New hires and senior promotions at Livingston James, Rutherford Cross
A Scotland-based recruitment specialist that entered employee ownership last year has announced a series of senior promotions and new appointments.
The appointments follow a strong end to 2023 for Scottish-headquartered executive search firm Livingston James, which alongside sister company Rutherford Cross, a specialist in senior finance recruitment, became owned by its employees in January last year.
The new hires take headcount up to 26 across the group, with plans to add more positions later in the year, the company said.
Standouts among the senior promotions include Mark Lewis, managing director at Rutherford Cross, who takes on group COO responsibilities. Sophie Randles, director at Livingston James, also steps up into a group commercial director role, in addition to her focus on private equity, renewables and professional services.
Director Ali Shaw steps up to overall group profit & loss responsibility and team leadership roles at Livingston James; Francesca Christophersen takes on head of operations duties for the group; and Rachel Sim and Harry Thomson have moved into new roles focusing on key technology appointments and research support respectively.
At Rutherford Cross, director Hazel Wynn adds professional services and specialist finance to her portfolio, now leading all of the permanent recruitment teams in Rutherford Cross across Scotland; Will Dodds is promoted to manager and takes on leadership of the Rutherford Cross team in Edinburgh and the East of Scotland; Jonny Donnelly is promoted to manager and takes on leadership of the Rutherford Cross team in Glasgow and the West; and Harry Young is promoted to manager and tasked with developing business in new territories in Scotland.
New hires include Fraser Burnett, Euan Bodie, Ally Deas, Claudia Prat and Noortje Teeuwen to Rutherford Cross, and Rachael Birkett and Fern Robertson to group support across their Edinburgh and Glasgow offices.
Livingston James expects further growth in the private equity, technology and family business sectors in 2024, while continued high demand for accountancy and senior finance professionals is driving further success at Rutherford Cross.
Under Livingston James Group’s employee ownership model, the firm offers a profit share scheme – over and above regular salaries and bonuses – which is shared equally among colleagues provided they have worked for the company for longer than a year.
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