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Amy Golding
Chief Executive Officer
T: +44 (0)207 448 1414
What makes me different
Despite the fact I look like a twelve-year-old boy, I am in fact the Group CEO of Opus Talent Solutions. After graduating from Cambridge University in 2008, (and a brief stint pretending to be a journalist in China), I joined the strategy team at Deloitte in the Tech and Media team. After five years of living the corporate dream, I left for the rather glamorous sounding opportunity of being James Caan’s Personal Business Advisor. One of my first projects was to work on the sale of six recruitment companies he owned, which we sold as a Group for almost £90 million.
Whilst working with James, I got to know the recruitment market very well. I realised there was a lot of room for improvement in the industry and have been a (wo)man on a mission ever since. I started my own company, Recruitment Entrepreneur, in 2014 with the aim of addressing one of the problems in the industry: the overcrowding and fragmentation.
RE is a Venture Capital fund specifically for recruitment start-ups. We provided not only funding but also all the support functions and advice needed to truly scale a recruitment business in the right way. Focussing on one industry meant we could benefit from economies of scale and control the level of service that start-up companies were giving to their clients. I sold my shares in 2016, by which time the company had reached 13 unique businesses generating £17,000,000 in annual revenue.
I joined Opus because it was the only other recruitment company I had come across that I felt shared my vision of serving the world of work better by constantly innovating solutions to work-based problems. In order to do this effectively, we have transitioned the company from being a pure recruitment company into a talent consultancy where we partner with our clients to look at the entire workforce journey in their organisation, and improving it at every step: from their employer branding to the recruitment of new staff, to the retention and performance improvement of current staff.
I think I’m the only person on earth who doesn’t say they ‘fell into recruitment’. I’m the weirdo that walked into it with my eyes wide open and I love it. And in Opus, I have found the perfect home for my two greatest career passions – improving the workplace and focussing on technology and innovation, both for ourselves and our clients.
When I’m not playing at being a grown-up trying to run the world, I am playing at being a hippy and trying to save the world, through my qualifications in Yoga, Ayuvedic medicine, massage, and breathing techniques.
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Some more of our people
Darren Ryemill
Founder
“Whilst Opus today is unrecognisable from the day we set up, our aim is still as clear and as relevant as ever as we embrace and create so many new exciting technologies, methodologies and innovative ideas!”
Richard Thexton
Regional Director of Opus RS Manchester
“It is a rapidly growing, entrepreneurial and innovative company which is always looking to raise the bar.”
Nigel Ramana
Group Managing Director
“I love the endless opportunities, career progression and exposure to new things that have come from being here.”
Garry Watts
Head of Business Operations
“The phenomenal growth at Opus attracted me to the business.”
Natasha Masters
Finance and Operations Director
“Opus is the most driven, passionate and hardworking company I have ever come across.”
Tom Ponting
Managing Director of Opus RS Bristol
“Opus is a challenging environment and has helped me achieve some of my professional and personal goals.”
Catherine McLean
Practice Director of JD Ross Energy New York
“What I love most about Opus is the people, culture and the fast pace of growth. ”
Dan Huckle
Group Relationships Director
“I firmly believe the team members of Opus are pioneers in their field. I start every day energised knowing that we are all on a very exciting journey.”
Alex Crass
Marketing Director
“Opus truly is an entrepreneurial organisation: new ideas are encouraged, heard and often implemented, quickly with full backing.”
Alexandra Meah
Head of HR
“I feel privileged to work with some of the most inspiring, impassioned and brilliant colleagues I have ever worked with which makes me strive for better too.”
Jack Rawcliffe
Managing Director of JD Ross Energy London
“I find the group is always changing in a positive way. Since I have been here, there have been three evolutions that have drastically changed the game for the good.”
Rory McGowan
Regional Managing Director of Opus RS London
“I joined Opus in the summer of 2016 to run their contract and perm IT business and it’s fair to say I have found everything I was looking for - autonomy, high standards and a genuine learning opportunity.”
Craig Harman
Regional Managing Director of Opus RS APAC
“It’s not easy to continually be the best in the industry, but we manage to do that year on year.”
Sam Jenkinson
Practice Director
“I love the entrepreneurial and innovative spirit that runs through the whole organisation, it makes it incredibly fun and an environment that always challenges.”
Lucy Powell
General Counsel
“I love being an in-house lawyer as it throws up such variety of work but, more importantly, it means I work with people throughout the business. Everyone at Opus has a laser-like focus on the future and success - it’s such an exciting time to be here! ”
Paul Mahoney
Group Financial Director
“I’m a chartered accountant. I made the move from London to Bath and entered the world of recruitment at Opus.”
Louise Foster
Business Transformation Manager
“We offer our award-winning learning and development programmes not only to those we employ, but to our clients.”
Rob Sheffield
COO of APAC
“"Opus’s mission, vision and commitment to supporting businesses improve their talent life cycle is why I’m here."”
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Different ways to get in touch
We’re not only active in your marketplace or sector, we’re in your area. So we not only have local presence, we have local knowledge too. Get in touch to find out what else makes us different – and how we can make a difference to your talent lifecycle.
Bristol (Headquarters)
Portwall Place, Portwall Lane, Bristol BS1 6NA
T: +44 (0)117 968 9292
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Manchester office
Spaces Works, Peter House, Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 5AN
T: +44 (0)161 274 9641
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Amsterdam Office
Space Works, Herengracht 124-128, 1015 BT, Amsterdam, Netherlands
T: +31207979050
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Sydney Office
Level 29, One International Towers, Barangaroo, NSW, 2000.
T: Opus RS: +61 (0)2 8089 0100 JD Ross: +61 2 8089 0190
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