Testimonials
‘I commissioned Rob over several years to assist with recruiting executive (permanent and interim) and non-executive directors. In total, Rob helped us with around 25 appointments over 5 years. What made me keep going back to Rob was his innate ability to ‘get’ the organisation - this helped him and us define clearly the skills, experiences and qualities we were looking for. Whenever we spoke, I came away confident Rob saw us, and was treating us, as an individual customer, not one of many he was having to juggle.
Leading an organisation that was striving to provide values-based personalised services it was invaluable for me to have someone doing our senior recruitment who would adopt a similar approach.
Like many organisations we were very focussed on broadening the diversity of our top team and our Board. With Rob’s assistance, we were very successful in achieving this strategic intent. This illustrated for me very clearly Rob’s ability to think laterally and creatively in attracting a wide range of very suitable candidates.’
Steve Scown – former CEO of Dimensions UK
My experience of the care that Rob took in placing me as an interim, made him a natural choice when it came to the recruitment of senior team members at Starlight. Even though we have worked together for many years now, he makes no assumptions about me, the organisation or our requirements. He listens carefully to understand our culture, our strategy, our challenges and opportunities and through really careful and creative search, finds candidates with the experience and expertise as well as really importantly, the cultural alignment.
Cathy Gilman - CEO - Starlight
‘I’ve worked with Rob for nearly 10 years on a wide variety of senior roles and whether I’ve needed a search for a permanent role or a more pressing interim requirement, Rob has always provided people of the highest calibre. He has also been a really useful source of information and advice on the market, which has helped me and the organisations I work for make better decisions on recruitment. Unlike many senior-level recruiters, I always feel as though Rob has our organisation’s best interests at heart and cannot recommend him highly enough to anyone looking to recruit to senior roles.’
Alex Brooks-Johnson – CEO Guild Care
‘I have known Rob for many years, he is my go-to professional for finding interim work for myself. I have also commissioned him many times to find great people for the charities I have worked for. Rob is able to quickly learn about and understand the organisation, its values and its people, enabling him to find candidates who closely match the brief he has been given.
As a client of VBS, I can’t recommend Rob and the services his company can offer highly enough.’
Simon Thompson – CEO BWW Mind
I got to know Rob as part of an executive recruitment search process. One thing that came across was his professional approach in the way he reached out to enquire about my interest, his understanding and knowledge of the organisation that he was recruiting for and how personable he was. I appreciated the way he took the time and effort to understand who I was as an individual and what I could bring to the organisation. Looking back now, I realise that I wouldn’t have applied to Dimensions for the role if it wasn’t for Rob and am absolutely pleased that it led to me working for a great values-based organisation.