What do you do at Redgrave?
I joined Redgrave in 2017 to build and lead our Global FMCG practice, and have the privilege of partnering with some of the best and most interesting food, drink, personal care, home care and wider consumer products businesses in the world.
What do you most enjoy about your job?
I have two: I love having the opportunity to mentor and support junior members of the team as they grow and learn; I also get a huge amount of professional satisfaction from seeing the impact of a successful search on a candidates’ career, and importantly the performance of the client’s business.
What was your first job?
Unless you count being paid £50 to transcribe my father’s anti-terrorism defence MBA, my first job was working behind the bar of a pub in Birmingham run by the Aston Villa firm.
What are you reading/listening to at the moment?
I’ve just finished 2022 Booker Prize winner, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka. The language and premise is brilliant and it gives a fascinating insight into the modern history of Sri Lanka – something I previously knew very little about.
Favourite cuisine?
Italian. My mother grew up on the Aventine Hill in Rome and Italian cuisine has always been a huge part of my family life. The best meal I have ever had in my life was up in the hills above the Amalfi coast in a beautiful village called Ravello.
What do you do when not at work?
I am a very keen sportsman and play rugby for my old boys team. I have also completed several long-distance challenges, including a marathon in Sierra Leone, raising more than £60,000 for Street Child. I am also passionately interested in Re-Wilding and in my spare time have done pro-bono work for Re-Wilding Europe.
What do you think makes Redgrave special?
It’s a corny phrase but I think that Redgrave really embodies the statement “big enough to matter, small enough to care”.
What is your proudest/best Redgrave moment?
Working with the family and board at Noble Foods at a critical position of generational change to recruit their new Group CEO Duncan Everett, and subsequently being trusted to recruit their Chair, Business Unit Managing Director, and Chief Financial Officer. Seeing the impact made by any of my placements makes me feel proud.
If you could choose one superpower, what would it be?
While I would love the ability to speak to animals, I think I would choose the ability to help people to see one other’s view. Empathy projection for want of a better term.
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