I was introduced to Max and Oakwood through a contact within the business who’d known him for some time. From our first meeting I was impressed with Oakwood’s network and relationship based approach to the search they carried out for us. They clearly know they’re stuff and deliver on the details, whilst making the recruitment process enjoyable. I recommend them whole heartedly.
I have worked with Ollie and Oakwood for a number of years now and have always been impressed by the level of interactions and value add that they provide. It’s all too common when recruiting to find the process over complicated, but Oakwood repeatedly deliver across multiple disciplines which makes them my first call every time.
Our VC investors put me in touch with Oakwood when we were looking for someone to head up our Operations team. Oakwood operated swiftly to deliver on our search. Their process management was exceptional and I found them to be very well plugged in to the startup/scaleup world, not just in the UK, but internationally.
We’ve only been working with Oakwood for 6 months, but they have been integral to our rapid growth over that time. Hiring into our Senior Leadership team and across Marketing, Sales, Growth and CRM. The quality of candidates they’ve introduced to us has been exceptional, so much so that we now work exclusively with Oakwood. Needless to say, I highly recommend them.
I have worked closely with Ollie and Oakwood for 2 years. He has got to know our business intimately and as a result we have been able to use him to recruit across all business areas and levels of seniority. Ollie understands what we are looking for in terms of technical capabilities and experience but, more importantly, he understands what type of person will do well in a smaller, fast-changing and challenging environment. Ollie is of course professional to work with but we have also had some fun along the way.
Oakwood is a small organisation committed to staying that way. Working closely with a select group of contacts, we’re dedicated, flexible and creative. As a trusted strategic partner we help to grow and develop companies, delivering the kind of bespoke service that bigger outfits don’t. We practice our small-scale big difference approach in two areas: Financial Services and TMT, from start ups to publicly listed names. Naturally we work on permanent and interim appointments and across all relevant disciplines.
Size matters. Just not in the way you might expect.
Think of Oakwood as a perceptive strategic partner. We won’t bombard you with generic growth plans, we’ll pinpoint exactly how you want to grow and then work really hard to make sure it happens that way. This might mean gaining P&L responsibility, leading a team, getting a certain number of new employees, perfecting a department or hitting key targets… it’s about growth on your terms.
