

Dr Alex Hurlow


Dr Birgit Brandt


Professor Osama Khan appointed as Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive at The University of South Wales


Supporting Trinity College, University of Melbourne in the appointment of their Warden & Chief Executive Officer
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.
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.