Creating Important & Enduring Relationships
Identifying, attracting, and securing high-performing executives requires a bespoke approach. With over 20 years of experience, we use deep market knowledge, rigorous assessments, and a relationship-driven process to find leaders who align with your organisation’s culture and values.
We specialise in recruiting senior professionals, responsible for an organisation’s reputation and influence, for roles at Board level, executive committees, and functional leadership.
Drawing from a diverse candidate pool, we assess skills, experience, knowledge, and behaviours to ensure the best fit. Our services extend beyond placement, with supportive onboarding, leadership development, and ongoing support to help new executives drive your organisation forward.
The Team
Jules is responsible for the leading the EA team, overseeing the company's financial and operational management and ensuring we deliver an exceptional service to customers. With two decades of experience in the headhunting and corporate affairs space, Jules leads EA's Coaching &Mentoring network and Talent Partnership Programme. She has also completed a course in Counselling and Psychotherapy at Birkbeck.
Gavin has over 25 years of headhunting experience, specialising in executive search for senior leaders. He advises global boards on appointing corporate affairs leaders, trade body CEOs, and communications experts. He is a Past Master and Honorary Court Assistant of the City of London Company of Communicators.
Geraldine has 25+ years' headhunting experience, specialising in C-suite executive search for corporate communications, policy, and public affairs across corporates, charities, and regulators. A qualified solicitor, she has also held COO and HRD roles with global recruitment firms.
Barry is an Associate Partner who leads our Membership Practice specialising in the recruitment of senior communications, policy, and public affairs professionals. Previously, he worked in the corporate and public affairs teams for three leading UK trade associations and served as a Political Adviser to a Secretary of State.
Emily rejoined EA as Interim Associate Partner. Her career began with us through our graduate training scheme, working in interim appointments before specialising in healthcare communications, policy, and public affairs. Emily returns from a global climate foundation, where her role was pivotal in growing the organisation and working across all people-related initiatives.
Sophie is EA’s Office Manager, ensuring the smooth running of daily operations and providing support to consultants for the smooth and efficient delivery of our search work. She has previous experience within recruitment agencies supporting campaign delivery and business management. She is also a professionally trained ballerina.
Michelle brings a wealth of expertise to her role as Executive Assistant to the CEO and Executive Chair, her background spans corporate and recruitment sectors. With over 12 years' experience supporting C-suite executives, boards, shareholders, and high-profile individuals, she ensures seamless coordination and strategic efficiency for the EA executive leadership team.
Creating Important & Enduring Relationships
Please note that not all positions are advertised, so we encourage you to register with us to discover opportunities that match your experience and aspirations.
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What Our Clients & Candidates Have to Say...
Ellwood Atfield have shone brightly on recruitment for Universities UK. They clearly have excellent networks, work hard to fully understand client needs, and move quickly. In recruiting temporary and permanent positions for us, they put forward strong fields of candidates. Their advice and support throughout the whole recruitment process has been outstanding. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them.
After two unsuccessful processes for an officer-level post due to the lightspeed pace of the market for junior roles, we brought in Ellwood Atfield having seen their impressive work on more senior appointments. Our key requirement was finding the right candidate fast, and Alec and the team delivered this. Every candidate we saw had impressive experience and were well briefed ahead of interviews on what we were looking for. The EA team gave us honest feedback and key insights which helped us appoint even quicker than we expected. We will definitely use Ellwood Atfield again in the future.
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