Executive Team

James Beazley - Co-Founder / Director

James was the head of experienced hiring across Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia for Royal Dutch Shell Plc. His role saw him managing the in-house recruitment function for EMEAR across all Group Companies. This included both technical and commercial disciplines. Prior to his role in Europe, James established the shared services model for recruitment for Shell China.

James also worked for TMP Worldwide where he was Country Manager of China responsible for building their business across the region, working with clients such as Shell, BP, ConocoPhillips and Siemens. In this role, he managed TMP’s Recruitment, Advertising and Monster.com businesses.

As an Australian, James started his recruitment career in Sydney, working with Morgan & Banks. Prior to this he was Conference Director of International Resources at AiC Conferences and Executive Director of the National Power Forum. He has a BA (Hons.) in Asian Studies with a sub major in Law and a Masters of Law in Asian and Pacific Legal Systems from the University of Sydney. He also speaks Mandarin Chinese.

James Usher - Co-Founder / Director

James worked for Royal Dutch Shell Plc. in 3 different countries, The Netherlands, Malaysia and U.K. As Recruitment Manager, he was specifically responsible for hiring technical staff for Shell's upstream and downstream consultancy businesses as well as the development and global roll-out of a streamlined approach to experienced hiring.

Prior to joining Shell, James worked for Springman Tipper Campbell, a niche executive search firm based in London, where he helped grow the selection side of the business from scratch, building a team of 5 consultants and expanding the client portfolio across the management consultancy, FMCG and energy sectors.

James' recruitment career began at Michael Page International, where he managed a team of consultants focussed on sourcing sales and marketing professionals for clients in the professional services and FMCG sectors. He has a BA (Hons.) in Business with a sub major in Spanish from Manchester University.