In terms of scale, focus and sophistication, there is no other investment business to rival Recruitment Entrepreneur.
Recruitment Entrepreneur is one of the most successful private equity investors in start-up and scaling recruitment businesses. Since 2014, we've invested in more than 32 talented founders, enabling them to launch and scale successfully. Our results lie in our ability to provide not just knowledge, but also know-how.
We have fostered a community of businesses that benefit from the expertise of our dedicated team who provide; funding, financial expertise, operational strategy, back-office support, legal advice, marketing, and talent attraction solutions, all of which enable our partner businesses to flourish.
The vision for the business is to work with partners who want to grow a business to scale and create personal wealth.
We invest time, money, and experience in people with the potential to become great leaders. We partner with and empower budding entrepreneurs to build world-class recruitment businesses, capable of achieving a high equity value on exit.
We emphasise continual learning and development; supported by CASS Business School and accredited recruitment experts, every member of our portfolio receives professional training to help unlock their full potential.
In terms of scale, focus, and sophistication, there is no other investment business to rival Recruitment Entrepreneur.
We strive to be the leading investor in recruitment start-ups globally. Our ambition to succeed attracts entrepreneurial individuals with a desire to build market-leading businesses. While each of our portfolio partners vary hugely from sector to location to team culture, they all have one thing in common: relentless ambition.
As a rapidly expanding portfolio of businesses, we prioritise training, mentoring and professional development. Whether supporting a consultant's journey to directorship, enabling our founders to build a new desk, or expanding the portfolio internationally, growth is at the core of everything we do.
Our exclusive focus on the recruitment sector, underpinned by a highly experienced management team, is fundamental to our unparalleled market offering. Our industry tenure means we understand the challenges that growing start-ups encounter. We think strategically and work proactively to stay ahead; we aren't afraid to take risks and do things differently.
We invest in people; whether it's a new partnership or a new member of our team, it's important we work well together. As a portfolio, our value is more than the sum of our parts. Our funding, expertise and strategy eliminate the risk of going it alone. We foster a genuine support network, whereby our portfolio partners benefit from a like-minded community.
We value direct and honest communication. We work alongside the portfolio founders in a true partnership, ready to offer our advice and guidance as and when it's required. We lead every interaction with respect and integrity.
We respect each other and proudly celebrate our diversity and different company cultures. Our dedication to supporting the environment and charitable organisations is central to our CSR policy. We have a commitment to integrity, fairness, and responsibility, which is demonstrated in everything we do.
Having founded Recruitment Entrepreneur in 2014, former Dragons' Den star and serial entrepreneur James Caan CBE plays a pivotal role in shaping each business within our portfolio.
James has been in recruitment for over 30 years and invests in recruitment companies of all sizes across various geographies and sectors.
Alexander Mann, his first recruitment business, sold in 2013 for £260 million. His second recruitment venture, Humana International, grew to 140 offices across 30 countries.
As chairman, James takes an active role in the investment process, working closely with the Recruitment Entrepreneur team to support you and your company. His hands-on approach enables entrepreneurs to learn from his considerable experience in founding and scaling recruitment businesses.
With 3 million followers, James was named LinkedIn’s second most influential voice of 2017. His global network, both online and offline, has assisted our current CEOs in attracting the best talent, clients and candidates to their businesses.
Chairman
Chairman
Founding Recruitment Entrepreneur in 2013, former Dragons’ Den star and serial entrepreneur, James Caan CBE plays a pivotal role in shaping each business within the portfolio.
James has been in recruitment for over 30 years and invests in recruitment companies of all sizes across various geographies and sectors. Alexander Mann, his first recruitment business, sold in 2013 for £260 million. His second recruitment venture, Humana International, grew to 140 offices across 30 countries. His third sale was a collection of six recruitment companies to Graphite Capital in 2014 for £100m.
As Chairman, James takes an active role in the investment process, working closely with the Recruitment Entrepreneur team to support the portfolio partners. His hands-on approach and mentoring enable entrepreneurs to learn from his considerable experience in founding and scaling recruitment businesses.
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer
Abid trained as a lawyer working in corporate finance before entering recruitment 25 years ago. He has worked in over 35 countries in various CEO roles and was investor and director of a UK FTSE250 company, as well as a Non-Executive Director for multiple recruitment companies.
He founded ARBP, which trained recruiters in 22 countries and has a wealth of experience in building and managing teams.
Abid oversees all group activity at board level and works closely with each of the portfolio partners to assist them in achieving their long-term growth plans.
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Angus leads the finance team and assists with the investment cycle, conducting due diligence and project managing live origination deals. His involvement in the strategy and planning for the existing portfolio businesses serves to drive value creation.
Angus has a wealth of managerial and board-level experience and has recently completed an MBA at Cass Business School.
Angus oversees all financial operations across the group. His team manages and maintains cash flow, accounts, and payroll, and produces all budget plans and financial forecasting for businesses within the group.
Chief Operational Officer
Chief Operational Officer
Greg is Recruitment Entrepreneur’s COO, based in our Manchester hub.
With over 22 years’ business development and management experience, Greg develops our operational strategy and supports the portfolio partners with increasing sales performance and attracting the right talent to join them in the portfolio.
Greg assists the portfolio partners with setting their sales and business development strategy and ensuring the latest tools and infrastructure are successfully adopted and implemented across the group.
Operations Director
Operations Director
Daisy has been involved in the launch and growth of Recruitment Entrepreneur since inception and now oversees and manages all operational activity within the RE portfolio.
She implements best practice business guidelines and strategies and works closely with partners and other department heads to ensure everything runs smoothly and efficiently, allowing the portfolio companies to focus on running their businesses.
Daisy oversees all HR, office, and IT systems and services, including the CRM across the group. She is also our GDPR ambassador and manages all compliance and regulatory-related activities.
Group Marketing & Communications Director
Group Marketing & Communications Director
With over 22 years' of delivering marketing, communications, websites, PR, events and campaigns for global brands across multiple industry sectors, Sam brings a wealth of knowledge and experience.
Having spent the past 14 years specialising in recruitment, she sets the strategy for all externally-facing marketing activity for the Recruitment Entrepreneur portfolio and partner brands.
Sam oversees all the marketing activity across the group and ensures branding is consistent, websites are live, campaigns are running successfully, and advertising activity delivers ROI, as well as managing all external communications, PR, and events.
Having a large portfolio of different partner businesses makes Recruitment Entrepreneur a constantly evolving and exciting place to work. It also means we promote a diverse and collaborative culture of recruitment industry professionals and leaders, that all learn from each other.
Not only do our portfolio partners have their regular team and company events, and incentives, they also get to take part in the wider group activities and events. These can be anything from team-building days out with ex-military personnel, to quarterly group drinks, summer and Christmas parties, and an annual Excellence Awards ceremony to recognise and reward exceptional performance.
Find out more about our portfolio's culture, community involvement, and commitment to diversity and inclusion.
One of the key benefits of working within an entrepreneurial environment surrounded by rapidly scaling recruitment businesses is the ongoing opportunity for career development and progression. As a group, we invest time, budget, and significant resources into training all employees across the portfolio, as well as ensuring they have access to the latest platforms and the right tools to operate effectively and efficiently.
This constant innovation and evolution of infrastructure and training, allows everyone to upskill and further advance their career aspirations. The scale of growth within the group supports new roles being created all the time, as individuals are helped along their career journey.
As a group, we support many charitable organisations, both locally and globally. We ensure all the businesses within the portfolio are able to raise money, donate, and volunteer as their company and respective teams choose. We're also signed up to the Armed Forces Covenant, which ensures all military personnel are treated fairly when looking for professional positions.
Most recently we've sponsored Help for Heroes and donated a percentage of profits to Black Lives Matter.
Everything we do is based on upskilling and evolving our people's abilities. The key areas of our coaching and mentoring include: understanding company law and corporate governance; preparing detailed business and financial plans; and leadership development training. We upskill our people and entrepreneurs to understand how to deal with business growth challenges and understand their cost base as the business develops.
To ensure we provide the best development support for everyone, we run intensive future leaders courses, as well as enrolling in Cass Business School and Recruitment Guide training. We also source freelance training providers to cater for consultants and our wider business requirements.
Watch the video to hear about how our CEO Forums facilitate further shared learning.
