Empowering Recruitment and Executive Search Firms

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Embarking on my professional career in 1993, I found my calling in recruitment after an "unexpected detour" from my Archaeology studies at Reading University. Starting as a Researcher for a boutique Life Sciences Executive Search firm, I quickly embraced the challenges and opportunities presented by the industry's nascent landscape, armed with little more than a telephone, fax machine, rolodex cards and sheer determination. I remember being in total awe of the Partners. I could see that they were serious, professional practitioners making good money, and I wanted to emulate that!

Over the following decade, I navigated diverse roles and sectors within recruitment, from running a commercial high street agency desk to the boom times of IT Contract recruitment in the late 1990's, and onto leading international social care recruitment projects for public sector clients. Each role presented its own set of challenges and achievements, but throughout it all, I remained committed to delivering exceptional results for my clients, consistently ranking amongst the top performers.

From 2010 to 2021, I developed into leadership roles at renowned firms Harvey Nash and Berwick Talent Solutions (an Odgers Berndtson company). These roles afforded me amazing experiences in strategic account management, continuous service improvement, portfolio sales and new market proposition development.

Joining Korn Ferry in 2021 marked a pivotal shift. As VP & EMEA Regional Delivery Leader for the Search Innovation and Delivery team, I took on the not insignificant challenge of driving operational excellence and productivity gains for our 160-strong Executive and Professional Search Associate community across the region. Through a strategic focus on People, Process, and Technology, I led initiatives that drove progressive change and heightened search delivery capabilities.

In 2023, faced with the triple whammy of marriage breakdown, redundancy, and the loss of my wonderful, inspiring Mum to cancer, I found myself at an inflection point, which prompted time out and deep reflection.

In response, I founded FMP Consulting, named after my daughter, Freya. With a wealth of experience to leverage, and a sincere desire to make a meaningful impact, I am embracing this new chapter with vim and vigour!

About

Expert Evaluation | Strategic Advice | Results-driven Execution

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At FMP Consulting, we specialise in delivering evaluation, advisory, and execution services to recruitment, executive search, and talent solutions businesses.

Whether it is tackling distinct projects or providing ongoing expertise and advisory services, our mission is clear: to leverage our clients with additional firepower and a fresh perspective.

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FMP Consulting embodies a commitment to excellence, reflecting our personal dedication. We collaborate closely with clients to enhance operational effectiveness, unlock peak performance, and drive sustainable growth.

We possess a significant breadth and depth of experience, knowledge, and expertise to support our clients.

Focussed on delivering tangible results and fostering lasting partnerships, FMP Consulting facilitates our clients' success, in a world where change is the only certainty.

services

Each engagement begins with a conversation to grasp your current challenges and future goals. We continue with a thorough consultation to clarify the scope, constraints, and stakeholders. Both sessions are complimentary. From there, FMP provides a detailed proposal with our approach, deliverables, timelines, and budget. Our work covers various areas, including:

Automation and AI
Change Management
Coaching
Compliance
Initiative Implementation
Operational Excellence
Process Fitness
Productivity and Performance
Programme Management
Project Execution
Proposition Development
Strategy Advice and Execution
Talent Management and Development

Our clients are unique, therefore tailoring our approach to meet your specific needs is critical.

Recommendations

I have had the privilege of working closely with Kate over the past few years, and I can confidently say that she is a truly exceptional individual. Kate is primarily a fantastic and genuine person.
Kate brings a rare gift and capacity to bridge the gap between strategic planning and execution. She does not just craft brilliant strategies; she rolls up her sleeves and makes things happen. In a short span of time, Kate made a profound impact on Korn Ferry and was a key member of revolutionizing our search innovation and delivery model, taking it to new heights.
Kate's personality, dedication, strategic mind, and exceptional execution capabilities make her an invaluable asset.

Martine Nielsen Seim - Organisational Consulting, Korn Ferry.

Kate led the planning and implementation of the recruitment initiative for Trinseo's T2020 program. Kate was a true partner from the start. Listening, co-creating solutions, and delivering.
Kate is honest, open to feedback, able to pivot and customer centric. Kate served as the leader of the team and demonstrated true accountability.
I hope to work with Kate again.

Jenn Steele - Change Management, Thought Partner, Organisational Development, Business Results.

I hired Kate into the new Search Innovation & Delivery team for Korn Ferry, as the EMEA lead for the newly created team and organisational initiative for the Executive and Professional search businesses.
Kate was very quickly able to create, develop and foster strong internal relationships at the senior level to help navigate the change that was needed to harmonize the businesses and drive operational excellence across multiple workstreams.
Kate was always highly professional, demonstrating her ability to work to tight deadlines and multitasking to the highest degree! Kate has been an absolute pleasure to work with and I would highly recommend her for any operational leadership or client facing delivery position within our industry.

Caroline Buckingham - Senior VP, Global Operations, Strategic Consulting.

I initially hired Kate at Harvey Nash to manage the Groups largest contract account and lead a delivery team which supported it.
It quickly became very obvious to me that Kate had the capability to take on more responsibility. So, in addition to her role, she managed our Client Engagement Programme and our Portfolio Sales business.
Kate is great leader, she is a diligent professional with the highest standards, she constantly looks for improvement in services and is a pleasure to work with.

Andy Heyes - Managing Director at Harvey Nash, UK&I, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, and Australia.

Kate joined us to set up our Talent Solutions business from a standing start. She pitched for and won several large scale projects which were highly complex. The demands were significant; scaling a team, developing agile resourcing solutions, operating in multiple time zones and closely managing critical projects.
Kate demonstrated resilience, determination, commerciality and professionalism. Her utter commitment to excellence, client service and delivery are second to none.
I worked with Kate for several years whilst she led on volume and multiple projects for us. She is an exceptional professional; creative in terms of problem solving, highly commercial, solutions-driven and obsessed with delivering for her clients.

Richard Love - Managing Director at Berwick Partners, an Oddgers Berndtson Company

contact

email

kate@fmpconsult.co.uk

phone

+44 20 4583 7550

+44 7376 529512