Case Studies
Select a case study to read about our success in sourcing talent for a wide variety of clients.
Rockpools sources a world class team to deliver London 2012.
Rockpools was retained to recruit a new Chief Executive for the Abbeyfield Society (UK charity providing service to older people).
Search and selection for the Chair and Members of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
Northgate Public Services retained Rockpools to partner the establishment of an independent Innovation Board.
This is a recent example of delivering a challenging programme management/change assignment.
Our partnership with the Technology Strategy Board, led by Baljit Dhadda, demonstrates our experience of bringing commercial expertise into the UK’s economic growth context.
We partnered with the Technology Strategy Board (Innovate UK) on the Director of Operations.
Our team was retained in early 2014 for Ploughshare Innovations Ltd, the wholly owned subsidiary of UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).
Our team, led by Baljit Dhadda, was retained in late 2013 for a Chief Executive officer role within the Centre of Excellence for Sensor and Imaging Systems (CENSIS), Scotland.
Our team, led by Baljit Dhadda, was retained in 2013-14 for a Director of Communications & Innovation Networks role within the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) which works across government, business and the research community.
Our team, led by Baljit Dhadda, was retained in late 2013 for a Director of Technology and Innovation role within the Technology Strategy Board (TSB).
Our client Look Ahead, a provider of specialist support and care services to people with a variety of needs (across London and the South East), retained us to hire a Head of Information Management & Technology.
Our client, Uraga Real Estate (part of the Honeywell Group in Nigeria) was looking to recruit a Chief Executive. We were asked to identify an individual who was an experienced real estate professional to head the business through a period of growth, leveraging the extensive opportunities within the sector and the existing pool of the organisation’s assets.
Our client Food Concepts based in Nigeria, is a group with a number of quick service restaurant (QSR) brands including Chicken Republic outlets, Pizza Republic, Scoops ice-cream and Reeds (an upscale Thai fusion restaurant & lounge).
Our client EY has made the decision to invest heavily in the Africa and Middle East regions. They were looking to build their transactions advisory capability across the African continent.
The search was focused on retaining exceptional and diverse talent capable of fulfilling the responsibilities that come as a member of the Ambassador’s senior management team. We worked with our clients, led by the COO, Jon Harding, to devise a campaign that targeted candidates with experience in business, government, consulting and professional services, and international relations.
PIDG is a £30 billion investment fund that mobilises private sector investment to assist developing countries in providing infrastructure vital to boosting their economic growth, and combating poverty. The donor members are the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS), the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC)/World Bank.
Ofwat non-executive Chair's appointment extended
A new Managing Director for Pavilion Technology electronic security business
A new HR director has been appointed at Sellafield Ltd.