As a people-centric business, it’s important for our customers to find out more about us and our leadership team. You won’t find our directors locked away in offices – they’re usually found on the consultants’ floor or out meeting clients.
Paul founded ARM in 1996 having already gained experience of establishing and growing a niche recruitment business within an agency.
Paul has a thorough understanding of the pressures of starting with nothing but ambition and guts, having grown ARM from a one-man business into an operation with a turnover of £100+ million and employing 200 staff.
Paul is a true entrepreneur whose ventures have been characterised by the conviction that anything is achievable and that anyone can do anything if they really set their mind to it and do not accept the limits they impose on themselves. Paul is focused on aligning goals within the Group and on the creation of wealth for all. He takes an active role in our start-up companies and provides invaluable mentoring expertise.
Shaun has over 25 years’ experience in finance with ten years’ experience as an FD in three different businesses – notably distribution, manufacturing and recruitment.
Shaun particularly enjoys the commercial side of his role, supporting the group with its development and growth by creating new solutions, financial modelling and analysis.
Leon has worked in recruitment for 23 years with the last 20 year spent at ARM. He possesses impressive experience across the technology and engineering sectors, and a wide range of disciplines. As ARM’s MD, Leon focuses on ensuring the delivery of solutions for clients’ specific recruitment challenges. During his tenure, Leon has worked with some of the largest companies in the UK, assisting in complex transformation programmes.
The most important aspect of Leon’s role is delivering a quality service to our clients and watching the business relationship develop. He is passionate about great customer service and will always strive to achieve the high standards he expects from his teams.
For Leon, the secret to developing great client relationships is taking an honest approach, “always be realistic with clients, don’t be afraid to say something that the client may not want to hear.”.