Brookfield Recruitment

Paul Moreton - When Paul isn't playing golf or on holiday he is the MD of Brookfield Recruitment. He has worked, in senior management, for the largest service support companies. Paul's approach to recruitment comes from what he didn't like and what didn't work when he was recruiting for his teams; and doing it differently. This ethos sets us apart from other 'typical' recruiters (we don't like them either - they get us all a bad name!) Paul is extremely client focussed and ensures that all of Brookfield's clients receive the utmost loyalty, quality service and quality candidates - and does it with a smile on his face. Usually!

Ian Trendall - Back to recruitment for Ian after many years away. Field sales, management and then the chance to show what he could achieve as the 'boss' have been the interim projects. Initially in to help the technophobe incumbents and carry out some special projects, it was clear to all, Brookfield and recruitment was the perfect fit. Now Commercial Director and equal owner, responsible for operations recruitment and senior placements. Still talks a good game of football and cricket but now only a contributor on the lush green fairways of Braintree and the Costa del Golf - but work does sometimes get in the way of his tumbling handicap!

Amanda Walden - Amanda is the backbone of the company. In the director's absence she is Brookfield and fiercely loyal. Responsible for all systems, credit control, payrole and databases - without her the company grinds to a halt. Amanda has been with the company only just slightly less time than the directors - coming in as the company made the transition to formal, limited status. There's nothing in this company that Amanda doesn't know and she still enjoys - on top of all of her other duties - interviewing and placing candidates just as much as the consultants do! “It is after all why we are here” - when she says “jump” - we all do!

Colin McFaull - Colin joins us to head up the security division at Brookfield. With approaching 20 years experience in this particular field, he brings a wealth of knowledge and an unparalleled level of industry understanding to the recruitment sector. Working hard to keep up the Brookfield golfing tradition, he would argue that he doesn’t quite get the same number of opportunities to play as Paul and Ian, hence the higher handicap!!......

Jane Humphries - Jane spent an entire career in sales and field sales management within the business to business service industry, running her own company and years in the leisure industry before coming over to the dark side of recruitment. Based in the South West of the country, as a Regional Director, she is winning over major national companies with her professionalism.

Mark Smith - Mark heads up the Veterinary division of Brookfield Recruitment. During a 20 year career in the vet sector Mark has worked as a Sales person, Technical Manager, Product Manager and Marketing Manager (at national and European level) as well as being an independent consultant for both large and small veterinary and animal health companies. He is a past chairman and committee member of the Veterinary Marketing Association and has also served as a committee member for NOAH (National Office of Animal Health).

Nigel Buckley - Nigel is a surrogate Geordie. Heading up Brookfield North East based out of Durham he has worked in partnership with us for a couple of years now. Nigel has over 16 years Management and Senior Management experience in the car rental, sales and business to business service arena. “I believe I know what companies are looking for in staff when it comes to their recruitment needs. When you have been at the sharp end you know how important it is to get the correct candidates as quickly as possible.” I think it's so important to ensure you have fun in the work place but not forgetting there's a job to be done. His colleagues would say as daft as a brush, has bags of energy and enthusiasm but gets the job done.

Kathryn Van Wyk - Kathryn joined Brookfield in the position of Recruitment Sales Manager thanks to her considerable recruitment experience. Her forte is within finance, administration and sales although can pretty much turn her hand to anything. She adds a huge amount of structure and process to the company and acts as a mentor to us all. Oh, and it's pronounced "Fan Vayk"

Karen Blown - Karen has been in sales for over 10 years starting her career in media, selling to recruitment companies which is where she first met the guys at Brookfield all those years ago! She made the transition to a fully fledged recruitment consultant 4 years ago and quickly became one of the top performers. In her spare time you will find Karen catching up with her sister in her Hair Salon where she get a hands on education into the wonderful word of hair & beauty. Oh, and it's Blown like "Brown"

Kate Winchester - Kate joined us and has hitched a ride in the logistics and operations team. Very ‘sensible’ for her years, Kate has tremendous attention to detail and used to be lead vocals with ‘Enya’, she also had a bit part in ‘finding Nemo’. No doubt Kate will be a success, she has a drive and determination that will see her deliver everything her clients want and more – a class act and a lovely person to have around the office!

Kerry Walker - Kerry has come on board to bolster our efforts in the equine and local markets in the South West Region. From a sales and marketing background, Kerry manages to fit in some work around her first love - riding. The South West office is now vibrant and growing, with people like Kerry and all the soft skills she brings, it will not be long before we are moving into even bigger premises. The equine and associated industries is where Kerry will make her mark as well as in being an all round welcome addition to the team.

Mansel Jenkins - Since the early 90’s Mansel has worked in the IT industry, starting as field engineer and rising to a managing director. He brings his management of large recruitment drives for some of the largest IT providers in the UK for the last 10 years. From the land of TLA's (Three Letter Acronyms) Mansel has a very strong technical knowledge of SAP, Oracle, Cisco, Nortel, Microsoft and proprietary systems. Still held Prince 2 Practitioner, institute of Risk Member, Cisco CCNA (Retired), Microsoft MCSE (Retired), SAP (ABAP, BI, CSSP) and Nortel Expert.

Vicki West - Vicki is now a fully fledged Recruitment Consultant and has recently taken on a portfolio from Brookfield's own array of current clients. An estate agent prior to this, Vicki has excellent soft skills and a genuine desire to do the best for her clients and candidates alike. She is full of personality and has a real sense of humour, which is a huge bonus in the sometimes emotionally charged world of recruitment. She keeps her feet on the ground, knowing what she needs to do but also looking out to see how she can help others. She's a 'doer' a go-getter and firmly believes that “If you don't ask, you don't get”.

Bradders - He came from afar (Sudbury) via the shell-step summer student plan. We took our undergraduate on for an agreed two months and it's flown by. He came to re-build and re-shape our website and our IT requirements. Partying all night and playing loud music while he works is NOT Bradders' style. He's more of a “Barry White kinda guy than the sex pistols”. He's now been retained as an exterior member of the team and we will no doubt call on him as the need arises. Alas things come to an end and Bradders - who built this website - will now be a remote Brookfield employee. Come back and see us - often!!