Jamie is a Business Partner in Astral’s UK Private Practice business. Jamie is a founding member of Astral and specialises in Corporate appointments. He is responsible for Partner and Associate level hires and specialises in M&A, Private Equity, Finance, Funds and Tax.
"Away from the office I pretend to be good at golf and I’m genuinely an expert at kitesurfing."
Jamie was an excellent consultant when I worked with him for my recent career move. In a crowded market of agents placing cold calls I found it assuring that Jamie was focussed on developing the relationship and spending time to understand my career objectives before recommending firms to apply to. He simplified the job search by providing open, honest guidance about which firms would offer me the diet of work and environment that I was looking for. Overall it was very smooth process from start to finish and I can’t recommend him highly enough to associates looking for a move in private practice.
We’ve partnered with Jamie for our corporate recruitment for the last five years, during this time he’s consistently performed as one of our top suppliers of talent. It’s evident that his market knowledge is exemplary because he only sends us candidates who have the direct relevant private equity experience and closely matched to our team profile and dynamic. Our relationship has developed to the point where we value his opinion on how we can improve the candidate experience and we’ve implemented his guidance on interview process which has yielded excellent results. We been particularly pleased how well the hires have integrated into the team from a performance and cultural perspective.