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.

Before joining Nurole, Richard was an associate consultant at Perrett Laver. At Nurole, Richard focuses on Education and works with Universities, Schools, Colleges and other educational organisations.

Grace started her search career at Russell Reynolds Associates, before moving to JCA Group (now Heidrick and Struggles) and then latterly leading Nurole's search execution team. She has worked on board and C-suite assignments for leading Listed, Private, and Non-Profit boards.

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.

Alex brings 20 years of direct industry experience to Nurole’s investment trust board-level appointments. He was previously Head of Investment Trusts at Fidelity, and Managing Director at Pantheon. His own NED positions include Apax Global Alpha limited and the AIC.

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.

Madeleine leads on the Premium Community activity for Nurole. She makes it her mission to ensure we offer the very best service so that members can achieve their board ambitions, no matter what stage they are at. Prior to Nurole she worked in a number of major media organisations and another NED network. She is also on the board of several not-for-profit organisations.

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.

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.

Before joining Nurole, Diana was a consultant at Perrett Laver. At Nurole, Diana leads our work to support Multi-Academy Trusts and FE Colleges.

Edward leads our work in the public sector, and advises clients across central & local government and public bodies. Edward has 8+ years of government consulting experience, most recently as Head of Strategy & Business Development at PUBLIC Group.

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.

Alex executes board recruitment processes across Financial Services, including investment company, banking, building society, asset management, specialty finance and FinTech sectors. Alex previously spent three years at Lygon Group, a boutique board-focused executive search firm, executing executive and non-executive searches across a variety of sectors. He started his career as an associate within the Board and CEO Services practice at Korn Ferry.

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.

Before joining Nurole, Georgina was an Associate Consultant at Perrett Laver. Georgina has 16 years experience in the people sector and works within our Education team with a focus on board appointments to third sector organisations tackling education, inequality in education, access to education, curriculum development, social mobility through teaching, SEN, accrediting and training, as well as Students Unions and Prep School board appointments. She is a governor at two schools one independent and one non-independent.

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.

For almost a decade, Tom has partnered with Venture Capital and their portfolio companies, globally. Before joining Nurole, he led Executive and Non-Executive appointments in a variety of technology sectors, ranging from B2B SaaS and hardware businesses to eCommerce and consumer technology platforms. At Nurole, Tom leads our work in Venture Capital at both the Fund and PortCo levels.

Hu Ching works within the education sector on Nurole's Client Success Team. Prior to joining Nurole, she was a Senior Research Analyst at the executive search firm Egon Zehnder. Originally from Hong Kong, she holds a LLB Law from Queen Mary, University of London and an MSc in Global Health and Social Justice from King's College London.

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 part of Nurole’s Client Success Team in the education sector, where she oversees appointments for a range of leading schools, Multi-Academy Trusts, and FE Colleges.

Before joining Nurole, Sarah worked as a PA at a Wealth Management firm. Sarah works in the Customer Success 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.

Vasile is part of Nurole’s Client Success Team, supporting education clients. He joined Nurole from a boutique executive search firm, where he handled senior appointments across the higher education sector. Vasile holds a BSc in Psychology from the University of Birmingham and an MSc in Clinical Neuroscience from UCL.