Susie Cummings founded Nurole in 2014. Having worked as a traditional headhunter for 30 years, Susie set up Nurole to change the way organisations access and attract the strongest people to be chairs, non-executives and trustees for their boards.

Richard Craske joined Nurole in 2019 to start the education practice and has now successfully helped to place nearly 1000 Chairs and NEDs onto the boards of universities, independent schools and educational charities. Before this he was a Consultant at a leading education-specialist search firm. Richard has an MA in Philosophy from the University of St Andrews and is also a qualified English teacher having completed the Teach First scheme after graduating.  

Tamara leads Nurole’s Financial Services team advising clients across the asset & wealth management, pensions,  banking, building society, specialty finance and fintech sectors. Before joining Nurole, Tamara worked at Blackwood Group, a boutique executive search firm, where she advised on executive and non-executive hires within the financial services sector.

Dan brings three decades of leadership search , board advisory and assessment experience. He is a Sector Lead in the Commercial Practice and leads our Professional Services sector. He joined Nurole from Green Park where he led their Board Practice for the Private Sector team for the last 5 years.

Caroline brings extensive experience in non-executive board search and advisory. A former Director at Sapphire Partners, she delivered Chair and NED searches across a range of financial services firms and led the firmʼs REIT & Investment Trust practice. Previously, Caroline completed doctoral research on Talent Management through a Diversity lens at Cranfield School of Management. She was formerly an external expert at the European Commission in Brussels for 14 years. She is an accredited Hogan Leadership and Myers-Briggs psychometrics assessor.

Before joining Nurole, Ned worked in the Private Equity and M&A team at Marsh. At Nurole he works with a range of clients across Private Equity, Venture Capital and Listed companies, supporting them with Advisory, Non-Executive and Chair hiring.

Sam leads Nurole's work across the consumer, creative industries and not-for-profit sectors. Sam has over 30 years' of experience advising clients in traditional searches, spanning arts, media, retail, leisure and consumer. Most recently, she was Partner at Odgers Berndtson.

Mark leads Nurole’s work in the Healthcare sector. Mark brings over a decade of search experience at firms such as GatenbySanderson and Odgers Berndtson where he focused on senior appointments across Healthcare, Not for Profit and Education. At Nurole, Mark works with private and public healthcare businesses to build more diverse Boards.

Carla leads on Nurole’s commercial searches, drawing on her prior experience at board-level recruitment firms (The Lygon Group and Odgers Berndtson). She has spent her career working on Chair, Non-Executive and Advisory board searches for public and private companies across a wide range of industries.

Diana founded Nurole’s Multi Academy Trust Practice which now supports over 50 trusts a year. She has a background in executive search and previously worked as a consultant at Perrett Laver, a leading executive search firm for the education sector.  She holds a BA in Classics from the University of Newcastle.

Originating from Montreal, Canada, Brigitte heads the education sector on Nurole’s Client Success team. She has worked closely with - and successfully arranged some of our best placements for - a variety of leading universities and schools, multi-academy trusts, and educational charities.

Joshua leads Nurole's work across Not-For-Profit and Government. He has overseen searches for a variety of high-profile clients, supporting some of the country's leading universities and largest charities in finding board members.

Originally from San Francisco, Madeline works to support Nurole’s commercial sector clients. Before joining Nurole, she worked at an Executive Search firm focusing on Commercial roles at high-growth, VC-backed software companies. She holds a MSc in International Migration and Public Policy from the LSE, concentrating in technology and political economy.

Tom is Sector Lead in Financial Services, with a focus on Non Executive hires across the Investment Management and Insurance sectors. Tom has 20 years traditional executive search experience within Financial Services. Prior to joining Nurole, Tom worked at Drayton Finch, a boutique search firm focussed on placing investment professionals.

Connie leads on Chair, Chair of Committee and Trustee appointments across the not-for-profit sector. Before joining Nurole, Connie spent over a decade at Saxton Bampfylde, where she developed deep expertise in non-executive and board-level appointments. She supports a broad range of social impact organisations across social justice, arts and culture, education, health and social care, and membership bodies, and works extensively with organisations to appoint senior leaders from commercial and other sectors to not-for-profit boards.

Before joining Nurole, Laura spent three and a half years at Saxton Bampfylde, working on senior executive and non-executive appointments in the Social Impact sector. Prior to that, Laura spent seven years at a specialist firm, working across sectors to appoint corporate affairs leaders. Laura takes pride in finding exceptional talent to join the Boards of non-profit organisations, and leads on Chair and Trustee appointments in the not-for-profit sector at Nurole.

Caroline is a senior member of our Education team. Before joining Nurole, Caroline led executive search at Academicis, where she focused on recruiting senior leaders for multi-academy trusts. With nearly 20 years of experience in senior leadership search within the education sector, she has honed her expertise in identifying top talent. Previously, she managed recruitment for senior leadership roles at TES, gaining a deep understanding of the education sector’s leadership needs. Caroline is passionate about diversity, inclusivity, and fostering strategic leadership.

Before joining Nurole, Sarah worked as a PA at a Wealth Management firm. Sarah works in the Education Team, coordinating interviews and assisting candidates and clients with the application process.

Tanya is part of the Financial Services Practice at Nurole focusing on non-executive appointments for both main board and subsidiaries/regulated entities across the UK and Continental Europe, continuing to build an extensive track record across commercial and investment banking, insurance, and asset management. Tanya joined Nurole from Spencer Stuart where she was part of the Board Practice. Previously, she spent 12 years at Odgers Berndtson focusing on board appointments in financial services. A strong advocate for diversity on boards, Tanya has long been an active sponsor to women from a broad range of backgrounds at the start of their portfolio career.

Emilia leads on Nurole's work throughout the not-for-profit and social impact sectors. Throughout her career in search, Emilia has handled both domestic and international leadership appointments with organisations including charities, foundations, federations, not-for-profit companies, PPPs, and multilateral organisations.

Horatio has spent his entire career in education, first as a science teacher and latterly as a search consultant. Prior to joining Nurole, his focus was on supporting Multi-Academy Trusts with both senior executive and non-executive leadership roles. He is a firm believer in the transformative power of both education and effective leadership.

Maddie is part of the Financial Services team, where she supports with search coordination and interview scheduling, and keeps day-to-day team operations running smoothly. Prior to joining Nurole, Maddie worked at GLG, an expert network, where she led the EMEA scheduling team.