Who We Are

Meet The Armstrong Craven Team

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We work with the world’s most influential and respected businesses undergoing transformational change, delivering 500+ projects each year to our global Fortune 500 and FTSE clients, in over 120 countries across the world. Our industry-focused experts provide specialist talent mapping, pipelining, deconstructed search and insights to help businesses ensure they can attract, hire and retain the scarce and senior talent they need on a global basis.

Our Board & Advisers

Rachel Davis

Rachel Davis

CEO

Rachel was part of Armstrong Craven’s MBO in 2013 and has held Board roles since then. As CEO she is ...

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Mark Bates

Mark Bates

Chairman

Mark joined as Chairman in 2015. With over 30 years experience as CEO, COO, and CFO he specialises in business transformation in private equity ...

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Melanie Forbes

Melanie Forbes

Adviser to the Board

An experienced leader in the industry with senior roles at Manpower, Advantage xPO, Guidant Global, AMS & Rullion, Melanie thrives on ensuri...

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Rochelle Chopamba

Rochelle Chopamba

Adviser to the Board

Rochelle is a senior HR leader who has spent over two decades focusing on shaping strategic business value and enhancing people performance and ...

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Who Are We

Meet Our Leadership Team

Olivia O'Loughlin

Olivia O'Loughlin

Regional President, International

Olivia is Regional President for our International region, which covers the Americas and EMEA. She is based ...

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Catherine Neville

Catherine Neville

Commercial Director, UK

Catherine is passionate about the work she does with clients in support of their DE&I agenda, having worked to overcome prejudices in her ca...

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Helen Coult

Helen Coult

Regional President, Asia Pacific

Helen is Regional President, Asia Pacific for Armstrong Craven based at our Singapore office. She joined the company in 2015 and held the positi...

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Lara Alberda

Lara Alberda

Director of Client Services, Search & Talent Pipelining

Lara manages an experienced team who specialise in the delivery of diverse projects, focussed on global executive search, talent planning and in...

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Elizabeth Birrell

Elizabeth Birrell

Director of Insight & Talent Analytics

Elizabeth is an experienced talent and competitor intelligence professional, leading Armstrong Craven's Insight & Talent Analytics practice ...

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Ian Millard

Ian Millard

Director of Embedded Search & Talent Sourcing

Ian leads a large global team partnering with some of the most well-known names in Technology, Industrial and Healthcare to provide outsourced t...

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