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Pure Executive specialise in Board level appointments across a range of sectors with a strong track record supporting growing private companies and not for profit organisations.  We combine our expertise and detailed market knowledge, business networks and innovative thinking to deliver exceptional interim and permanent executive appointments. We strive to provide a fresh, honest, confidential and ethical approach to executive recruitment. Our deep networks and close relationships with leadership teams provide daily insight as to where current opportunities and gaps exist.

Through building close and lasting partnerships with our clients and candidates, we aim to provide a balance between listening to your needs and challenging you to make the right choices for the long term.

Pure Executive is a division of Pure, Professional managerial recruitment specialists. 

Meet the team

  • Lynn Walters

    Lynn Walters

    Lynn is a co-founder of Pure and leads Pure Executive and Pure’s initiatives that support individuals and organisations to grow. She has considerable experience working with Boards across the East of England to recruit Executive and Non-Executive appointments and advising on Board succession planning.  A skilled facilitator, Lynn founded Best Employers Eastern Region, an employee engagement initiative, the Women’s Leadership Programme and Board Ready Talent Scheme, all aimed at building the pipeline of Board talent across the region.

  • Jodie Woodrow

    Jodie Woodrow

    Jodie started her recruitment career in 2000 and joined Pure in 2005 to launch their Suffolk operation. She managed the Ipswich office for over 4 years, specialising in interim and permanent senior qualified accountancy appointments to Director level prior to going on maternity leave. On her return in 2010 Jodie helped launch the Financial Services division for Pure, specialising in senior management posts across Ipswich, Essex and London. She is currently utilising her experience and relationships to develop the Ipswich office’s Executive and Senior Finance division, specialising in permanent appointments across Suffolk.

     

  • Tom Earl

    Tom Earl

    A Director of Pure, Tom joined Pure in April 2007 and has specialised in Finance and Executive Recruitment in the East of England for over 10 years.  Initially joining the team in Suffolk, Tom has been instrumental in establishing Pure in the Essex market. He is exceptionally well networked across the region and delivers senior management, senior finance and Board level appointments for a range of clients including SME’s, non-profit, family owned businesses and Blue Chip Corporates. Tom takes a lead role in the development of Pure Executive across the region.

  • Ian Walters

    Ian Walters

    A founding Director and CEO at Pure, Ian has worked in specialist recruitment since 1990. He has advised on a wide range of executive appointments including CFO  & FD, Partner appointments for Mid-Tier and Regional firms, and CEO/MDs for privately owned businesses. Ian’s breadth of business experience combined with an established network has helped many clients to make successful appointments.

  • Scott Woodrow

    Scott Woodrow

    Scott is a Director at Pure. He began his specialist recruitment career in 2001 and joined Pure in 2004. Having specialised in senior finance recruitment for a number of years, Scott now leads the Technology recruitment division and personally leads senior management and Board level Technology appointments in the Eastern of England. Having built strong relationships with businesses in the region he has advised on a number of Board appointments including CEO’s, CFO’s, and IT Directors.

  • David Culley

    David Culley

    David is a Director at Pure and joined in its early stages in 2003, starting in recruitment in 1999. As well as leading the Cambridge finance recruitment team, David is responsible for qualified interim appointments and works closely with Public Sector and Non-Profit clients.  David’s knowledge of the third sector and recruitment expertise allows him to work in partnership with his clients recruiting senior management and Board level professional appointments. David hosts the popular annual Charity Leaders Group each spring.

  • Caroline Batchelor

    Caroline Batchelor

    Caroline joined Pure in 2002 at the beginning of our journey. As Director, Caroline is co-manager of the Cambridge office as well as being responsible for recruiting HR professionals across Cambridgeshire, covering all levels and sectors. She has developed long-standing relationships with her ethical approach to recruitment and thorough understanding of how to deliver a quality service. With a qualification in coaching, Caroline is able to support her candidates to develop their own potential in terms of their career development.

  • Joseph O'Sullivan

    Joseph O'Sullivan

    Joseph has over 24 year’s specialist recruitment experience. He has built an excellent reputation in recruitment across Norfolk since moving to Norwich in 1987. Joseph joined Pure in March 2005 to specialise in the senior temporary, interim and contract accountancy markets. He has developed a detailed local network of clients and customers while working in Norfolk. 

  • Nick Culley

    Nick Culley

    Nick’s recruitment career began in 1998 and he now has over 17 years experience of working within the Cambridgeshire accountancy market. He joined Pure in 2004 has built up an extensive network of clients and candidates in the Cambridge area and has an in-depth knowledge of the Cambridge business community. Nick has taken the lead in running our Finance Leadership Programmes across the region and is responsible for senior and board level accountancy recruitment in the Cambridgeshire area.

  • Andy Dowsett

    Andy Dowsett

    Andy has twenty years’ experience in finance having worked in banking for fourteen years before joining a SME business to head its finance function, growing the business from £3m to £10m over a four year period. He is based in Essex and joined Pure in 2015 to grow its senior accountancy and finance presence and lead our Essex Finance Leadership Programme. With a strong network including professional advisors, clients and candidates, Andy recruits senior accountancy roles, including Finance Directors, for a variety of clients, across multiple sectors and industries.

  • Mark Colton

    Mark Colton

    Mark’s recruitment career began in 1998 and he now has in excess of 20 years’ experience of recruiting within the Cambridgeshire accountancy market. He has worked for a broad range of clients ranging from Plc’s though to owner managed businesses for both contingency and retained assignments. Mark’s remit at Pure is focussed on senior interim/contract recruitment and since joining, he has successfully recruited several interim Finance Director roles. 

     

  • Lucy Plumb

    Lucy Plumb

    Lucy joined Pure Executive in 2014 to support the Executive Recruitment team with research and administration of Executive and Board level appointments, as well as organising the leadership development initiatives and events. Lucy’s background prior to Pure Executive includes internal recruitment for a private health care organisation and as a Recruitment Consultant specialising in HR and Sales and Marketing roles across Suffolk and Norfolk.

Our vision

To be the leading Executive Search firm in the East of England.

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Our values

  •   Committed to support you to make the right decision for your business and career
  •   Results driven utilising tenacity, energy and determination to source the best candidates for our clients.
  •   Forward thinking and innovative through a range of initiatives designed to realise your teams’ potential and unlocking the talent in your team  
  •   A trusted partner focused on quality and precision in delivery to our clients 

Our initiatives

Best Employers Eastern Region

Best Employers Eastern Region is a biennial survey measuring employee engagement, culture and development. Produced in partnership with eras Ltd, the survey identifies and promotes the best employers and informs participating businesses of employee-led insight for strategic decision.

The initiative includes: Engagement Survey empowering organisations with greater insight into their company’s culture and values, providing a platform to develop employee engagement. Awards highlight and reward best practice from innovative organisations in the East of England. Seminars enable us to share ideas, latest thinking and best practice, facilitating organisations to create the best working environments for their staff to thrive.

For more information on the programme, call us on 01223 666455 or click on the link below.

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Board Ready Talent Scheme

The Board Ready Talent Scheme supports organisations in the East of England to develop leaders of the future, bring greater diversity to their boards and to focus on the future of the business through succession planning. It works by providing talented individuals with development opportunities on the boards or senior leadership teams of other businesses; helping them to develop into future Executives and widening the pool of board-ready individuals in the region.

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Women’s Leadership Programme

Pure and People & Performance Ltd have teamed up to provide a women’s leadership development programme to address the shortage of female leaders in the region and build a strong talent pipeline for the future. This programme is aimed at female professionals who aspire to progress to senior management or board level roles, who want to develop their leadership style, find the right balance in their work and home life and be their authentic selves at work. The programme works in tandem with the individual and their organisation, a powerful combination that helps achieve success in the short and long term.

For more information on the programme, call us on 01223 666455 or click on the link below.

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Executive Forums

We run a variety of events and seminars throughout the year, supporting aspiring business leaders. Working with our strategic partners such as Grant Thornton and Birketts LLP, our series includes Director Insights, Finance Leadership Programmes, HR Director Dinners, Charity Leaders Group and HR Development Programmes. For more information on our series of seminars, please click on the link below.

Alternatively call us on 01223 666455 or email us if you would like to be invited to future events via lucy.plumb@pureexecutive.com

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