechs. Deborah’s strong relationships with regulators and other key sector stakeholders are critical in highly dynamic environments and markets undergoing major change.
Previously, Deborah worked with international search firms Heidrick and Struggles and Norman Broadbent and boutiques The Miles Partnership & Warren Partners. Her earlier career was in OD within financial services.
In his more than 20 years’ experience Derek has gained wide experience in brand management, HR and strategic communications.
He has written and delivered change and engagement programmes on vision and direction, strategy and goals, purpose, organisation culture and values, ways of working and behaviours, employer value proposition, employer brand and key employment experiences including performance management, induction, learning and reward.
He has led effective programme outcomes for a wide range of organisations including: The Kellogg Company, PepsiCo, Glasgow City Council, National Nuclear Laboratory, ASDA, Co-operative Bank, Boots, London Underground, United Utilities, Shop Direct and VW Group.
Derek holds a degree and post graduate diploma in Strategic Communications from UCLAN and recognition for his work has included awards in HR Excellence, CIPD and Personnel Today and the coveted Employer Brand of the Year award for his work with The Kellogg Company.
Marcus is a partner in our Public Sector Practice.
Marcus works across government and the wider public sector on the appointment of senior figures from the private sector in functional leadership, technical specialist, infrastructure, real estate and commercial disciplines into opportunities that have a real impact on public services.
Prior to joining the firm Marcus worked as a Senior Civil Servant, most recently in the Cabinet Office where he designed and directed a ground-breaking campaign to simultaneously recruit over 20 Directors into departmental lead commercial roles. This campaign was instrumental in changing how the Civil Service engaged executive search partners, a process in which Marcus played a key advisory role. This blend of insight into the life of Senior Civil Servants, deep expertise in government recruitment and selection processes, and an ever growing and impressive track record in Executive Search has seen Marcus become a leading figure for clients and candidates alike in successfully filling senior public sector positions.
Marcus holds a BA Hons from the University of Dundee.
June has 10 years of experience in global senior executive search. Her roles involved project management for talent/market mapping, pipelining and direct headhunting. She specialises in candidate engagement, client relationship and market insights. She is experienced in managing roles with both public and private sectors.
June has delivered mandates in challenging geographies such as West Africa and Central Asia, as well as sought-after skill-sets in highly competitive talent markets in the UK. She takes pride in the quality of her contribution – the ability to learn from candidates and distill observations from the search process and see the bigger picture.
Tom supports our Financial Services Practice’s work in building multidisciplinary leadership teams and Boards for leading UK and International clients.
Tom has worked in executive search for 11 years, with a focus on the financial services and technology sectors. Leading FS clients have included Nomura, Standard Bank, Banca IMI and Fideuram Asset Management in the UK. Geographically, he has operated across EMEA and more recently his scope also included the USA.
Tom has successfully assisted building executive teams within investment and private banks, buy-side funds, and technology start-ups. As a key part of his approach to search, he takes time to understand the organisation’s values and culture. By understanding candidate’s values, behaviours and ambitions, Tom provides clients with valuable insights, helping board members achieve their vision and meet their targets by hiring the right talent.
Emma is a Head of Client Solutions. She supports clients in our Advisory Practice through internal marketing and communication campaigns.
She has experience across a number of industries including automotive, healthcare, engineering, hospitality and journalism. She has designed and delivered change and engagement communication strategies to help senior teams of large companies position themselves as a great place to work for new, existing and future employees. Her skillsets include content creation, social media management, video and broadcast production and project management.
Emma has a BA Hons Degree in Television & Radio and has been shortlisted for a number of awards including Most Effective Employer Brand Strategy.
Gemma is executive assistant to the Partners. Prior to joining Miles Advisory she worked as Personal Assistant to Directors and as an Office Manager within the Industrial and Consumer Goods sectors.
Tina is Head of Operations and leads the research team.
She is experienced across multiple sectors, with a personal focus in recent years on Central Government, Industrial and Financial Services. Tina’s breadth and depth of expertise in global talent mapping has created an excellent record in leading the team to successful assignment outcomes at both executive and non-executive level.
Prior to joining Miles Advisory, Tina had a successful career in product development and brand management in the retail and consumer sectors.
Tina holds a BA and MA (Dist) English from the University of Leeds.
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