Comments From Our Executive Clients

During my period as Secretary General of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), I worked with the Executive Division of Harris Hill, who were commissioned to assist us recruit my replacement.

Although ECRE is a Brussels based network organisation, Harris Hill cast a Europe wide net, and provided us with a list of excellent candidates, from the UK and further afield. Following the interview process, we were delighted to be in a position to offer the post to one of those candidates that Harris Hill had identified through their search and pre-interview procedures.

I would wholeheartedly recommend Harris Hill, for the research and preparation they put into their recruitment process, the flexibility of their approach with regards to our organisation's budget, and their overall professionalism as a leading recruitment agency in their field.

YHA used Harris Hill to recruit a Sales & Marketing Director. We wanted to find an individual with a strong commercial background and who could also understand our charity. Harris Hill won a tender process against large and specialist recruitment agencies in the sales and marketing area. They won it because of the amount of background research and their passion and commitment which they retained throughout the whole assignment. We had a very strong field through search and advertising and recruited an outstanding candidate. I would certainly use them again if all their consultants are as good as Sara Livesey.

Harris Hill recently supported me in a search for a CEO for a small Charity organisation, but one that has a big voice and a high profile advocacy mission. We set the bar high, and I was demanding of Harris Hill and Ali Kurn, their leader on this assignment. I am delighted to say that Ali and the team provided an excellent service, a successful outcome and genuine value for money.

What stood out for me was the time that Ali took to understand the brief, the empathy for our organisation and its challenge, the energy and rigour of the search, and the very methodical approach to sifting out the most suitable candidates from the search. Ali and the team at Harris Hill removed the stress, replacing it with a calm professionalism and a personal approach, and supported the delivery of a successful outcome. Thank you.

Malaria No More UK has ambitious goals, and the successful appointment of a Director of Communications is a key element in our strategic development. We were delighted with the informed advice and support that Harris Hill Executive Search provided during the assignment. They kept us informed throughout the process and we went on to recruit an excellent Director of Communications.

The Migraine Trust appointed Harris Hill to help us recruit a new Head of Fundraising and Communications. I am really grateful to Sara Livesey who oversaw a really smooth process. She understood exactly what we wanted and why it was important for candidates to understand the difficulties in raising money for the migraine cause.

Sara spent time with the Chairman and me, and also key members of staff which paid off dividends. The searches produced a good long and then short list and we were impressed by the quality of candidates at the interview stage.

I am pleased that we have appointed someone who has the skills and enthusiasm to help us achieve our future fundraising goals.

Many thanks to Sara and the team at Harris Hill. Sara made a potentially stressful situation more enjoyable than I thought possible, so thank you to Harris Hill. I recommend their service wholeheartedly.

I found Harris Hill a pleasure to work with and they ensured a smooth and professional process from start to finish in respect of our subsidiary's Chief Operating Officer appointment. They delivered a good selection of suitable candidates and supported us throughout the selection process. The process has resulted in the appointment of an excellent candidate within the timeframes we requested. I would have no hesitation in working with Harris Hill again.

On behalf of the board of trustees, I would like to thank Sandra at Harris Hill for her excellent leadership in undertaking the recruitment of both interim and full-time Chief Executive Officers for the charity.

I am certain that we have secured an outstanding individual for the charity, in the confidence that we have undertaken a thorough and rigorous search of a wide range of high-quality candidates. Tim and I were particularly impressed by Sandra’s insightful interview notes and quality of judgement, which were exercised on our behalf in developing a short-list. Excellent support was also provided to us in facilitating the final interviews, and leading the panel discussions to a satisfactory conclusion.

I have no hesitation in recommending to the Trustees that Harris Hill be retained for future Senior Level recruitment assignments, or in recommending Harris Hill to other charities.

I want to thank Harris Hill for the very considerable help we all received from your Executive Search. The process was exemplary; a large pile of applications, adeptly whittled down, with a successful appointment at the end. The process was both rigorous and transparent; which was very important given the circumstances.

I'm really grateful to Ali, who was always attentive and extremely efficient. There were a number of key senior fundraisers who were greatly impressed by the quality of Harris Hill’s service, which I'm very pleased about. We couldn't have done it better, so I do thank you.

Please pass my thanks to the whole team at Harris Hill and say a huge 'well done' - it was a real pleasure working with you all.