At nGAGE we believe that talent, with ownership and accountability for their own business - be that a desk, division or a company, is the real growth driver. We believe that quality management enables, facilitates and then gets out of the way. Our CEO's are just that; they run their own company within our Group structure. Different value propositions, different brands, different operating models...but all supported by the same award winning back office and infrastructure. We want the focus of our business to be placing people, not being distracted with administration. In my role Group Chief Operating Officer I have an active involvement with each of the companies, namely Eden Brown, Caritas, Synergy, Resourcing Group, Proactive, EWI, Attenti, FRG, Retinue and Butler Rose. Having started working for Eden Brown as a Recruitment Consultant I progressed to Director level. In 2004 as part of Eden Brown I started Matrix SCM to run staffing contracts for public sector clients. After running this business for 4 years, and taking its sales from zero to over £100M per annum, in 2008 I returned to the recruitment part of the business when we sold Matrix. Since then we have grown sales from £60M to £250M and staff from 100 to over 600, the key to this has been instilling a ruthlessly focused sales culture and developing/hiring a talented senior management team. As well as significant organic growth we have also completed a number of acquisitions and new start-ups. These have been some of the most successful ventures in the group’s history, we have significantly increased the profits of our acquisitions and created start ups that have generated £1M of profit within two years of starting. A key factor in this success has been the work that we have done to develop a shared operations function within the group. This focus on driving efficiencies and cost reductions through better processes and the use of technology has had a dramatic effect on profitability.

Chief Operating Officer @ Board member of nGAGE Specialist Recruitment with responsibility for the day to day running of the business. Also a board member of the operating companies within the group - Eden Brown, Caritas Recruitment, the Synergy Group, attenti, Proactive, EWI, FRG, Retinue, Butler Rose and Resourcing Group. Key achievements: -Growth in sales from £60M to £250M and staffing from 100 to over 600 -Completing 4 acquisitions and launching 7 start-ups -Atracting talent that has transformed the business from key competitors From March 2008 to Present (7 years 10 months) London, United KingdomBoard Director @ Developed the business plan and budget. Attending board meetings. Winning contracted business. Key achievements: -Hiring key members of the new senior management team -Bringing a stronger sales focus to the business -Market leadership in a number of its chosen sectors From February 1997 to Present (18 years 11 months) Director @ Retinue is a managed service business that provides workforce solutions to the NHS. It currently has circa £40M of spend under management and is growing rapidly at present. From April 2014 to Present (1 year 9 months) Milton Keynes, United KingdomChief Operating Officer @ Recruitment Ignition is the direct investment arm of nGAGE Specialist Recruitment. Unlike many other investors, what makes us unique is that our sole focus is recruitment. It is what we live and breathe – our management team have over 200 years combined recruitment experience. The aim of Recruitment Ignition is to identify and back talented recruitment entrepreneurs to help make their ambition of being the CEO of their own recruitment business a reality. From May 2015 to Present (8 months) London, United KingdomBoard Director @ Butler Rose is a specialist recruitment business that focuses on placing senior accountancy and finance professionals across the UK into permanent, temporary and contract positions. From April 2014 to Present (1 year 9 months) London, United KingdomBoard Director @ AlphaTec Consulting is a recruitment consultancy specialising in contract and permanent roles in R&D, Engineering, Sales & Marketing, Manufacturing, Operations & Management. From March 2014 to Present (1 year 10 months) Board Director @ FRG specialises in professional and financial services recruitment including the actuarial and insurance sectors. From January 2014 to Present (2 years) London, United KingdomBoard Director @ Developed the business plan and budget. Attending board meetings. Working with the Directors to develop the business. Hired the management team. Assisted with winning contracted business. Key achievements: -Hiring of a new management team that have transformed the business -Winning numerous RPO/MV contracts -Developing new market sectors -Achieving 40% growth in sales and profit in the last 12 months From March 2008 to Present (7 years 10 months) Board Director @ Developed the business plan and budget. Attending board meetings. Working with the MD to develop the business. Hired a number of the key staff. Key achievements: -£1M profit in second year of trading -Have built one of the leading social care recruiters in the UK -Headcount growth from zero to 70 From January 2009 to Present (7 years) Board Director @ Key achievements: -Business turned around from loss making position pre-acqusition to monthly six figure profits -Developed/hired new senior management team -Won contracted business with key clients From May 2011 to Present (4 years 8 months) Board Director @ ewi focuses on the construction and engineering sectors in international markets. Key achievements to date as follows: -Rapid sales success adding significant permanent income to HCIG -All staff members making successful contributions to the sales to date -Exciting growth plans giving HCIG an international platform -Growth from zero to 30 staff From January 2012 to Present (4 years) London, United KingdomBoard Director @ Since we acquired Proactive in late 2011 I have been involved at board level. The main achievements in that period are as follows: -Integration of the business into HCIG -Implementation of sales, client development and hiring strategy leading to significant improvement in temp and perm sales -Reduction in cost base leading to improved profitability -Development of senior management team From December 2011 to Present (4 years 1 month) London, United KingdomBoard Director @ Developed the business plan and budget. Attending board meetings. From September 2009 to Present (6 years 4 months) Portfolio Member @ nGAGE Specialist Recruitment was part of the Hamilton Bradshaw investment portfolio. In 2014 I was part of the team that lead a successful management buy-out of the business from Hamilton Bradshaw. From June 2007 to November 2014 (7 years 6 months) London, United KingdomDirector @ I started Matrix as the Managed Services part of Eden Brown in early 2004. From a standing start we built a company turning over £100M running vendor management contracts for public sector clients. Typical contracts included managing the supply of all temporary agency staff to Local Authorities such as LB Ealing and Barnsley Council. We were managing over 500 supplying agencies making savings for the end user clients of around 10% of their spend. Key achievements: -Built business from zero starting point to over £100M in spend under management -Achieved significant cost savings for clients and retained all contracts during my tenure -Integrated new senior management team before sale of business From March 2004 to March 2008 (4 years 1 month) Milton Keynes, United KingdomDirector @ Started as a Recruitment Consultant in 1997 working on a building services desk in the construction industry. Worked my way up through the ranks as a Team Manager and Director. In early 2004 I started Eden Brown Managed Services, which became Matrix SCM, and moved away from the recruitment business to run Matrix. Key achievements: -During this period we took the business from 30 staff to 100+ -Launched a number of new market sectors -Hired many of the companies most successful staff From February 1997 to March 2004 (7 years 2 months) London, United Kingdom

Business Administration, Business, Economics, Marketing @ Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd From 1992 to 1995 King Henry VIII School, Abergavenny From 1985 to 1992 Adam Herron is skilled in: Project Planning, Start-ups, Acquisition Analysis, Sales Management, Sales Operations, Staff Management, Staff Retention, Staff Acquisition, RPO, Managed Services, Presentations, Cost Reduction Strategies, Increase Productivity, Performance Management, Turnaround Experience