“Luke has supported me with recruitment for many years and I can highly recommend. He has a full understanding of our business, including our culture which is central to everything we do. The candidates that he and his team at Birchlake put forward have always been and continue to be the highest calibre - focussing on quality rather than quantity which is reflective in their impressive interview to hire ratio.

His professionalism, experience and market knowledge give myself and the business confidence when benchmarking is required and he’s great at keeping in touch – a reliable and highly regarded recruitment partner.”

It is always a great pleasure working with Luke as he understands business requirements well and finds the best talent quickly. Recently we have made a number of key hires and all of them were filled by Birchlake, despite working with other agencies also. Needless to say, Luke is the first person I call to when it comes to hiring people. I can highly recommend him. 

"I have had the pleasure of dealing with Luke for a number of years on the recruitment front. I have always found him to be extremely knowledgeable and relatable. Luke clearly has a deep understanding of the sector in which he operates and this is evident in the quality of the candidates he sources. What is even better is that he is very adept at tailoring the candidates to specific roles and businesses for the best fit; so you are able to review an already carefully vetted selection of candidates. I always feel confident that Luke will be able to find the right person for the role."

"I would highly recommend Luke as a result of my experience using him recently for an interim Head of Compliance. He understood exactly what we required both technically and culturally; the resource he supplied was first class as was the service Luke provided." 

"Last year Luke supported us with the recruitment of a Project Manager / Analyst to support our SMCR programme. Luke really took the time to understand our needs with the result that the person we selected was in his first cut of candidates.

The candidate met our needs in every way and added significant value to the project. Throughout the engagement Luke continually checked in with me to check how things were going and that the candidate was continuing to meet our expectations - this was not the usual experience I have had from recruiters and was a refreshing change." 

"I have enlisted Luke's services to support recruitment into our Compliance function and nothing is too much trouble, conversations are professional, honest and realistic. 

I can’t recommend Luke highly enough, and from my experience of working with a number of recruiters, he still remains my immediate “go to.”

Luke was able to fill a position for us which required a very specialist set of skills. He ensured the communication line between employer and candidate was open and the process moved quickly and effectively. Overall a very pleasant dealing and I wouldn’t hesitate to use him again.