Jim Bloomfield, Director

Jim has 15 years’ experience in supporting clients to identify and develop their top talent, in particular for salespeople and leaders. He has worked on projects for both UK-based SMEs and globally across Europe, Middle East, North America and Australasia for blue-chip clients including HSBC, KPMG, Legal & General, British Airways & Toyota.

Jim is an Associate Member of the Association of Business Psychologists (ABP) and is registered as a Test User: Occupational Ability & Personality with the British Psychological Society (BPS).

Sarah Clapperton, Director

Sarah is a Chartered Business Psychologist with 20 years’ experience working in recruitment, selection and people development. She specialises in the in-depth assessment and development of leaders and strategic salespeople. Sarah has worked with clients including RBS, Vodafone, Diageo, E.ON, Lloyds TSB and National Australia Group, Capita and Global.

Sarah is registered as a Test User (Ability & Personality) with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and accredited to use a range of robust personality tools. She is a Chartered member of the BPS and is registered with the Health & Care Professions Council.

Graham Hutt, Associate Consultant

In his early career Graham worked as a Change Management consultant for a large financial services company before moving into HR consulting. With over 20 years of experience of delivering projects across the UK, Europe and the Middle East. he has worked for a very broad range of clients, including HSBC, AXA, Prudential, Nat West, AMP, BT, RWE Npower and Airbus.

Graham is registered as a Test User (Ability & Personality) with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and accredited to use a range of tools such as OPQ32, Wave, NEO PI-R, Hogan Development Survey (HDS), Talent Q Dimensions, EQi and various 360 tools.

Claire Parkin, Associate Consultant

Claire is a Chartered Psychologist with 20 years’ experience. She has specialised throughout her career in applying in-depth assessment methodologies to recruitment and development settings. Claire has worked with clients across all sectors, including Nielsen, Eversheds Sutherland, Qinetiq, Asda, Weil, AMEC and Merrill Lynch and is experienced in supporting sales recruitment and development at both a senior and junior level.

Claire is a Chartered member of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and is registered with the Health & Care Professions Council. She is registered as a Test User (Ability and Personality) and accredited in a wide range of personality and strength-based psychometric tools.

John McFarland, Associate Consultant

John has over 20 years’ experience in designing and delivering selection/development centres and training courses. His work has taken him across Europe, US, Far East and Middle East, helping clients such as the UN, AstraZeneca, Coca-Cola, AkzoNobel and Equinor. John has also supported organisations, such as Lloyd’s of London, in developing a more inclusive approach towards recruitment.

John is is registered as a Test User (Occupational Ability & Personality) with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and he is a member of the core training team for SHL in the delivery of BPS accreditation courses for Levels 1 and 2.

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