Empowering Change Through Our People

Arabella Chichester

Global Senior Partner

As Global Senior Partner, Arabella is responsible for the long-term strategic development of Perrett Laver alongside the acceleration of its commercial growth.

Arabella has been at Perrett Laver for over twelve years and was Global Head of the Social Impact and Environment Practice for 8 years. Arabella scaled and diversified Perrett Laver’s Social Impact and Environment Practice to become one of the leading advisors on leadership recruitment in the sector.

Arabella’s experience at Perrett Laver includes senior Chair, Board and Chief Executive appointments across the Social Impact and Environment Sector. This includes working with INGOs, Foundations, domestic non-profits, the UN, research institutes, social enterprises and at the intersection of the social impact and private sector.

Arabella holds a MA (Hons) in Ancient History from the University of Edinburgh and a PG Dip in Psychology at the Institute of Education, University of London.

Dr Sinéad Gibney

Global Senior Partner

As Global Senior Partner, Sinéad is responsible for the long-term strategic development of Perrett Laver alongside the acceleration of its commercial growth.

During her ten years at Perrett Laver, Sinéad established and led the firm’s operations in Amsterdam and Dublin, while continuing to grow Perrett Laver’s Research, Technology and Innovation, and Higher Education practices across Europe.

Sinéad’s experience at Perrett Laver includes advising on senior executive and non-executive appointments for universities, public and privately funded research institutes, as well as research-oriented charities and non-profits.

Sinéad holds an honours degree in Natural Science from Trinity College Dublin and a PhD in Neuroscience from University College Cork.

Thomas Weinberg

Global Managing Partner

Tom has been with Perrett Laver for twelve years, having served as Joint Managing Partner for the UK and Global Head for Knowledge and Innovation Economies.

Tom has grown Perrett Laver’s work across Latin America and the Middle East, co-led Perrett Laver’s largest region through a significant period of growth and spent two years in the US opening the company’s first office there.

Tom has advised upon senior executive and board appointments for institutions in over twenty countries, for institutions including the University of Oxford, NYU, Monterrey Tec, the University of Cape Town, Imperial, INSEAD, HKUST and Nanyang Technological University and at organizations such as the Chatham House, NEOM and the Africa Health Research Institute.

Prior to joining Perrett Laver he worked in the communications industry. He holds an MA (hons) from the University of Edinburgh.

Dr Birgit Brandt

Regional Managing Partner, Asia Pacific

Birgit Brandt is Regional Managing Partner, Asia Pacific.

Her experience includes Chief Executive and Senior Academic and Administrative appointments in Higher Education and Research, Schools and Global Non-Profit Practices with Asia-Pacific.

Birgit holds a PhD from the University of Warwick in Sociology and MAs in Race and Ethnic Studies and Political Science from Warwick and the Freie Universitat Berlin, respectively. Birgit began her career as a Research Fellow in Berlin moving to the University of Warwick to work in the Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations and the Department of Politics and International Studies.

She moved on to join a novel research grants programme that sought to support partnerships between UK universities and charities and was appointed Head of Grants at the Royal Society and Director of Programmes at the British Academy.

She has travelled extensively, including six months in PRC learning Mandarin.

Sarah John

Regional Managing Partner, UK and Africa & Middle East

Sarah is a Regional Managing Partner, UK and Africa & Middle East, working with colleagues across our different sectors to serve clients as they pursue new leadership.

She has worked for the firm for over a decade and has a particular breadth of expertise and experience in leading senior level executive search for Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive, senior academic and professional services leaders, and non-executive governance appointments globally within the Higher Education and related sectors. Her clients include universities in both research-intensive and teaching focused environments, as well as specialist HEIs. She is always keen to support the sector more broadly, working with organisations such as Advance HE and the Women in Higher Education Network in pursuit of better diversity and inclusion in universities.

Sarah holds a BA (Hons) in English and Related Literature from the University of York. Prior to joining Perrett Laver, she worked for an HR consultancy in the account management function and also trained as a career coach.

Dr Gordon Lobay

Regional Managing Partner, Americas

Gordon is the Regional Managing Partner, Americas. He leads our Canadian operations and delivers senior-level searches across all of the sectors in which we operate.

He began with the firm in our London office and subsequently opened the Vancouver office in 2013 and the Toronto office a few years later.

Gordon holds a B.A. in Classics and Anthropology from Alberta, an MPhil in Archaeology from Glasgow, PhD (on the looting and illegal trading of antiquities) from Cambridge (Homerton College) and a Corporate Executive Certificate from the Alberta, School of Business.

Before joining Perrett Laver Gordon held junior research positions at Texas (Institute of Classical Archaeology) and Westminster (ESRC Project on the UK’s Dealing in Cultural Objects Offences Act 2003) and he was Collections Management Advisor at Alberta (Museums and Collections Services). He was also an Associate Scholar on the Intellectual Property in Cultural Heritage Project and continues to write book reviews for a few academic journals.

He also brings government experience from the UK (Parliamentary Ombudsman) and Canada (Government of Alberta), where he managed a socioeconomic program evaluation team and received a Premier’s Award for outstanding client services.

Josephine Scholten

Regional Managing Partner, Europe

Josephine is a Regional Managing Partner, Europe.

Her experience of senior level executive search includes Board, Chief Executive, Senior Academic and Administrative appointments throughout Europe, within the Higher Education, Research and Innovation, Social Impact and Environment and Arts and Culture Practice.

Prior to joining Perrett Laver, Josephine gained extensive experience in the Higher Education sector having served as the Executive Director of the Universities of the Netherlands (VSNU) for over 7 years. In addition, she was an active member of the European University Association (EUA).

Acting as an Adviser to University Presidents, she was responsible for the national lobbying strategy towards the Dutch Government. Under her responsibility, important strategic projects such as the open access strategy and the national research programme ‘digital society’ were initiated.

As Senior Vice President HR Josephine spent 3 years living in Geneva working for an international trading firm. She brings over 10 years of experience as interim manager in the public- private domain.

Josephine holds a Masters in Political Science from the University of Amsterdam and is an IMD alumna.

Erik Jackson

Country Managing Partner, United States & Chair, Employee Ownership Trust

Erik is Managing Partner for Perrett Laver’s work in the US and is based in Raleigh, North Carolina.

His experience in senior level executive search includes Board, Chief Executive and other senior leadership appointments our Social Impact & Environment, Higher Education, and Research, Technology & Innovation sectors.

Erik holds BA in History from Menlo College in California, where he was class Valedictorian and an MSt in History from the University of Oxford. Before joining the firm, he held the position of Business Development Manager for the geopolitical consulting firm Oxford Analytica.

Janelle Entwistle

Country Managing Partner, Australia

Janelle is Managing Partner of our Australian operations and leads our office in Sydney.

Her senior level executive search experience includes Senior Academic and Administrative appointments globally in higher education and research and for organisations across the cultural and sports sectors.

She holds a Bachelor degree in Social Science and a Master degree in Marketing from The University of Newcastle, and a Master degree in Management from The Australian National University.  Janelle has significant experience in strategic marketing and communications, student recruitment, relationship management, events, business development and international relations. Prior to joining Perrett Laver, Janelle held senior management roles at the Australian National University and the University of Newcastle and is experienced in sports administration having held the position of General Manager for Netball Tasmania, and has also held senior marketing and communications positions in the mining and not-for-profit sectors. Janelle has travelled extensively, particularly across Asia.

Bing Han

Country Managing Partner, China

Bing is a Partner at Perrett Laver and is now leading Perrett Laver’s new Hong Kong office, opened in January 2015.

His experience includes Chief Executive and Senior Academic and Administrative appointments in Higher Education and Research within Asia-Pacific.

A native of Beijing, Bing was most recently Director for China Programmes at the Alliance for Global Education, where he led the design of all Alliance for Global Education academic programmes in China, developed and maintained institutional relationships with more than 200 universities in both the U.S. and China and oversaw the Beijing, Shanghai, and Xi’an centers of operations.

Bing has many years of experience at senior management in global higher education and prior to that has taught in China and in the US at Asian Studies Department at Vassar College and Williams College.

He has been central in building scholarly exchanges and joint programmes between US and Chinese Universities and brings a deep understanding of Mainland China and Hong Kong higher education and research sectors.

Bing Han earned a BA in Electrical Engineering in 1996, a BA in International Business in 1997, and an MA in Communications Technology in 2000 from the Harbin Institute of Technology and the Beijing Institute of Microwave Metrology & Measurement respectively.

Katharine Poundstone

Country Managing Partner, Hong Kong

Katharine is a Partner at Perrett Laver and co-lead of our Hong Kong operation.

Her experience includes Chief Executive and Senior Academic and Administrative appointments in Higher Education and Research within Asia-Pacific.

Katharine has until recently been the Resident Director for the Alliance for Global Education in Beijing. A native of Kentucky, Katharine, has lived and worked in mainland China for many years, beginning with a study abroad experience in Beijing in 1992-93.

After graduating from Reed College (BA in Chinese Language & Literature; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology) she spent a year in China as a Thomas J. Watson fellow and then completed her M.H.S. at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. In 2000 Katharine returned to China, where she has worked as epidemiologist on various public health projects, including projects focussing on AIDS/STD prevention and control, with the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, the World Health Organization, and the Chinese government. She also received a fellowship from the Blakemore Foundation to study advanced Mandarin Chinese at Tsinghua University in 2008-09.

Michelle Scanlon

Country Managing Partner, Ireland

Michelle is a Managing Partner.

Michelle works in Perrett Laver’s Dublin office. She is a Partner, former Head of the Project Management team and has worked across a number of Perrett Laver’s global Offices including London, Chicago and Hong Kong. She works with organisations across our Global Higher Education, Sport, Social Impact and Health sectors.

Dr Nicole Shea

Country Managing Partner, Germany

Nicole is Managing Partner, Germany.

Her experience of senior level executive search includes Board, Chief Executive, Senior Academic and Administrative appointments throughout Europe, within the Higher Education, Research, Technology and Innovation, Social Impact and Environment sectors.

Prior to joining Perrett Laver, Nicole was Executive Director of the Council for European Studies at Columbia University (CES) and the Executive Editor and Founder of the journal EuropeNow. She oversaw the renowned annual International Conference of Europeanists, the prestigious World Society Foundation Global Fellowships as well as the Mellon-Dissertation Completion Fellowships, among others, and supported 17 Research Networks, including those addressing the Environment, European Culture, Immigration and Social Movements.

She is the author of The Politics of Prostitution in ‘Berlin Alexanderplatz’ and the editor of The Many Voices of Europe: Mobility and Migration in Contemporary Europe. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from Binghamton University.

Dr Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe

Country Managing Partner, The Netherlands & Head of Research, Europe

Lisbeth is the Managing Partner, Netherlands & Head of Research Europe.

Her experience of senior level executive search includes Senior Academic, Chair and Professorial appointments globally across all disciplines in higher education.

Lisbeth holds an MSc in Biology, a subsequent MSc in Environmental Management and Sanitation, and a PhD in Environmental Toxicology, all from Ghent University, Belgium. Her doctoral research focussed on the occurrence, effects and risks of marine microplastics. Lisbeth is fluent in Dutch and English, and speaks basic French and German.

Jill Cloke

Country Managing Partner, Scotland & Co-Sector Lead, Higher Education, UK

Jill is Managing Partner, Scotland & Joint Sector Lead, Higher Education, UK

Her experience of senior level executive search includes advising on Chair, Trustee, Chief Executive and executive team searches across the Non Profit and Social sector and Senior Academic and Administrative appointments in the Higher Education and Research and Global Non-Profit sectors.

Jill holds an MA in International Relations from the University of St Andrews. She has lived and worked in Japan and spent her early career in the UK charity sector.

Teresa Phiri

Senior Consultant & Regional Lead, Africa

Teresa is Regional Lead, Africa & Consultant for Social Impact and Environment & Sustainability sectors. Her previous work experience includes positions with Citigroup and working with social impact organisations including Acumen and WIT (an NGO with consultative status at the UN).

Teresa has lived and travelled throughout Africa, Europe, and Latin America where she has also volunteered with organisations like World Vision and UNHCR to support in-country programs. Her experience in global non-profits include C-suite and Director level positions for Plan International, Trócaire, World Vision International and she is currently working with Conservation International.

Teresa holds a Masters in Public Policy from the University of Oxford and a BA in Liberal Arts and Economics from Sarah Lawrence College, New York.

Emma Stone

Country Managing Partner, United Arab Emirates

Emma Stone is a strategic and results orientated leader and trusted advisor with extensive governance, human resources, and organisational development experience in the higher education sector. Prior to joining Perrett Laver she was Director of OD and Institutional Effectiveness at Mohammad Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence in Abu Dhabi.

Before commencing her international career she gained over 20 years experience at the University of Cambridge where she held the role of Director of Human Resources. Her career then led her to an international move joining the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), as Adviser to the Vice Chancellor and subsequently to MBZUAI in Abu Dhabi as Director of OD and Institutional Effectiveness working with the President to establish this new highly specialised graduate school.

Emma is accustomed to operating at board level, leading organizational change, and resolving complex employment relations issues. She specializes in the development and interpretation of policy, leadership of multidisciplinary teams and projects, provision of operational advice, recruitment, and resourcing, learning and development, and employee relations.

Emma hold a bachelors degree in Psychology, MA (Cantab) and is an Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

Lucy Hayes

Partner & Global Sector Lead, Schools & Education Organisations

Lucy Hayes is a Partner & Global Sector Lead, Schools & Education Organisations sector at Perrett Laver.

Lucy founded the Schools sector for our firm over a decade ago and she now focussed on advising the best schools in the world on leadership transition.

Her track record includes successful Head of School appointments in every major world region and she has supported pre-eminent schools in North America, the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia on the identification, assessment and selection of new leaders.

Lucy holds a BA (Hons) in Modern History from the University of Oxford.

Kate Hunter

Partner & Co-Sector Lead, Higher Education, UK

Kate is a Partner & Joint Sector Lead, Higher Education, UK.

Her experience of senior level executive search includes Board, Chief Executive, Senior Academic and Administrative appointments globally within the Higher Education, Health and Social Care, and the Arts and Culture sector practices.

Kate began her career in the arts, working in communications roles, culminating as Head of Communications at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Kate has around 15 years’ experience of working in global higher education, both from within an institution and externally, as an advancement practitioner and an advisor to government, institutions and other stakeholders. Prior to joining Perrett Laver, Kate was Executive Director for CASE (Council for Advancement and Support of Education) Europe. CASE is a global membership association with a focus on advocacy, training, research and data to support advancement – fundraising, marketing, communications, alumni relations. Kate worked closely with HEFCE, Universities UK and Arts & Business on sector-wide initiatives to build advancement capacity, including launching a fundraising graduate trainee programme. Kate holds a BA Hons in French with Spanish.

Dr Goran Gregorovic

Partner & Sector Lead, Research, Technology & Innovation, UKAME

Goran is a Partner & Sector Lead, Health & Life Sciences.

His experience includes working on senior level strategic appointments for a range of higher education institutions, research institutes and centres, research-led organisations, public-private partnerships and biotech companies, and on global professorial and chair level appointments across various disciplines.

Goran holds an MSc in Molecular Biology from University of Zagreb and a PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology from University of Geneva.

Prior to joining Perrett Laver, Goran was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London.

Dr Emi Saliasi

Partner & Sector Lead, Research, Technology & Innovation, Europe

Her senior level executive search experience includes Executive and Senior Academic and Administrative appointments in the Higher Education, Research and Innovation, Social Impact and Environment and Arts and Culture sectors. In addition, she has worked on multiple senior appointments in the intersection between academic organisations, arts and culture, and industry.

Emi holds a BSc in Psychology, an MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience from Utrecht University and a PhD in the Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging from the University of Groningen. Before joining Perrett Laver, Emi worked as a postdoc in Social Medicine at the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam. Besides her academic commitments, she also represented the PhD community in Groningen and helped manage the communication platforms for a large conference.

Emi is fluent in English, Dutch & Albanian and speaks conversational Italian.

Dr Jack Bircher

Partner & Sector Lead, AI, Data & Technology

Jack is Partner & Sector Lead, AI, Data & Technology.

His experience of senior level executive search includes multiple Chair and Professorial appointments globally across all academic disciplines, as well as leadership appointments in higher education and industry research and development.

Jack is expert in the use of metrics and analytics for the identification and assessment of world leading academics.

Jack holds a BSc in Physiology from the University of Liverpool, an MSc from the University of Leeds in Ion Channels in Disease and a PhD from Kings College London in Cell Signalling. His research focused on the role of ion channels in hormone release.

Siobhan Doherty

Partner & Sector Lead, Social Impact & Environment, Americas

Siobhan is a Partner & Sector Lead, Social Impact & Environment, Americas.

Her experience of senior level executive search includes Board and Executive appointments in the Global Non-Profit Practice.

She holds a BA (Hons) in Politics and Development Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

Damaris Matis

Partner & Sector Lead, Social Impact & Environment, Europe

Damaris is a Partner and Sector Lead, Social Impact & Environment, Europe. Damaris is based in Amsterdam, and since joining Perrett Laver in 2019, has supported hundreds of impactful organisations on their international senior executive and non-executive appointments.

Shivani Smith

Partner & Sector Lead, Social Impact & Environment, UKAME

Shivani is Partner & Sector Lead, Social Impact & Environment, UKAME.

She has experience of senior charity roles including Director and Chief Executive positions for organisations across the UK. Previously she has worked with non-profits on projects covering qualitative research, brand, fundraising, leadership development and CSR. Her experience of the non-profit sector also includes voluntary roles within charities as a Chair and as a trustee.

Shivani has an MA Public Policy and Management, University of York and a BSc Sociology (Hons), London School of Economics and Political Science.

Natasha Zoltie

Partner & Sector Lead, Environment & Sustainability

Natasha is a Partner & Sector Lead, Environment & Sustainability.

Her experience of senior level executive search includes Board and Executive appointments in the Social Impact and Environment Practice.

Natasha holds an MSc in International Relations from the University of Nottingham and has long volunteered for a global youth movement. She leads the practice’s work in the environment and sustainability sector and was recently seconded to Clean Air Fund, a start-up philanthropy, to support them on rapid growth.

James Boyd

Partner & Sector Lead, Schools & Education Organisations, Australia & New Zealand

James is a Partner & Sector Lead, Schools & Education Organisations, Australia.

James has an MBA with Excellence from the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) at the UNSW Business School and undertook exchanges at the Moscow School of Management, SKOLKOVO, and Fudan University, Shanghai as part of his studies. James holds a BA in History from the University of Durham.

Prior to joining Perrett Laver, James worked in education for over 20 years where he held senior leadership positions in independent schools in Australia and the United Kingdom. James has also coached rugby at an elite level with the Scottish Rugby Union and Oxford University RFC.

Katie Kettle

Partner & Sector Lead, Schools & Education Organisations, UKAME

Katie is a Partner & Sector Lead, Schools & Education Organisations, UKAME.

Her experience in senior level executive search spans leading UK independent schools, international schools and international schools groups, maintained schools, multi-academy trusts and national and international educational bodies.

Katie holds a BA in English Literature from Cardiff University. Prior to joining Perrett Laver she worked in fundraising and development for schools.

Imogen Baird

Partner & Sector Lead, Sports, UKAME

Imogen is a Partner & Sector Lead, Sports for UKAME.

Her experience includes work across the sporting landscape, in both the professional and recreational game. As well as NGBs, teams and clubs, she has worked extensively with charities and foundations that interface with sport and non-departmental governing bodies, on board and senior executive roles. Other experience includes across education and research leadership, and the wider UK voluntary sector.

Imogen holds a first class BA (Hons) in English Literature from the University of Exeter with College Commendation, and an MA with distinction in Critical Methodologies from King’s College London. She is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Prior to joining Perrett Laver, Imogen held the position of Vice-President (Academic Affairs) at Exeter University Students’ Guild.

Imogen previously competed to international level as part of the Great Britain Karate team and continues to enjoy all aspects of health and fitness.

Harriet Howlett

Senior Consultant & Sector Lead, Board, UK

Harriet Howlett is a Senior Consultant & Sector Lead, Board in the UK working on Chair and governance level appointments across all of Perrett Laver’s sectors including Higher Education, Charities, Arts and Culture, and Sports.

Harriet also leads the firm’s Governance Apprenticeship Programme which is a partnership initiative aimed at developing a pipeline of future governing body members from diverse backgrounds.

Harriet holds a Bachelor’s degree in History from the University of St Andrews, and an MA in History from University College London.

Abigail Tyerman

Senior Project Manager, UKAME

Alexander Hurlow

Consultant, UK

Alex is a Consultant at Perrett Laver.

His experience of senior level executive search includes Chair and Professorial appointments for global Higher Education institutions and research leadership appointments in research and innovation focused organisations.

Alex holds a BA and MA in History, and a PhD in Medieval History from the University of Manchester. His research focused on analysis and translation of Old French chronicles and Norman law codes.

Prior to joining Perrett Laver he also taught at the University of Manchester and Swansea University.

An Li Xu

Head of Research, Americas

Angela Licata

Senior Research Associate', Americas

Anna Murphy

Research Associate, UKAME

Anna Sloan

Project Manager, UKAME

Annabel Holt

Principal Research Associate, UKAME

Annaliese Renda

Chief Operations Officer

Anne-May Janssen

Senior Consultant, Europe

Anne-May brings extensive experience in the international higher education and research sectors. Before joining Perrett Laver, Anne-May was Secretary-General of the Aurora Universities Network, an international membership organisation of universities across Europe and beyond. As Secretary-General, Anne-May provided strategic supervision over the EU grant application under the prestigious European Universities Initiative. She managed the Aurora Central Office in Amsterdam and supported and advised the Aurora Board and General Council. She successfully increased the network’s visibility, and in Brussels represented Aurora members on developments in EU higher education and research policy – often in close cooperation with other organisations representing higher education, such as the European University Association (EUA), the Guild, YERUN and the Coimbra Group.

Anne-May holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, a BA in European Studies and an Msc in Public Policy and Human Development

Annebella Choi

Research Associate, Hong Kong & China

Antonia Storey-Mason

Senior Consultant & UK Independent Sector Lead, Schools & Education Organisations, UK

Antonia is a Senior Consultant in the Schools and Education Organisations Practice.

She leads on headship appointments to independent schools in the UK and has broad executive search experience spanning senior-level roles in independent, maintained and international education. Before joining Perrett Laver, Antonia spent nine years working on school appointments at another leading international executive search firm.

She holds an MA in German from the University of St Andrews and is an HMC Governor at Sutton Valence School.

Arshya Dayal

Research Associate, UKAME

Arturo Uriostegui

Senior Consultant, Australia

Arturo Uriostegui is a Consultant in the Sydney office.

He was previously Head of Research for Perrett Laver in Australia. His experience of senior level executive search includes Senior Academic, Administrative, Chair and Professorial appointments globally in higher education and research. In addition, Arturo works extensively across the Schools Practice in senior level executive appointments, with a particular focus on the Australian market.

Arturo holds a BA in International Studies from the University of California San Diego, a Master of International Business from the University of New South Wales and an MBA (Executive) from the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) at the UNSW Business School. Prior to joining Perrett Laver, he spent time as a tutor in universities in Hong Kong and private institutions in Latin America. Arturo is fluent in English, Spanish, & Portuguese and speaks conversational French.

Ben Crase

Consultant, Americas

His experience of senior level executive search includes Senior Academic and Administrative appointments in higher education and research globally, with a particular focus on the Canadian market.

Ben holds a BA (Hons) in History from Trinity College, University of Toronto and is currently completing his MA in Higher Education at the University of Toronto. Ben’s academic interests centre on institutional theory and organizational behaviour more broadly. Prior to joining Perrett Laver, Ben worked as an advancement associate at a top Canadian independent school.

Bharti Aggarwal

Project Coordinator, UKAME

Bonny Anderson

Accounts Assistant

Boris Evenhuis

Research Associate, Europe

Camilla Henry

Consultant, Europe

Camilla is an Associate Consultant.

Prior to joining Perrett Laver, Camilla worked in the world of recruitment whilst working for some of the largest tech companies in the world from Google to TikTok within leadership hiring. Prior, to the world of recruitment, she was working in frontline healthcare. Her passion to work for impactful sectors drew her to Perrett Laver and she is truly inspired by our clients and candidates.

Camilla holds a BSc from Trinity College Dublin; General Nursing and I have a diploma in Psychology from Dublin Business School and is also learning Spanish B1 level.

Ceri Kum

Research Associate, Singapore

Chantal Blazquez

Consultant, UK

Chantal is a Consultant within the Research, Technology and Innovation Practice.

Her experience spans a wide array of senior executive, non-executive and research leadership appointments for universities, independent research institutes and research funding bodies globally.

Chloe Smith

Project Coordinator, UKAME

Christopher McCann

Research Associate, Europe

Claire Anderson

Principal Research Associate, Europe

Clara Nelson Strachan

Co-Lead Social Impact & Environment, UK

Clare Fickling

Principal Project Manager, UKAME

Claudia Roth

Research Associate, Australia

Cora Hui

Associate Consultant and Interim Head of Research, Americas

Cora is a Associate Consultant at Perrett Laver.

Her level of senior level executive search includes schools, academic and administrative appointments in higher education globally, and in the global non-profit sector.

Cora holds a BA (Hons) from the University of Toronto, MPhil in Criminology from the University of Cambridge, MA in Forensic Psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, and PhD from City University of Hong Kong. Prior to joining Perrett Laver, Cora worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at City University of Hong Kong where she led government funded projects, organized international academic conferences, and wrote a book on the Umbrella Movement.

Danni Tookey

HR Executive

Dong Qing Yang

Research Associate, Singapore

Edoardo Vachez

Research Associate, UKAME

Eljoh Adrian Balajadia

Research Associate, UKAME

Ellen O'Dwyer

Project Manager, Europe

Emily Jarvis

Head of Project Management, Americas

Erik Hafner

Research Associate, Europe

Esther Elbro

Senior Project Manager, UKAME

Feride Yetis

Senior Research Associate, Europe

Fiona Carruthers

Partner, Higher Education, UK

Her experience in senior level executive search includes Board, Chief Executive and Senior Academic and Administrative appointments globally in higher education.

Fiona has spent the majority of her career in executive search, working with a variety of organisations in both the public and private sectors. For the last decade, she has focused on Higher Education, helping to establish the Practice for Heidrick and Struggles and more recently working at Odgers Berndtson. She holds a Joint BA (Hons) in History & American Studies from Keele University.

Frances Crossley

Consultant & UK State Sector Lead, Schools & Education Organisations, UK

Frances is a Consultant in the Global Schools Practice at Perrett Laver and serves as our lead for UK state sector appointments. With extensive expertise in the field, she has advised on a variety of central team and non-executive positions for a diverse array of school trusts, encompassing both national and rural contexts. Additionally, Frances brings significant experience in senior leadership appointments across maintained schools and single academy trusts in both primary and secondary education.

She is particularly dedicated to promoting inclusive practices in executive search and is an active member of both the EDI Committee and the LGBTQ+ Employee Network at Perrett Laver. Frances holds a degree in History of Art from the Courtauld Institute and is a Community Council Member for Anthem Schools Trust.

Gary Tang

Consultant, Hong Kong & China

Gary is a Consultant in the Hong Kong office.

His executive search experience includes senior leadership appointments for universities, international schools, as well as arts and culture organizations in Hong Kong, Macao and Greater China. Prior to joining Perrett Laver, Gary had an early career in higher education, secondary education and public affairs.

An expert on the international relations of East Asia and Eurasia, Gary has contributed articles to the World Economic Forum, South China Morning Post, Geopolitics, among others. He has a BA in history and political science from the Australian National University, a MA in Comparative and Public History from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and a PhD in Politics and International Studies from the University of Warwick.

Gary speaks Cantonese, Mandarin and English and continues to improve his Russian.

George Hourmouzios

Principal Research Associate, UKAME

Hazel Levin

Senior Research Associate, Americas

Isabela Betoret García

Senior Research Associate, UKAME

Jaanvi Patel

Project Manager, UKAME

James Boyd

Partner & Sector Lead, Schools & Education Organisations, Australia & New Zealand

James is a Partner & Sector Lead, Schools & Education Organisations, Australia.

James has an MBA with Excellence from the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) at the UNSW Business School and undertook exchanges at the Moscow School of Management, SKOLKOVO, and Fudan University, Shanghai as part of his studies. James holds a BA in History from the University of Durham.

Prior to joining Perrett Laver, James worked in education for over 20 years where he held senior leadership positions in independent schools in Australia and the United Kingdom. James has also coached rugby at an elite level with the Scottish Rugby Union and Oxford University RFC.

James McSean

Senior Consultant, UK

James McSean is a Senior Consultant in the Higher Education Practice

James joined Perrett Laver from Queen Mary University of London, where he was Head of the Principal’s Office, supporting the senior executive of the University and leading the executive support team. Prior to that James spent ten years at Imperial College London across a variety of roles, including five years providing high-level support and policy advice to the Provost.

James holds a BA degree in History from the University of Cambridge.

James Whitehead

Senior Consultant, UK

James is a Consultant in the UK Higher Education sector.

Starting his career in teaching, his experience of senior level executive search includes appointing senior leaders across not-for-profit, public institutions, health and higher education environments within professional services, academic services and non-executive boards. His clients have included the University of Bristol, Queen Mary University of London, University of Essex, University of Law and cross-sector organisations such as Barts Life Sciences.

James holds a BA in Geography from the University of Birmingham and a PGCE from the University of Cambridge.

Jason Murdoch

Consultant, Australia

Jason is a Consultant based in our Melbourne office.

Prior to joining Perrett Laver he worked at several Australian Group of Eight universities, in both Student Experience and Scholarly Information Services, having most recently served twelve years at the Australian National University as a subject liaison librarian, collection manager, and information literacy trainer.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, and a Graduate Diploma in Information Management with Distinction from RMIT University.

Jean Wong

Project Manager, Hong Kong & China

Jehivian Hernandez

Senior Research Associate, Americas

Jess Winfield

Research Associate, Europe

Dr Jesse Sloane

Senior Consultant, Hong Kong & China

Jesse is a Senior Consultant in Perrett Laver’s Hong Kong office, where he advises on appointments in the Asia-Pacific Region.

He holds a PhD in East Asian Studies from Princeton University, with related research conducted as a Research Associate at Kyoto University. Prior to joining Perrett Laver he served as Associate Professor of East Asian Studies and Program Chair at Underwood International College at Yonsei University, South Korea. His work has included senior leadership and faculty roles for clients including the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Duke-NUS Medical School, Yale-NUS College, Georgia Tech Shenzhen Institute, New York University, and Nanyang Technological University.

Joe Blanch

Principal Research Associate, UKAME

Jolin Lai

Senior Research Associate, Singapore

Karina Rinaldi-Doligez

Research Associate, Europe

Karmen Tan

Head of Project Management, UKAME

Karyn Malseed

Head of Project Management, Europe

Kathryn Ravey

Research Associate, Americas

Katie Kaewkerdsiri

Finance Assistant, Australia

Kenneth Chan

Research Associate, Hong Kong & China

Kieran Pollentine

Head of Research, Hong Kong & China

Kimberley Tiley

Partner & Head of Research, UKAME

Kundai Mtasa

Associate Consultant, UKAME

Dr Kyle Adams

Research Associate, Europe

Laura Egan

Senior Project Manager, UKAME

Laura Vargas

Principal Project Manager, UKAME

Lucy Cooke

Associate Consultant, Europe

Lucy Roper

Senior Research Associate, UKAME

Madeleine Loll

Associate Consultant, Americas

Madeleine in an Associate Consultant in the Social Impact and Environment & Sustainability sector.

Her experience in senior level executive search includes Chief Executive, Board and senior appointment internationally for non-profit organizations like Luminate, FMO, Plan International, and the Firelight Foundation.

She holds a Masters in Human Rights from University College London and a MA (Hons) in English Literature and History from the University of Edinburgh. Prior to joining Perrett Laver, she held a political and legal research role in the third sector.

She is based in New York City.

Mandy Wedgwood

Principal Project Manager, UKAME

Maria Rivas-Rivero

Consultant, Americas

Maria is a Consultant at Perrett Laver.

She has a diverse educational background, including a BA in International Studies from UCV in Venezuela, an MBA from EADA Business School in Spain, a Graduate Diploma in American Studies from Sciences Po Paris, and a MA in Geopolitics from Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Prior joining Perrett Laver, Maria gained experience in Alumni Relations and Development at McGill University and served as Business Development and Marketing Manager for a major engineering firm in Canada.

Mark Goldstein

Chief Financial Officer

Mary Hungerford

Senior Project Manager, Americas

Massarah Dawood

Research Associate, Americas

Mazin Almaimani

Head of Research, Australia

Myra Tan

Project Coordinator, Singapore

Nadine McGuire

Project Manager, Europe

Nele Peschel

Senior Project Manager, Europe

Nicola Philips

Project Manager, United Arab Emirates

Olja Ljubišić

Project Manager, Europe

Peggy Lei

Project Manager, Americas

Rebecca Fung

Project Coordinator, Hong Kong & China

Rebecca Lennon

Project Coordinator, Europe

Dr Redmond Scales

Research Associate, Europe

Ryann Schutt

Research Associate, UKAME

Sarah Silbert

Consultant, Europe

Sarah is a Consultant in the European team working across a range of sectors including Global Higher Education, Research Leadership, Arts, Culture and Sport.

Sarah holds a BA in Linguistics from Macalester College and an MSc in Comparative Social Change from Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin. Her academic interests include diversity and inclusion in sport and language education in schools. Prior to joining Perrett Laver, Sarah worked as a English Language Teacher in the United States and Ireland.

Sarah speaks English and Japanese and is conversational in Spanish.

Sarah Snelling

Project Manager, UKAME

Sean Rocke

Senior Project Manager, Americas

Simon Epsley

Principal Project Manager, UKAME

Sohail Ashraf

Financial Controller

Sophie Kennedy

Head of Operations

Sukhpal Uppal

Senior Consultant, UK

Sukhpal Uppal is a Consultant in the Higher Education sector.

His senior level executive search experience covers a range of appointments across governance, communications, marketing, human resources, and academic and research leadership. This includes a number of Vice-Chancellor appointments at, among others, Durham University, the University of Lincoln, and the University of Birmingham.

Sukhpal holds a First Class Honours degree in French and Spanish from University College London and speaks fluent French and Spanish.

Sylvie Lancaster

Research Associate, UKAME

Tadhg Waddington

Research Associate, UKAME

Teresa Phiri

Senior Consultant & Regional Lead, Africa

Teresa is Regional Lead, Africa & Consultant for Social Impact and Environment & Sustainability sectors. Her previous work experience includes positions with Citigroup and working with social impact organisations including Acumen and WIT (an NGO with consultative status at the UN).

Teresa has lived and travelled throughout Africa, Europe, and Latin America where she has also volunteered with organisations like World Vision and UNHCR to support in-country programs. Her experience in global non-profits include C-suite and Director level positions for Plan International, Trócaire, World Vision International and she is currently working with Conservation International.

Teresa holds a Masters in Public Policy from the University of Oxford and a BA in Liberal Arts and Economics from Sarah Lawrence College, New York.

Terrence Blackman

Accountant

Tiziano Sartor

Senior Research Associate, Europe

Trinity Willett

Associate Consultant, UK

Trinity Willett is a Consultant.

She is charged with providing support and advice to clients, candidates and colleagues throughout the executive search process, upholding the highest quality of care and delivery at all times.

Trinity attended Toronto’s Ryerson University for her bachelor’s degree in Arts and Contemporary Studies.

Prior to joining Perrett Laver, Trinity previously held positions in the medical sector.

Dr Urvashi Ramphul

Principal Research Associate, UKAME

Dr Valia Sakkoula

Consultant, Europe

Valia brings her expertise in STEM fields to our team as a Consultant for Higher Education and Research, Technology, and Innovation at our Amsterdam office. With a focus on Europe, she has successfully guided the selection of top-tier academic and administrative leaders.

Valia holds a BSc in Physics, an MSc in Applied Physics, and a PhD in Laser Physics and Spectroscopy from Radboud University of Nijmegen. Prior to her career at Perrett Laver, she worked as a Postdoctoral researcher in the Life Science Trace Detection Laboratory at Radboud University in Nijmegen.

Vanessa Ornelas

Accounts Assistant

Will Riggs

Consultant, Americas

Will has 4 years of executive search experience and is a Consultant within Perrett Laver’s Social Impact Practice, supporting the practice’s work across North America.

His search experience includes Board, Chief Executive and C-Suite appointments across a range of  nonprofit and private sector clients. Some notable clients include the Gates Foundation, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, FEED and The Claremont Colleges. Before joining Perrett Laver, Will held Consultant and Research roles with other global executive search firms, and led Customer Success for a SaaS startup in local grocery delivery.

Will is based in Asheville, North Carolina. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Northeastern University.

Xavier Thomason

Research Associate, UKAME

Zoe Huang

Consultant, Singapore

Zoe is a Consultant working across all of our sectors in Singapore with particular expertise in Schools & Education organisations.

She holds a Bachelor of Business Management from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Before joining Perrett Laver, she worked in the banking and financial services sector.

Zoe is also fluent in English and Mandarin.