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At Perrett Laver, our leadership team is committed to steering the firm towards excellence and sustainable growth.
Executive Team
Perrett Laver is an employee-owned trust led by two Global Senior Partners and a Global Managing Partner: Arabella Chichester, Dr Sinéad Gibney, and Tom Weinberg.
Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors brings significant global leadership experience alongside sector expertise and are responsible for promoting the long-term sustainable success of Perrett Laver.
Advisory Board
Our Advisory Board comprises highly networked and influential individuals with a passion for the sectors in which we operate. They provide insights and guidance to ensure our continued growth and success.
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 an MA (Hons) in Ancient History from the University of Edinburgh and a PG Dip in Psychology at the Institute of Education, University of London.
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.
Tom is the Firmwide Managing Partner of Perrett Laver, responsible for strategic leadership with the Senior Partners and ensuring the financial health and sustainability of the organisation.
Tom has been with Perrett Laver since 2011, having served as Joint Managing Partner for the UK and Global Head for Knowledge and Innovation Economies. He spent two years in the US opening the company’s first office there and has been responsible for developing Perrett Laver’s client base across Latin America, Central Asia and the Middle East.
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 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.
Dan Perrett is one of Perrett Laver’s co-founders. His areas of expertise in senior level executive search included CEO and Board-level appointments, in the education, healthcare, not for profit and private equity sectors.
He holds a first class honours degree and an MPhil in Economics and Politics of Development, both from the University of Cambridge, where he was a member of Jesus College. A Cambridge University rugby blue, Dan played first class rugby for a number of years and represented Cambridge, Oxbridge, Rosslyn Park and Surrey.
He is the Chair of the Governing Body of the Guildford High School for Girls and a former member of the Local Governing Body of Lambeth Academy; and an Ambassador for Prostate Cancer UK.
Simon Laver is one of Perrett Laver’s co-founders. Having co-led the firm for 20 years, he now acts as Senior Advisor, Science & Research.
Jim is a member of Perrett Laver’s Advisory Board.
Jim started his career as a Weapons and Sensors Engineer in the Royal Navy where he reached the rank of Lieutenant Commander working for 15 years in operational, policy procurement and intelligence roles in the Ministry of Defence and GCHQ. After an MBA, Jim joined Accenture as a Management Consultant and worked on strategy projects with large multinational clients including AOL, Shell, Cable & Wireless and EMI.
From here he joined Orange where he had roles as Strategy Director, Marketing Services Director and finally as Managing Director of the £1.3bn turnover UK pay-as-you-go mobile business which with 10m customers was the largest base of any European mobile operator.
In 2007 Jim entered the world of Private Equity, first at Candover and subsequently at Phoenix Equity Partners as Operating Partner. In these roles he represented the shareholder as a director on the boards of over a dozen companies advising on growth strategies across a range of industries including consumer products, industrials and business services.
In 2014 Jim joined The Gym Group as Chief Operating Officer, a UK budget gym chain, where he spent 3 years tripling the size of the business and securing a successful return for investors via a main FTSE listing IPO which valued the business at £250m.
Since 2017 Jim has been a plural chairperson for several private equity and venture capital backed businesses across a variety of sectors. He recently joining Oxford Science Enterprises plc as an advisor to their Deep Tech venture capital fund.
Jim has an MA in Engineering from Cambridge University, an MSc in Mathematics from Cranfield University and an MBA from London Business School.
In his spare time Jim has a mild triathlon addiction and has completed 17 Ironman races including the World Championship in Hawaii.
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 an MA (Hons) in Ancient History from the University of Edinburgh and a PG Dip in Psychology at the Institute of Education, University of London.
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.
Tom is the Firmwide Managing Partner of Perrett Laver, responsible for strategic leadership with the Senior Partners and ensuring the financial health and sustainability of the organisation.
Tom has been with Perrett Laver since 2011, having served as Joint Managing Partner for the UK and Global Head for Knowledge and Innovation Economies. He spent two years in the US opening the company’s first office there and has been responsible for developing Perrett Laver’s client base across Latin America, Central Asia and the Middle East.
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 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.
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