We’re in Your Corner, Whenever You Need Us

We understand the power and influence that recruitment has on the lives of individuals and businesses of all sizes. That’s why since 2013 we’ve dedicated ourselves to helping businesses succeed by placing exceptional permanent senior executives and senior interim managers into roles – fast.

We have significant combined experience in supporting exciting start-ups right through to major blue-chip organisations with their recruitment needs. We specialise in the Financial Services, Manufacturing and Industrial, Technology, Media & Telecoms, Retail & FMCG and Professional Services sectors.

Are you ready to talk about your hiring needs? Then get in touch!

Our View

We know that when you hire an executive recruiter you want two things:

  • A highly motivated and ambitious specialist who understands the world of recruitment
  • An experienced expert who understands the world of business

That’s why our team is headed by experienced executive recruiters who have had a corporate career. We fill 99% of vacancies that we are hired to find, with a shortlist for permanent roles in just 2-4 weeks or interim roles in 2-4 days.

We're Proud Members of the REC

We are proud to be a member of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC). This means that we’ve passed our Compliance Test and adhere to the Code of Professional Practice.

How We Work

We Have a Technology Led Approach to Recruitment



Project Management & Applicant Tracking System

We provide a branded online tool to allow clients to view candidate profiles, track their recruitment process and collaborate on positions. We simplify the process and reduce the operational costs involved in recruitment by using an ATS/PM tool. Watch our useful video here.


Video Screening

We virtually meet and interview our candidates to ensure we base our shortlist on more than just a CV. By using video interviews, we cut the time to hire by up to 50% and decrease the number of interviews by 60%.


Bespoke Video Interviews

We have bespoke video interviews, which means that our clients can set the questions and get the most relevant insight into the candidates technical, cultural and team fit. This reduces the interview to placement ratio by 66%.


Video to Attract Candidates

We use video to maximise our access to passive and hard to reach candidates and increase response rates by 200-300%. In a competitive market, this ensures we give our clients the greatest advantage in candidate attraction. Using video ensures that 95% of a delivered message is retained by the viewers.

Meet Our Team of Recruitment Specialists

Norrie Johnston, Chairman

During his corporate life Norrie was a sales and marketing problem solver. He worked with companies as wide ranging as Ricardo International Plc, SAC Technology, IBM, London Electricity, Tunstall Group, Jarvis Porter and HomeDirectory.com.

Norrie also knows what it’s like to be an entrepreneur, and raise finance having formed Executives Online in 2000. He built the business to cover both interim and permanent executive recruitment, and raised £250k of expansion capital to develop it further. It grew into a £multimillion business before Norrie oversaw an MBO by its management team.

Norrie is also currently a Non Executive Director for a VCT backed company in the renewable energy sector.

Get in touch with Norrie via email: Norrie.Johnston1@njr.uk.com

Rex Cridland, Managing Director

Rex has over 25 years of executive search experience gained working at the highest level for exciting recruitment start-ups through to global executive search businesses. In many, Rex was headhunted into the firms to launch and rapidly build major new businesses. Rex has also enjoyed considerable success as a ‘hands-on’ senior executive search specialist, managing teams and regional offices for Hudson Global Resources and Reed Plc. Prior to joining NJR, Rex was responsible for launching a highly innovative online recruitment business and also helped to launch an executive search business backed by a £1bn turnover recruitment Group.

Rex has a proven track record of successfully recruiting leadership roles for numerous exciting start-up’s/scale-up’s through to blue-chips such as Apple, Nestle, Diageo, Virgin Atlantic, American Express, RBS, G4S, Sega, GSK, IMI Plc, Network Rail, Royal Mail, Arcadia Group Plc, Legal & General and many more.

Get in touch with Rex via email: Rex.Cridland@njr.uk.com

Graham Oates, Director

Graham was a Managing Partner with KPMG Consulting and a member of the UK Board. During this period, he led the firm’s global technology business, launched the firm’s internet operation - Metrius Europe - oversaw the growth of the KPMG business in the Asia Pacific market and spearheaded joint ventures with HP, Microsoft, Vodafone and Cisco Systems.

Graham has also been Chair of the Insolvency Service, Executive Chair of Tribute a software business which processed £1.5 bn in rail ticket revenue and has provided strategic consulting and NED services to a range of public and private organisations.

Graham’s vast wealth of experience means our international and TMT and Professional Services clients can rely on an executive recruitment service developed by someone who completely understands the challenges they face and the standards of service they need.

Get in touch with Graham via email: Graham.Oates@njr.uk.com

Daryl Stickland, Director

Daryl is an experienced executive search professional who, over a recruitment career spanning more than 15 years and some of the industry’s leading brands, has been mandated to recruit to all core business functions and for an array of sectors (for example from Financial Services, IT & Technology, Pharma, Manufacturing, FMCG and Consumer, Not-for-Profit and even executives in professional Sport) on behalf of clients in the UK and internationally. Daryl’s earlier non-recruitment career included EMEA finance and commercial roles for global US & UK corporations.

Prior to joining NJR, Daryl was a Senior Partner and Board member of a global executive search business, a subsidiary of a c. £1bn turnover PE-backed Group. Daryl has an extensive international network and during his career to date has recruited for large global businesses as well as supported ambitious SMEs to achieve their strategic plans and growth objectives, including turnaround. His appointments have often played critical roles in significant shareholder value creation and subsequent exit success.

Daryl is an Ambassador for the Institute of Directors in the UK and leads NJR’s Non-Executive Director practice.

Get in touch with Daryl via email: Daryl.Stickland@njr.uk.com

Michelle Stanley, Head of Research

Michelle Stanley is a very experienced and effective researcher. She has over 10 years executive research experience using both traditional and advanced web-based search techniques, helping to place the best talent into organisations worldwide. She has extensive experience of working across a diverse range of sectors including aerospace & defence, finance, retail, manufacturing, marketing, and technology & media.

Get in touch with Michelle via: michelle.stanley@njr.uk.com

Alison Pilpel, Executive Researcher

Alison is an Internationally focused Executive Search Consultant / Executive Researcher and is highly experienced in sourcing senior and board-level Executives across a range of disciplines and sectors.

Get in touch with Alison via: alison.pilpel@njr.uk.com

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