Testimonials

I have been both a client and candidate of Mallory Partners so have been on both sides of the fence. I met Jeremy in 2010 when he placed me as CFO in a Sovereign Capital-backed business. Jeremy was only just starting up Mallory Partners at the time and was building a network using his private equity contacts in small and medium tier firms. He contacted me and I liked him.

Mallory Partners support us with our C-suite resourcing needs across new investments and our existing portfolio companies, so we speak regularly. We always have in mind a particular type of individual, skills and experience profile for each investment situation. Mallory Partners combine a strong understanding of SMEs with the needs of private equity investors extremely well. They appreciate that many of the SMEs that we invest in typically don’t have

Mallory Partners placed me in my current job and, having experienced being a candidate with them, I’m now using them to recruit for key roles in the business. When they approached me about the role, I dealt mostly with Jeremy and he was very professional from the outset. He’s clearly used to dealing with senior people and operates to very high quality standards. Mallory Partners are very well connected in

I’ve known Chris for some time. We’ve kept in touch over the years and I’ve introduced him into other businesses I’ve been involved with, in the Private Equity space. Chris introduced me to Rosslyn Data, who were looking for an interim Chief Revenue Generation Officer to help them figure out their future market strategy. Chris was very useful in terms of briefing me ahead of the meetings and giving me

This was my first time working with Mallory Partners and, from the outset, their responsiveness was quite striking. They were very quick and efficient throughout and I liked that. Given the timeframe and logistics, it didn’t make sense for Martin and I to get together and so we did a Skype call which was really great. As a candidate, you often feel, that you aren’t important in the process, particularly

This was my first experience of working with Mallory Partners and it was a very quick process, concluded within three weeks – as Redeem Group needed a new Group Financial Controller on board as soon as possible, to support the business following a refinancing. As a consequence, my contact with Martin was restricted to emails, calls and the occasional video conference. However, this didn’t make the process any less successful;

This was my first experience of working with Mallory Partners and they were like no other recruitment agency I’ve worked with. They were very responsive, both immediately and throughout the process – and they clearly have significant expertise in looking beyond simply what’s written on the CV to identify the precise capabilities that their clients are seeking. Often it’s a bit of a numbers game with recruiters; if the CV

I wasn’t actually looking for a job, but this role ticked all the boxes. The whole process happened very quickly and, due to the locations involved, it was all handled by phone and email – which I don’t think is typical of the way they work. However, I felt well supported and briefed throughout and I don’t think Martin could have done any more than he did. He negotiated very

I first came into contact with Mallory Partners in 2015, when they placed me in my dream job. It was a contract role and it went really well, with the contract being extended – before I moved on to another position. What I liked about Martin, Jeremy and the team from that first experience was that, instead of just slotting you into a role – as is so often the

This was our first experience of working with Mallory Partners and we were impressed by their professional and personable approach. They supported our Non-Executive Director search – helping us to shape our campaign to attract a wide range of candidates, questioning carefully what we needed and then developing a pragmatic and insightful approach to shortlisting the huge candidate response. They effectively and attentively managed both the candidates, and us the

The fact that Mallory Partners has significant experience in recruiting, at a senior level, in private equity-backed businesses was a real benefit. They understood the unique mix of skills I was looking for in a Chief Financial Officer. Martin was gently persistent with me, encouraged me to be more flexible or lateral in my thinking and he drilled down into the detail to get a sense of who the right

“This was my first experience of dealing with Mallory Partners, in fact I hadn’t actually heard of them before. If I had, I would almost certainly have contacted them because they’re a Midlands firm offering a search-based service and they focus on the kinds of organisations and roles that are relevant to me. I’d seen notice of the role on LinkedIn and gave them a ring. They were personable, professional

From the outset, Mallory Partners were incredibly responsive, there was no waiting around after I’d expressed an interest in the role. Martin arranged an hour-long video call with me, which I thought was really impressive and a great addition to recruitment process. It’s not always possible to drop everything and meet up with a recruiter, particularly if geography is a factor – but the option of a video call is

Horizon Private Equity has a portfolio of 14 companies today and we are an active investor, making two to three new ones each year. We generally need to hire around 10 board level positions each year for the new deals and to strengthen existing teams, as the companies we invest in are high growth. Mallory Partners understands our business model through the full investment lifecycle very well and they have

I hadn’t heard of Mallory Partners before they placed me in my current position. I’ve always instinctively leaned towards the larger recruitment firms but, when you’re looking for a particular role type that’s what you search for, and their name came up against this particular one. From the word go they were very responsive. Martin was always accessible and provided me with one of the most detailed specifications I’ve ever

This was my first experience of Mallory Partners. I’d spoken with them a few times in recent years, but either the role or the timing was not right. But this one was. I liked that they listened to my career and what my priorities were. They shared not only details of the role, but what the university really wanted, the people, values and culture. They were up front about the

I’ve been with my current business for nine years and it’s been a highly successful period in a market that hasn’t seen much growth. As a consequence I’ve been approached by head-hunters pretty regularly, on behalf of competitors, but none of them were of interest until Chris called. The fit was great with my experience and Gradwell sounded exactly what I was looking for in a next move. Looking back,

Mallory Partners is the most proactive and engaged recruitment agency I’ve worked with. I responded to an advert they’d posted on LinkedIn and, within a week, Martin had followed up with me and arranged an initial interview. He gave me really useful feedback about how I positioned myself, not just in the context of this particular opportunity, but more generally too – which I found valuable. It continued to be

The first five to ten seconds of any initial call are so important. I don’t know what it was that caught my interest about the call from Martin. It was probably the personal touch – which was really good. He knew quite a bit about me, which was a surprise. They’d obviously done their homework and made me feel like I was the only candidate, which felt good. I didn’t

“Having had an extremely positive previous experience with Mallory Partners as a candidate, they were my first choice when I need to recruit two senior directors for Bureau Veritas. As a candidate I found them to be responsive, professional and genuinely interested in me as a candidate – they kept me informed throughout and I never once had to chase them, which was a real differentiator to other executive search

“When we needed to recruit a Chief Technology Officer, we were recommended to Mallory Partners by someone else in private equity who’d used them previously. What immediately struck me was the level of dialogue and responsiveness. They made themselves available whenever we needed them and, no matter how tricky we could be as a client at times, they got straight on with things and kept us informed. I also liked

“Crossword Cybersecurity have been growing rapidly and in February 2018 we took the decision to increase our Sales team by four.  We set ourselves the challenge of having all four start on the same day in early April.  Finding four great Business Development Managers with the right experience, in such a short period of time meant that we needed to turn to specialist recruiters and our first call was to

“Chris Jennings, Head of the IT & Technology practice at Mallory Partners placed me into my new role as Sales & Marketing Director at The Bunker, part of Cyberfort Group, and has subsequently assisted me in restructuring my team. Having decided to take a step out of permanent roles early last year, I’d just started my second interim contract when Chris approached me about a possible full time role. I

“Having worked in private equity for a number of years, at board level, I found myself in the common position, post-acquisition by a larger corporate, where I no longer had the level of authority and decision-making capability that I was used to.  Open discussions were had about the fact that I wanted to move on and, around this time, Chris made contact with me in respect of a couple of

“I’d used a number of agencies prior to Mallory Partners. They reached out to me on a couple of occasions, including for the interim role I am now in. It was a typically quick process, as interim recruitment tends to be. Organisations who need an interim need the right person in fast, so the interview process is truncated and is more about you as an individual – the agency checks