Meet The Team

My career began with the UK Ministry of Defence where I spent ten years, including a stint in The Rt. Hon. Alan Clarke MP’s Private Office, before joining the prestigious Civil Service Fast stream (which has a 2% pass rate) as the first internal appointee in a decade and despite not being a graduate.

I then moved into recruitment and joined Hamish Fulton and Associates, initially as a researcher and then as a consultant, working on a wide range of mainly equity focused UK and Japanese / Asian roles, from where I moved to Tokyo and helped establish Spencer Associates.

Eighteen months later the Asia Money magazine poll of head-hunters ranked Spencer Associates 5th overall in Japan, ahead of many of their much larger and better established rivals.

In 2004 I was headhunted to Hays Plc the UK’s largest dedicated HR Services and Recruitment provider and helped set up Hays Executive, a newly established Executive Search arm focused on global financial markets.

Finally, I joined NMG as Head of the Tokyo office in October 2005 and transferred to be the London based Managing Partner in 2007, growing the business from three offices to seven (New York, Boston, London, Zug, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore) and fifty Consultants.

Together with Richard Hoskin I founded Elbrus Partners in January 2013.

I am a Liveryman and was granted the Freedom of the City of London in 2012.

Together with Mark Jukes I co-founded Elbrus Partners in January 2013. Prior to this I was Head of Equities at Mizuho Securities in Europe from 2006 as MD and Member of the Executive, Risk and IT Steering Committees and also ran the Fixed Income Sales and Trading business for a period as Mizuho re-focused their business on customer rather than proprietary activities.

In 2003 I moved to Sydney to work as an advisor to the Susquehanna Investment Group and was then part of an amicable team move to Evolution Capital Management to launch an Asian Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund, with assets growing to over $1billion in about a year.

My City career began in 1980 as a settlements clerk before moving to trading at Wako. In 1986 I joined BZW and was later appointed as their Tokyo based Joint Head of Japanese Equities.

In 1993 Nomura London headhunted me in to a sell-side role but quickly moved me across to run their proprietary Japanese Convertible Bond portfolio. I then spent seven years at ING Barings in London and Tokyo initially as Head of Japanese Equity and Derivative Trading, then Global Head of Convertible Bonds and finally Head of Japanese Equities.

I am a member of the Institute of Directors and passed both the Institute of Director’s Certificate and Diploma examinations with Distinctions.

Tim Richardson has been coaching and advising multinational corporates at board level for over 20 years.  Before this he was an officer in the British Army with a decade of operational experience overseas.  He founded the leadership consultancy Black Isle Group in 2001 and moved to a NED role in 2019 to focus on portfolio work and philanthropy.  He is a Trustee of the BIG Foundation, a charity he founded in 2017, which invests in community and environmental projects in Africa.

Widely regarded as an executive coach with a commercial leader’s perspective, Tim has worked at CEO/Board level for some of the world’s best known financial institutions.  As the CEO of Black Isle Group (BIG) he grew a start up business into one of the most respected brands in the city for leadership development and executive coaching.  He led the design and delivery of many international leadership initiatives, predominantly in the investment banking sector, for over 15 years.

Over the past 3 years Tim has been closely involved in technology business where he works alongside Founders and Board Members to help them accelerate growth.  Much of this work is around culture and purpose – but there is also a great deal of personal development for individual leaders.

A keen golfer, Bath rugby supporter and outdoor enthusiast, Tim is married with two daughters and lives in Horsham, West Sussex.

Stewart’s Investment Banking career began in the mid 1980’s and spanned over three decades; holding senior roles, notably in Equity trading and execution and additionally having international tenures, running global teams. Stewart has extensive knowledge and experience in all aspects of investment banking operations and functions. Latterly, Stewart has gained exposure to the Digital Asset sector and is a volunteer at Hospital Radio Chelmsford.

Emma’s expertise in global risk management spans over 25 years. She is currently the Global Leader of the CRO Networking Group (Professional Risk Managers International Association, www.prmia.org) and a Steering Committee Member. Formerly Co Regional Director(Co Chair) of the London Chapter, Emma was also a founding member of the Women in Risk Group. She has spoken on the BBC, Bloomberg TV, Risk Magazine – Risk Week, PRMIA and at a variety of Universities.

I grew up in Rochester where I went to Grammar School and was later part of a family business.

My first “proper” job was as a cashier at NatWest Bank.  I then worked in pharmaceutical sales for three years, which I loved. This was the start of my sales career and I worked in a range of industries before selling everything I owned to go backpacking around the world with my best friend.  Upon my return I decided I should settle down and joined a recruitment agency in London who offered me a position as a Temps consultant.  I loved every second and had a great time building the temp desk to record breaking figures.

After gaining my experience in both High Street and specialist agencies I was offered the opportunity to become a part of Elbrus Partners and set up my own division, Elbrus Partners Office Management.

We have since gone from strength to strength and I really believe that we are different to our competitors and a refreshing change from the ‘norm’ which is why we have such strong relationships with both our clients and candidates.

I joined Elbrus in October 2019 and bought with me 12 years’ experience as an authentic Office & Professional Recruiter in London and Kent.

WHY ME?  I add value and deliver stress free recruitment services to my clients, some of whom I have been supporting for over 10 years.

I have PASSION for – presenting previously unconsidered talent, supporting diversity, equality and inclusion and ensuring every candidate gets a unique, professional and memorable experience.

KEY SKILLS:  Excellent client and candidate engagement and an enviable business network that supports everyone involved in the process.

Specialisms lie in: – HR, Operations, Finance, EA/PA, Sales & Marketing across a variety of industry sectors including Logistics & Supply Chain, Accounting/Financial Services, Manufacturing.

Ellie grew up traveling the world in Japan and Australia and is managing our temporary recruitment service. Ellie has a background in customer service, client facing roles and is looking forward to growing the temp desk.

I joined Elbrus Partners Office Management in 2017 after a change in career paths from the fashion industry to recruitment.

I’d like to think I bring a professional eye for detail, well rounded knowledge, great interaction with candidates and am able to build a healthy and warm rapport with clients.