SPEAR engaged Campbell Tickell to lead on the recruitment of a new Chief Executive recently. From the start CT showed a clear understanding of what Trustees and the charity needed from a new CE and they carried out a professional and wide ranging search to attract a strong field of candidates. CT supported SPEAR throughout with clear guidance, analysis and assistance through responsive and prompt action and ensured the best possible outcome for the charity. We now look forward to our new CE arriving in May.

Excellent engagement and high quality challenge, providing great insights as well as a very useful and thorough review of the fundamentals. A real value adding service as well as being good Value For Money.

CT were easy to work with. The process was good and we had a good range of candidates.

Extremely accessible team who provide a high support high challenge approach to their work. Extremely knowledgeable about their field of work inspiring confidence with their recommendations

I would like to thank Campbell Tickell for their help and support during the recruitment of a new Chief Executive. From the initial reply, to our tender invitation, it was clear that CT’s attention to detail; searching out our needs and the support to the senior members of the board to refine their thinking; made all the difference to the final outcome. The innovative approach employed to involve the full board has been commented on and the final agreement by them made the selection of the best candidate a relatively simple matter. The list of potential applicants was wide and varied and gave us the opportunity to test the market and line up a new CEO to fit our needs in the next stage of our development. It was gratifying to note that the panels of Trustees and CT’s own interviews brought out the same results. This gave the board a measure of confidence added to their own thoughts in the final analysis. The whole process was designed to involve as many of the board as wished to take part, with the final selection of the last 3 being attended by the full board. This gave the necessary buy-in by the board and was handled in an innovative way with presentations from the candidates. I would have no problem in recommending Campbell Tickell for recruitment or other work in our space, you seem to have a great and detailed understanding of the needs of our sector.

I can thoroughly recommend Campbell Tickell for sourcing high quality interims and assisting with permanent recruitment.

I’m very pleased to say that our advert on your website was very successful. We had 8 responses, which translated into 4 interviews, and 2 really excellent candidates who we’ve been able to offer board membership too. Its often difficult for small HAs to recruit board members, and to be able to pick up a former medium sized HA CE and a recently retired large HA FD was beyond our expectations.

I was really impressed with the efficient and proactive service provided by Maggie Rafalowicz and the team at Campbell Tickell in helping us to source one of our Board members and delighted that we were able to choose between a number of strong candidates.

Thanks to Mark, Denise and the others at CT for all the support with this recruitment. It has really been a first class process.

The selection process carried out by Campbell Tickell produced a shortlist of high quality candidates for which I am grateful and I very much look forward to working with Nick, and for THCH to gain from Nick’s experience in the housing sector, over the coming years.

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For our CEO recruitment, we were advised by Campbell Tickell. The advice throughout the process was excellent, and the agreed advertising and search strategy generated a high number of applicants meeting the criteria set. This led to an eventual high quality shortlist and a first time appointment. Denise Kirkham, who led for CT, was highly professional and received good feedback from the candidates as well as from the selection panel.

Our Tenants Panel review project was managed sensitively and effectively by Irene Banon. With Irene’s help our Tenants Panel has a clear direction for the future, supported by a workable framework for implementing the changes. I would highly recommend to others.

Many thanks to Campbell Tickell for providing an excellent recruitment service from beginning to end. Denise really listened carefully to our needs and assembled a high quality recruitment package. The field of expertise that the package attracted was diverse, experienced, professional and well- researched. We had a very long list of candidates to choose from and were able to select a fantastic shortlist. The support throughout the interview process kept us focused and clear about our needs. The final selection and appointment was straightforward. We now have three new excellent board members.

Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing have just completed a recruitment for a new Chief Executive following the retirement of our former Chief Executive Simon Rogers. We selected Campbell Tickell on the basis of an excellent pitch for the job, extremely well written, sensitive to our needs and particular situation and thoroughly professional in every way. The Board was impressed by Gera’s approach and dedication throughout a very carefully planned and exhaustive process that we worked through in close partnership to both design and implement. Clarity of outcome and meticulous planning together with Campbell Tickell’s extensive knowledge, contacts and sound advice led to a successful appointment that we are sure is the right one for us as we go into the future. We would certainly recommend Campbell Tickell, and Gera in particular, to anyone seeking to make crucial senior appointments that are mission critical for the future of any organisation.

Thank you so much to Greg and team for an outstanding job in helping us recruit our new Chairman. Your help with what was a thorough process and in supporting our final selection was invaluable. All candidates spoke very highly of the whole process and the calibre of candidates was exceptional. We could have appointed any one of the last three candidates, which is testament to the great job by you and your team. All together a rigorous process and appointment. Michael, our CEO, and the Board are delighted with the outcome.

I’d like to thank Gera, Bill and your team for all your efforts on our Chief Executive recruitment. I believe we couldn’t have made a better appointment, we are delighted to have Denise on board and we’re all really looking forward to working with her.

We felt your recruitment process was rigorous albeit with flexibility, you listened to us and adapted your approach accordingly. I also appreciated your willingness to go the extra mile and, for example, conduct evening meetings and take weekend calls, to accommodate availability constraints.

This was an excellent quality and a good value for money process. I really enjoyed working with CT and I am sure Women’s Pioneer will be happy to work with you in the future.

Denise, Mark and the Campbell Tickell recruitment team provided first class expertise, advice and support in enabling us to recruit for a key Executive Director post. They worked closely with our team, clearly understood our operating environment in Wales, and demonstrated high levels of sector and professional knowledge. Through extensive and targeted headhunting they provided a strong longlist of candidates, and designed a thorough and impressive recruitment process, resulting in an excellent appointment for Monmouthshire HA.

Thanks to Mark, Denise and the others at CT for all the support with this recruitment. It has really been a first class process.

We have worked with Campbell Tickell on a number of occasions, most recently on the appointment of our Chief Executive. We selected CT as a result of a competitive process. They impressed us from the start throughout with their knowledge, and expertise, experience of and success in appointing at this level, combined with depth of reach into the sector, with enough into sectors more widely (the latter which was important to us in this appointment).

From the start they showed that they wanted to “walk in our shoes”, to find the right person for our role, and this way of working came across strongly all the way along. Their back up administration was superb, they shouldered a lot of this and it was all spot on. The search, and attraction strategy worked well. There was contact with the lead consultant (Gera Patel) throughout, who kept us briefed and ahead of things all the way along. The stages of the selection process were effective, it was the right mix to ensure we had a good field and the final selection event was well thought out, well designed and tested out all that was needed. We felt very effectively supported throughout. They presented to and worked with our key stakeholders in a highly professional and sensitive way.

What stood out for us was they were willing to push us to think about things we might not have thought of ourselves. They didn’t just “take our brief” but listened, and added a huge amount of value. We have a super appointee as a result. Thank you.

“It has been a very good experience to work with you for your quality, professionalism and timely responses and that you have developed an understandig of our size and organisation. Our medium size means we do have to develop roles which cover a broader range of duties and some combinations are not usual in the sector or market.”