When Lawrence Levy formed Levy Associates in 2000 he had a clear vision to develop a company that consistently exceeded the expectations of its customers and recruited and retained the very best staff. Such is the success of the company that staff turnover is less than 8% annually and 25% of our people have been with the Company for five years or more.
The Company was named in the Sunday Times FastTrack 100 list of fastest growing companies in the United Kingdom in 2005. This was a direct result of the investment we made in the development of the skills and expertise of our staff which is central to the quality of delivery to our customers. Each member of the team receives a minimum of ten days training per annum. Personal development plans are reviewed, refreshed and completed.
People feel good about working at Levy Associates – happy staff are successful staff and Levy Associates takes great pride in helping people achieve their potential and exceed their expectations.
Levy Associates Limited has a board of Directors:
Lawrence Levy – Chairman
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Lawrence has a wealth of business knowledge having started his career in 1981 within the IT services industry. He worked for Memory Computers and Unisys before joining ABN Amro Bank in Holland as a Business Systems Support Analyst in 1986. A Dutch speaker, Lawrence began his recruitment career in 1988 and after a number of successful years, founded Levy Associates 2000. Over the last 5 years, Lawrence has become a major fundraiser for Grove House Day Hospice in St Albans and has been responsible for a number of initiatives to support the charity. In May 2011, Lawrence became co-owner of St Albans City Football Club who play in the Southern Football League as well as being elected Chair of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) Pharmaceutical & Scientific Group.
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| Gerard Fransen – Managing Director |
Gerard Fransen studied law at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the
Netherlands, and concluded an executive MBA program at Rotterdam School of Management. After finishing his studies he worked in various roles in the banking industry, primarily in the field of securities services.
From 2005 to 2011, Gerard was responsible for the product development and
product management activities in the private banking division of
Rabobank, ranging from investment products to payment services,
mortgages, consumer finance and insurance products.
Throughout his career, Gerard has had various areas of responsibility
such as business operations, transaction processing, IT and risk
management, as well as sales and account management. He has also worked
in both wholesale as retail banking environments. Gerard was a member of
the ‘dealteam’ which acquired Alex, the online investment bank in 2004.
He was also responsible for the subsequent sale of the same unit in
2008.
Gerard represented a group of continental retail
banks in various committees and working groups on the harmonisation and
consolidation of the European financial infrastructure, in particular in clearing and settlement of securities transactions.
Gerard was previously a non-executive director of Levy Associates, advising on
strategy, organisational structure and business process re-engineering. He took over the role of Managing Director in July 2011.
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Chris Kenny - Operations Director
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Chris initially trained in engineering before starting his commercial
career in 1985, initially in a sales and marketing capacity before
moving into General Management in 1996. Chris has since managed
businesses within the B2B services sector, running divisions within
large global corporate organisations and smaller independent businesses.
Chris joined Levy Associates in 2003 and is responsible for the General
Management and operations of the business. Chris sits on the main Board
of Directors of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC)
and is actively involved in the Professional Standards sub-committee.
Antony Harper - Vice President of Business Development
Antony brings 16 years of contract and permanent
recruitment together with general management experience to Levy
Associates. Prior to Levy, he successfully raised capital and
launched Europes first enterprise recruitment supply chain management tool with
Candex as VP of Global Sales. Holding Director
level roles in recruitment in a range of sectors including Pharmaceuticals,
Telecoms, Sales, and Engineering is where his core competences lie.
Antony was Business Development Director for Hays Pharma (LSE:HAS), where he
was responsible for the Development of Pharma business across Europe and he was
Sales Director for the UKs largest scientific recruiter, SRG, part of the
Impellam Group (LSE:IPEL).
BSc
(Hons) Building Management, Design & Construction - Newcastle Upon Tyne
University, FCIM, MREC, FInstSMM
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Mike Walmsley - Non-Executive Director
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Mike has over 20 years recruitment experience and is considered to be one of the UK’s leading recruitment experts. He was instrumental in growing the successful International recruitment business Parker Bridge, where he was one of the initial drivers before subsequently becoming Managing Director and helping to grow the company to over 100 staff in the UK, Australia and New Zealand.
Mike is Chairman of Recruitment Training Productions and through them has authored and presented the worlds largest recruitment-specific DVD learning and development video ranges. He is an expert guest speaker at annual conferences throughout the world and has given key-note speeches and addresses at 4 of the worlds largest recruitment association conferences: NAPS, RCSA, APSO and the REC (USA, Australia, South Africa and UK recruitment Associations)
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Mike Bath - Non-Executive Director
Mike is an experienced accountant having initially trained with medium sized and Big 4 companies before moving into private practice.He has been running his own accounting practice for over 20 years advising a range of businesses within numerous industries.
Mike has worked with Levy Associates since the start initially assisting with budgeting and cash-flow forecasting as well as selecting and subsequently being the operational interface with the company's auditors. He has been involved with the selection of the company's finance and control systems and maintains an oversight of the company's finances, reporting them to the board on a monthly basis. |
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