Michael Williams

Bank ABC

Head of Talent 

BNY Mellon

EMEA Chief Administrative Officer, Technology Services Chief of Staff, Senior Vice President

EMEA Technology Workforce Transformation Lead, Chief of Staff - Poland & CEE, Associate Director

Recruitment Team Leader, Associate Director

HSBC

Senior Recruiter, UK&CI and Zurich

Various Specialist Recruitment Firms

Senior Recruiter (UK & Europe)

Talent Acquisition Lead ✦ RL100 Member ✦ Views are my own

A results-driven HR and Talent Acquisition professional with International experience. I specialise in aligning people strategies with business goals to fuel growth and performance. With extensive experience in global banking, financial services, and technology, I have a deep understanding of the complexities of talent management, workforce planning, and regulatory compliance within the financial sector.

✔ End-to-End Recruitment Expertise: Successfully hired top talent across Front Office, Middle Office, and Corporate Functions within banking, managing searches at all levels up to Managing Director (MD).

✔ Talent Strategy & Workforce Planning

✔ HR Transformation & Change Management

✔ Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) 

✔ Leadership Coaching & Performance Management

✔ HR Analytics & Data-Driven Insights 

✔ Regulatory Compliance & Risk Management

I am passionate about building future-ready workforces, driving innovation in talent acquisition and HR strategy, and fostering environments where people and businesses thrive.

Head of Talent

Recruitment Lead responsible for all lines of business hiring from entry to Board level, covering Corporate Functions through to the FrontI office. 

2021 Achievements:
→ Recruitment Framework & Governance Implementation 
→ IR35 Lead (Successful HMRC Audit)
→ Reduced time to hire to 41 days

2022 Achievements:
→ ATS Implementation 
→ Talent Management Framework Design
→ Gender Diversity recruitment policy implementation 

2023 Achievements (YTD):
→ Direct recruitment model implementation 
→ Direct Recruitment (91% YTD)
→ Internal Mobility (63% increase YTD)
→ Branding

Key Placements:
→ European Chief Risk Officer, London
→ Chief Risk Officer, Paris
→ European Head of Internal Audit
→ UK MLRO / European Head of Financial Crime
→ European Chief Financial Officer
→ Head of Market Risk & Reporting
→ Head of Credit Risk
→ Head of Enterprise Risk Management 
→ Head of Operations 
→ Head of Business Management
→ European Head of Banking
→ European Head of IT
→ Head of Communications - Europe
→ European Head of Treasury & Financial Markets
→ Business Manager to the CEO, IB

SW5 Search

SW5 was born out of wanting simplicity and transparency in technology recruitment. SW5 never engage on a new search unless we are 100% certain we can help deliver the right candidate, which is why we offer 100% refunds on our search retainers.

Founder 

Jenrick Technology

At Jenrick, we really like to nail it in one. As fun as it is looking through dozens of CVs and interview notes, we find that our clients rather like it when we have the perfect person ready for them straight away.

We really listen to our clients, and we spend a lot of time getting to know our candidates. So when a client tells us that they need some extra IT expertise for their team, we usually tell them we know just the person. Maybe that’s why our 2015 survey saw 100% of responding clients say they would recommend us.

We work across the IT sector, from growing businesses looking for IT staff, to software and development agencies looking for the hottest talent across Europe. Trust Jenrick to be your IT recruitment partner today, and find a recruiter that speaks your language

Director - Jenrick Technology

Jenrick Embedded Talent

Due to the evolution of technology over the last decade, it’s never been easier for start-up companies to disrupt what were previously established / saturated markets. For start-ups and scale-up companies, there is now great competition to attract and retain the best tech talent in the market to ensure your company grows and flourish. Key challenges in recruitment can be not having any processes, taking too long to hire and losing out on talent, interview processes, time wasting and ultimately the cost of sourcing the best talent. That is where Jenrick Embedded Talent comes in…

There will always be a need for search and selection contingent agencies to uncover those hard to reach candidates, however for companies looking to scale quickly and at a reduced cost, we can help. We offer an embedded talent solution, where you will have a dedicated team join your company for an interim period and manage all hiring for a fixed cost. The improvements you will see are the speed of hiring, the management of the full end-to-end recruitment processes, hiring managers saving time not having to speak with recruitment agencies, sifting through irrelevant CV’s, interviewing the wrong unqualified candidates and ultimately overall cost saving.

Talent Delivery Director

Empiric

Highly proficient Manager with strong leadership skills. I have experience in liaising with CxO level and ensuring a collective approach to achieve desired results. Strong experience in building relationships with permanent candidates and Clients who often can be one in the same given seniority of individuals placed.

Empiric is a multi-award winning recruitment business and one of the fastest growing staffing agencies within the technology sector specialising in data, digital, cloud and security. Through our specialist sector experience and broad client network, we are in the perfect position to find job seekers their next contract or perm role. 

Empiric work in 5 key areas:

- Development
- Strategy & Architecture
- Cyber Security
- Data
- Change & Transformation

If you would like to find out how I can support you please LinkedIn message me or contact me on:
Tel: +44 (0) 203 747 5760 / 07999 649 609
Email: james.davey@empiric.com

Manager -Development & Architecture- Permanent Team

Computer People (Now Akkodis)

Main focus- Business Intelligence & Data, Consultancy, Senior Appointments, Enterprise Architecture,

I am Team Leader in London City Permanent recruitment team. We focus in specialist markets around IT recruitment. I have a specific focus within Business Intelligence & Data within the Consultancy and IT Services market but my team cover OpenSource & Digital technology, Financial Technology/ Payment industry, SaaS/ Salesforce, infrastructure & support.

Team Leader (Perm Desk)

Consegna UK LTD

Promoted to Principal Recruitment Consultant due to achieving over 150% of target since joining the company.

Principal Recruitment Consultant

Working for a high level IT executive search company based in South London.

Senior Consultant

Computer People

Worked at Computer People recruiting within the IT and telecommunications sector. Gave me a great taste of the UK recruitment market

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Hello, my name is James and I help businesses grow their Software & AI teams by simplifying processes. After 19 years of doing this I am starting to get pretty good at it 😉

Some info about me:

➡️Successfully worked with 100+ companies
➡️Worked with Start-Ups to Global Enterprises
➡️Placed over 500+ candidates
➡️Hired in over 25+ countries
➡️Led Recruitment Teams from 3-25 headcount on Global Recruitment assignments

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Simply by helping you find and secure the best Software & AI talent for your team. 

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