The Alexander Lloyd Team

The Alexander Lloyd Team

The business is led by our Board of Directors

Mike has been within the recruitment industry since 1995,  joining Alexander Lloyd in 2000. His background is within the Insurance & Financial services recruitment arena. He was the architect of our highly successful Pensions & Benefits and Compliance divisions and is now passionately involved in the training of our people. Mike is an avid promoter on the issues of training and conduct of recruiters within the UK.

Karen Cole - Commercial Director

Karen is a co-founding Director of Alexander Lloyd, playing a crucial role in the launch and growth of the business since its inception in 1999. Karen's fundamental background is from Accountancy Recruitment, where she was instrumental in developing teams in new markets across South London/ Surrey, and providing solutions to clients with problematic recruitment issues. Currently, Karen directs several of the Divisional brands and is responsible for controlling Marketing and Quality Control.

Operations Director Neil Quarendon jointly founded the company in 1999, and has responsibility for driving the strategic direction of the company, with specific responsibility for financial management and overall direction of the Human Resources and Compliance brands. Neil has been involved in the recruitment industry for over 20 years and is a Member of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (MREC) and has extensive international experience in sales, and operations in the recruitment industry since 1989. Prior to joining Alexander Lloyd, he held sales and management positions with David Chorley Associates, Robert Half International and Reed PLC.

John Richardson joined Alexander Lloyd in 2003. As a Senior Manager within the organisation he currently leads the Accountancy division. He personally maintains a client database recruiting senior Finance Professionals on a permanent basis within the Accountancy & Finance sector. He specialises with the recruitment of qualified level Finance Professionals for both blue chip and SME clients, John prides himself on both candidate and client satisfaction, resulting in numerous levels of repeat business and recommendations.

Simon Geere joined Alexander Lloyd in 2003, after spending 10 years working in Human Resources within the Financial Services, Leisure and Retail sectors.  Simon has previously performed both Learning & Development and In-house Recruitment roles, before working his way up to Senior Manager at Alexander Lloyd, where he now manages the Human Resources Permanent and Interim Divisions, and the Compliance Division.  In addition to his management responsibilities, Simon is personally responsible for placing senior level HR professionals across the South East in a variety of industry sectors. Simon is Licentiate CIPD qualified.

Nick Falkner has over 14 years of experience within specialist recruitment, with his professional skills being developed mainly in the HR, Accountancy and Compliance sectors within both the permanent and temporary markets. Nick joined Alexander Lloyd in April 2000, and has a strong track record of successfully developing New Business Areas.  Initially, he was responsible for establishing the Accountancy Temporary/Interim Division. In 2005, he was heavily involved in the new business start-up of the Compliance Division and then latterly the Interim Compliance division. Nick's latest project is running the HR Operations division, recruiting HR Administrators, HR Officers and other operational HR roles.

Dan Jones joined Alexander Lloyd in March 2004 and is currently managing both the Accountancy Interim & Contract Division and the Finance Operations Division. The Interim and Contract division specialises in providing mid to Board level interim solutions across a wide variety of finance positions, ranging from core accounting to specialist contractors covering regulatory changes and system implementations. The Finance Operations Division specialises in providing the placement of placement of both permanent and interim operational staff, ranging from Clerical to Part Qualified / Finalists.

Richard Latham - Head of Pensions & Benefits

Richard joined Alexander Lloyd in early 2011 in order  to head up our successful Pensions and Benefits division, which specialises in the placement of pensions professionals across the South East.  Richard comes to us with over 10 years experience of recruiting, having previously been responsible for the South East region at one of the leading national recruitment agencies, and is committed to providing efficient and effective service to both our candidates and clients.

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