From leadership to scale, delivering talent where it matters most.

Previously, Simon led Korn Ferry's international defence and national security business across the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Australia, advising senior government, industry and innovation-sector clients. He helped investors realise value and portfolio companies scale in defence, following 17 years in global investment-banking executive search.

Simon served in the British Army with the Queen's Royal Lancers and supports several pro bono military initiatives. He mentors senior officers and security-services leaders transitioning from service and chairs the Royal Armoured Corps Alumni. Simon is a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and an ICF-accredited Executive and Leadership Coach.

Mike began as a technical recruitment consultant with Matchmaker Personnel before joining Advanced Resource Managers (ARM) in 2000, where he helped establish its engineering recruitment business and progressed to Operations Director and Group Managing Director.

After 20 years building ARM and The Serocor Group, Mike exited through an MBO and now advises boards and leadership teams on strategy, growth and operational governance. As CEO of Serocor, he grew the Group from inception to more than 200 staff, with peak turnover of £120m and offices in the UK, Germany and the US.

His recent portfolio includes Chairman of Caspian One, an IT professional services company focused on financial technology; Chairman of Data X and Highfield, data-centre and critical-infrastructure recruitment businesses; and adviser to a national security and defence technology firm operating in mission-critical markets.

Previously, Tom founded Digby Edwards, a boutique research and talent intelligence firm serving clients across the UK and Europe. He was Head of Research at New Street Consulting Group and Head of Talent Insights at Veredus (Capita plc). Before that, he led Market & Competitive Intelligence at Alexander Mann Solutions. Earlier in his career he held senior research and operations roles at Alexander Mann Solutions, Norman Broadbent, CTPartners and Sheffield Haworth. In all, he has spent nearly three decades in executive search.

Tom served in the British Army as an Infantry Officer, reaching the rank of Captain, with operational tours as a platoon commander in West Belfast and Bosnia. He is a Member of the Advisory Panel for the 1970 British Cohort Study, a longitudinal study managed by University College London (UCL). Tom is a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

Kwabena is also Director and Co-Founder of Third Nexus Group, a specialist consultancy advising clients across the scientific, technology, engineering and professional services sectors on recruitment, retention, growth and career development. Previously, he was Head of Client Delivery at Advanced Resource Managers (ARM). Before that he spent almost nine years with STR Group, progressing through senior roles in its health, life sciences and IT businesses to become Service Delivery Director, leading the Group Services division responsible for some of the group's largest RPO and MSP accounts across IT and professional services, engineering and manufacturing, pharmaceutical and building services. Earlier in his career he held leadership roles at RIG Social Care, Tribe Solutions and DP Connect, having begun his career in IT recruitment in 1995.

Across three decades in recruitment, Kwabena has worked extensively with senior stakeholders at a strategic level in both the private and public sectors, with a proven record of delivering challenging financial targets, creating innovative delivery models to meet client demands, and building and motivating high-performing teams. He is a graduate of Lancaster University, where he read Social Ethics and Business Studies.