WE ARE GREYBRIDGE
ABOUT US
Matt Neale established Greybridge in 2012, after deciding he really wanted to set up the type of recruitment consultancy that he himself would love to work for.
Previously Matt worked for a well-known scale up recruiter in London and was instrumental to the development of their Project & Change Management team for Commerce & Industry.
A top performing consultant and armed with a wealth of experience, he relocated to the West Midlands to realise this ambition.
Greybridge is the only Change Management recruiter in the area and we are really proud of the positive reputation we have earned.
We believe that service is everything. We work hard to make your next move or your next team hire, a seamless and enjoyable experience.
Matthew Neale
MANAGING PARTNER
Leah Crawford
PARTNER
Richard Adams
PARTNER
To give real service you must add something
which cannot be bought or measured with money,
and that is sincerity and integrity.
– Douglas Adams –
Hannah Al-Anazi
SENIOR CONSULTANT
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LOREN HARRIS
HEAD OF OPERATIONS
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Rebecca Treanor
SENIOR CONSULTANT
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REENA HAWKINS
MARKETING MANAGER
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Paula Keville
CONSULTANT
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BUDDY
OFFICE PUGALIER
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OUR VALUES
trust, integrity, passion, collaboration, knowledge
Trustworthy
We will treat you with the utmost confidence.
Integrity
Open and approachable, priding ourselves on always giving you honest feedback.
Passionate
About what we do and about your business and career.
Collaborative
Building long-term partnerships with you is at the heart of everything we do.
Knowledgeable
Using our years of experience and unparalleled market knowledge to fill the best change, strategy & consultancy roles available.
GREYBRIDGE DIVERSITY & INCLUSION PROMISE
We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive recruitment consultancy. During any hiring process, we strive to be as transparent as possible. Greybridge will never exclude someone based on their gender, religion, ethnic origin, disabilities or sexual orientation. The short-list of excellent candidates we provide clients are selected based on experience, core competencies and personality match.
My recruitment career began in London, where I set up and ran a Change and Project Management team for a well-known scale up recruiter. During this time, I fulfilled many of my objectives, one being to become their top-performing consultant.
It was at this point, in 2012, that I decided to leave the city behind and relocate back to the Midlands, to set up Greybridge, with the aim of being a recruiter with a difference.
In addition to Greybridge’s growth strategy and day-to-day management, I’m still hands on with many longstanding clients who I’ve got to know well over the years. My specialist area is Programme, Project and Change leadership on either an interim, or permanent search basis.
For me, the most rewarding part of my job is finding a business that’s struggling with change and helping them find the right people to solve that challenge. Seeing the success of those teams in terms of delivering tangible change that positively affects how that business operates and trades, is the icing on the cake.
Greybridge is growing from strength to strength in terms of team and revenue growth. We continue to enjoy an enviable rate of repeat business from clients and one of the lowest staff turnovers in the industry.
Outside of work I am a Dad to three amazing children. I love the gym, which is lucky as I’m also partial to a lazy spa weekend and a fancy dinner. Every year, we organise one major team charity event, invariably involving hiking and walking many miles, which is a good incentive to try and keep fit. I’m well liked at Greybridge for my hilarious pranks…
My recruitment career began in 2006, working in a small, boutique agency in the pharmaceutical industry and then on to larger more corporate agencies.
I joined Greybridge in August 2014, to work on IT and Business Change roles within the Midlands. I focused on helping experienced candidates use their transferable skills to move to different sectors. I developed Preferred Supplier List relationships for various areas including Financial Services, Retail, Digital, Legal, Defence and Housing in London and the Midlands.
My current focus is Project and Change recruitment, fulfilling mandates for a range of roles and levels including Business Analysts, PMO teams and Project and Programme Directors, across IT, Business and HR Transformations.
Having had experience in both smaller and larger recruitment companies, one of the main reasons I joined Greybridge was to be back working in an environment where we are able to give a more personal, considered and specialised approach. I genuinely want to understand the programmes my clients are working on so I can build on those relationships and fulfil their requirements. Something I always strive to deliver is unrivalled customer service to both candidates and clients.
When I’m not working, I am a bit of gym bunny and enjoy dragging my work colleagues to the gym with me at lunchtimes. I guess this is lucky as we all take part in an annual Greybridge charity event, which has included The Wolf Run and The Yorkshire Three peaks. It was here that I developed a new love for fell walking – something I never thought I would say. I balance out the exercise by trying out new restaurants and enjoying a glass or two of wine. I am known for dropping the occasional “Leahism” in conversations.
Richard is responsible for Consultancy Recruitment at Greybridge, covering both permanent and interim roles. He looks for hires in the ‘Experienced’ to ‘Senior’ categories – typically salaries ranging from £50k to £200k pa, or £450 to £1500 per day – for roles in businesses which deal with sector-specific consulting. These range from smaller, boutique firms to huge global players. Examples might include Sector Agnostic Programme Directors for well-known change consultancies, or Interim Project and Programme Directors and other specialised positions within the Life Sciences sector.
After an early career in hospitality and catering, Richard moved into recruitment ten years ago, beginning in Operations and transitioning to Management roles. The prevalence of large blue chip clients and capable, bright candidates in the booming Pharmaceuticals sector prompted Richard to pilot this new business area. The result: rapid growth, and the establishment of Richard’s own sector-specific consultancy business.
He joined Matt as employee number 2 at Greybridge, where he has built on his previous successes and developed ongoing relationships with some of the best known consultancy firms in the world.
In his spare time Richard is a keen (if not entirely world-beating) middle-distance runner and swimmer, with a general passion for all things sea and sand-related as well. He has a huge love of films, and has produced several shorts and music videos, as well as a couple of full features. Need to kill a few hours? Get talking to Richard about movies (but we did warn you).
I graduated from Imperial College Business School with a Masters and almost everyone on my course went into Management Consulting or Banking but I knew this just wasn’t for me.
Customer service and relationship building is at the heart of everything I do here at Greybridge. From handling the everyday functions of the office, to ensuring the company is running efficiently and is compliant in all the areas where compliance is required.
I have worked in a recruitment environment for the last fourteen years. One of my previous roles, as a Recruitment Consultant, was within the pharmaceutical sector, working in a 360 capacity.
A CIM qualified Marketer with over fifteen years of experience in this field, I enjoyed a long and successful career with Warner Brothers Entertainment. My succession through the company meant that I was able to gain a 360 degree understanding of developing and implementing a marketing strategy and plan to fit a wide range of budgets.
A few years ago, we decided to leave the London life behind and relocate to Warwickshire with our young family. I have since spent my time helping to run the local toddler group and primary school PTA on a voluntary basis, managing my own softplay equipment hire business and working on a number of marketing contracts on a freelance basis.
I joined the Greybridge Team in 2018 at a really exciting time, with the focus being to help deliver their ambitious growth plans by establishing a marketing presence for the company. I love the trust and flexibility Greybridge has given me to deliver these plans and their openness to new ideas, even if they are sometimes out of their comfort zone!
Outside of Greybridge, I can usually be found at my local gym in a vain attempt to keep fit, running around after my children or carting softplay equipment around. I love going on short and longer breaks, meeting up with friends and eating & drinking (a lot!).
For the first ten years of my recruitment career, I worked within the global higher education sector, focusing on PhD recruitment through to the search and selection of CEO’s. I believe that my success within the sector has come from building relationships and gaining the understanding that every candidate I work with is an individual, no two has the same values or motivations.
I am the Greybridge Office Pug and I joined the team at about the same time as Loz, the Head of Operations (she sounds more important than she is!). When I’m not here, I take care of Loz at home.
I’m a cross between a Pug and Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, which means I’m super friendly, affectionate and well, pretty greedy!
At Greybridge, my specialist area is creating interesting smells and begging for food scraps when anyone is eating. I must admit, I do also like barking at other dogs, but only when I’m safe on the first floor where they can’t get to me. The most rewarding part of my job is stealing bits of food off my co-workers desk and taking my somewhat lazy colleagues out for a walk in nearby Jephson Gardens.
My colleagues tell me I’m a natural at greeting visitors with my welcome grin and wagging tail, always there to put a smile on everyone’s face, no matter how their day is going.
I’m definitely one of the team!