Gary Byrne

We have worked with Executive Connections in senior executive recruitment. Most recently we were seeking to recruit a Senior Risk and Regulatory Specialist as part of expansion. We were looking for a candidate with a wide range of skills but with high level experience. We worked closely with Executive Connections to identify the profile and shape the ideal recruitment process. They carried out an in-depth search process and managed an interview process that resulted in us attracting and eventually recruiting an exceptional candidate. The attention to detail and client servicing was second to none and I have no hesitation in recommending Executive Connections.

​Our business is a world-leading consumer healthcare company where we drive and develop our business through people. We pride ourselves on recruiting and retaining the best talent in the markets in which we operate. In the past 1.5 years, we have restructured our business and sought to recruit a new leadership team as well as key functional staff. Within this time, we have used Executive Connections for all of our sourcing. We found them to be prompt and efficient in all of our engagements.  Above all, they understood our business, what our requirements are and the scope and culture fit of the individuals we are looking for. I look forward to continued partnership with Executive Connections in the Future.

​As a business we have been working with Executive Connections for over 2 years and in that time Laura and the team have supported and informed key structural changes we have made within our commercial teams, and more specifically our marketing team. Unlike other agencies we have worked with, Executive Connections brought an approach to their recruitment process that nailed the recruitment brief in terms of understanding and responding to the key needs of the business from a culture, capability and team point of view. I have always felt we have received a very tailored and bespoke service and the results speak for themselves. We have nurtured a strong talented marketing team that has supported recent strategic and commercial growth.

​I have engaged with Executive Connections for a significant number of roles within Northern Trust over the years.  As far as customer service and attention to detail go as an organisation, they go over and above.   Hilarie and her team are wholly committed to building “real” relationships where honesty, transparency and a deep sense of trust are always evident.  Their team are highly competent at resourcing and have unearthed candidates that no other firm could find.  They have an innate ability to influence a candidate to consider a change of employment and drive the full 360 service professionally keeping me and the team in the loop throughout the process.  They are energetic and professional and still have a great sense of passion in what they do.  They are supportive of me and the team and without doubt have the business best interest at heart.