Richard Holland Recruitment

Profile: Richard Holland

Education and Qualifications

Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (MCIPD)

2007 - Certificate in Counselling Skills
1993 - Post-graduate Diploma in Personnel Management
1985 - BA (Hons) Business Studies

Offices:

Trustee, The Macular Disease Society.
Sit on Governance, Finance and Fundraising Committees.

Experience

October 2007 to date
Richard Holland Recruitment

Working from Edinburgh and London, Richard Holland assists clients in the voluntary and commercial sectors with the recruitment of senior managers. Appointments include:

Chief Executive
Finance Director
Human Resources Director
Fundraising Director
Operations Director

Richard also acts as a business mentor, working with senior managers on their personal development.

January 2004 to October 2007
Senior Consultant, CF Appointments

CF Appointments is a leading recruitment consultancy working with not-for-profit clients in the voluntary, government, health, education and social enterprise sectors.

Richard managed assignments at Chief Executive and senior management team level and also assisted in the appointment of Trustees and Chairs. His clients included regional, national and international organisations such as:

Advance Housing and Support
Camden Arts Centre
Cass Business School
Citizens Advice
The Children’s Trust
East Sussex Disability Association
European Women’s Lobby
MND Association
MS Society
New Bridge
Over the Wall
Penrose Housing Association
Pfeg
St John Ambulance
Shelter
Sue Ryder Care
UCL Hospital Charitable Foundation
Whitehall and Industry Group
World Association of Girl Scouts and Girl Guides

May 1999 to Dec 2003
Associate Consultant, Beament Leslie Thomas

Beament Leslie Thomas is a well established recruitment consultancy with several teams working with commercial and voluntary sector organisations.

Richard worked with a small number of clients in the voluntary sector, such as RNID, Diabetes UK and The Prince’s Trust. His main area of expertise at this time was recruiting for clients in the management consultancy sector, such as Bain, McKinsey, KPMG, PwC, Accenture, and several eBusiness consultancies which were booming at the time but which are no longer active.

September 1989 to April 1999
Director of Resourcing, Arthur Andersen Business Consulting
Head of Division, Executive Search and Selection

Arthur Andersen Business Consulting was the management consultancy arm of Arthur Andersen, an international firm of chartered accountants. AABC existed alongside Andersen Consulting (Accenture) for several years, and employed approximately 1,000 people in the UK.

Richard reported to the Chief Executive of AABC UK, and managed a team of five, responsible for all matters relating to the recruitment of experienced staff from consultant to partner level.

Richard also had a fee generation role, working with a wide range of clients assisting with the recruitment of Finance Directors and other senior staff.

Prior to 1989

After university, Richard worked for two recruitment consultancies specialising in financial and IT recruitment.

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