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Lily Haake

My Story Graduating with an honours degree in French and German, I began my career in regulatory reporting at a global investment bank. Having quickly

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George Maropoulos

My Story I began my career in executive search shortly after graduating from University, driven by a desire to find a role that combined entrepreneurial

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James Hallam

My Story After graduating from Exeter University with a degree in History I decided to spend 4 months living in New Zealand. Having spent 3

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Pooja Bhurtun

My Story Originally from Mauritius, I came to the UK in 2011 to study Accounting and Finance at the University of Hertfordshire. After graduating in

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Paul Mendelssohn

My Story Upon graduating from university, I was eager to make my mark in commerce and embarked on a career in executive search in early

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Ingrid Malo

STORY I graduated with a First-Class Law Degree from the University of Kent, with special recognition for finishing #1 in Law. I also undertook a

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Clancy Murphy

STORY I started my career at Deloitte, where I quickly moved from accountancy to the people function.  I was lucky to have a varied and

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Rachel Clark

MY STORY On graduating, I was one of only five graduates to be picked for the graduate scheme of global PR and communications firm Burson-Marsteller

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Zoe Duke

My story I began my career in Human Resources for a high-profile fashion retailer, straight after graduating from a degree in Fashion PR & Marketing.

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Ella Mattison

My story I graduated with a degree in English and began my career as an EA before moving into events and then marketing.  I worked

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Annie Stone

My story Prior to entering the world of Search, I completed a BA English Literature Degree at Kingston University. I then jumped at the opportunity

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Angela Hocter

My story After completing a History degree, I began my career at the BBC, spent some time at Ernst & Young, ahead of working in

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Ali Palmer

My story Having worked in investment banking in my early career, I fell into executive search in 2006 after being asked to run a specific

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Kerry Statham

My story I started my career as a consultant with a focus on senior finance professionals before moving into research working for a variety of

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Nick Davies

My story Having explored careers in the Military, Consulting and Advertising, I met the founders of a fast-growth Executive Search firm who persuaded me to

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Amy Thomas

My story A passion for both creativity and numbers, and helping people and companies achieve their wildest dreams, brought me to marketing.   Fate brought me

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Alex Langridge

My story I have specialised in Technology and Digital, with a strong focus on servicing Financial Services and PE-backed businesses broadly for the last seventeen

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Meg Dedaj

My story I have over 10 years of experience working in the recruitment industry within interim and permanent businesses and have gained deep expertise in

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Fahad Khan

My story I believe finance is truly one of those functions that are not bound to a particular industry. Having qualified from the Chartered Institute

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Rebecca Walker

My story After graduating in 2017 with a degree in French and Spanish, I spent a year in Berlin working at a law firm. I

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Kelly Green

My story Before joining Savannah, I worked as an Executive Assistant for a boutique Search Firm in the West End. I joined on a temporary

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James Davies-Love

My story I have been working in search since I graduated, both in the UK and South America. What really attracted me to the industry

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Kirstina Petersen

My Story  Native to Denmark, I attended Business College in my hometown before coming to the UK as an Au Pair in North London –

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Julia Ostrikova

My story After studying Human Resource Management at the Manchester Metropolitan University, I began my career as a researcher within a financial recruitment business, focused

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Alex Thorpe

My Story From a military family, I joined the Royal Navy whilst still at university.  At the age of nineteen, I was commissioned and the

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Caroline Hawkins

My story I am a highly skilled Executive Assistant with 36 years’ experience in providing support and direction to senior individuals. I have worked in

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Linda Holder

My story My very first job as a young school leaver was for Barclays. However, living a stone’s throw from Gatwick Airport, it wasn’t long

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Richard Ashton

My story Having qualified as an ACA and worked in M&A at KPMG, I recognised that it was the people that made the deals work

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Sam Sullivan

Story After studying Chinese and Spanish at the University of Leeds, I began my career as a researcher with a focus on retail and consumer

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Simon Gough

My story Initially, I ran my own retail business before switching to senior recruitment in 2004.  Since then I’ve enjoyed progressively senior roles in the

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Tim Clouting

My story I’ve been working in search for pretty much my whole career. Having graduated with a degree in English but with no particular vocation

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Tim Shaw

My story Before joining Savannah, I was a Senior Client Partner at Korn Ferry. My primary responsibility was leading the Infrastructure, Construction & Services practice

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Trudi Lister

My story Born in Spain to Scottish parents and moving frequently across the UK, I went on to graduate with a degree in English Literature

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Peter Cabrera

My Story After completing my Master’s in Aesthetics, I joined a boutique executive search firm working on board-level appointments for public and private companies across

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Marisa Kacary

My story I have over 20 years’ international marketing experience, starting my career in the technology sector and then moving into the recruitment and talent

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Katrina Cheverton

My story I began my career as a Chartered Accountant at Price Waterhouse, where I developed  my expertise in customer orientated Assurance and Consulting. Following

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John Llewellyn Lloyd

My story I have spent my career running and building people businesses, especially in investment banking. I am passionate about helping such businesses to fulfil

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Heather Walpole

My story I began my journey into the world of executive search at Savannah after a career break. Prior to that, I spent many years

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Hazel Lawrie

My story Born and raised in Aberdeen, Scotland, I graduated with a degree in History and secured a graduate position with an accountancy and finance

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Alex Martin

My story From an early age I have been driven by creating value for organisations.  This led me to found and build a digital marketing

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Lauren Storrar

My story My career started in the world of Forensics after achieving a degree in Forensic Biology. Once I was made redundant, I decided I

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Chris Donkin

My story An early career in the advertising business, much of it working with Industrial sector clients in the UK, Europe and Asia Pacific, led

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Katie Chevis

My story I started my career in the human capital programme at Ernst & Young. It jumped out at me as focused on what shapes

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Lucy Berkhout

My story My first experience in the recruitment industry was a long time ago now: a temporary holiday job while studying for A levels. Many

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