> Founder and Director of animate search. A company that passionately and proudly supports their customers in the development of differentiated employer branding and the engagement of great senior talent. > "Retained"​ Executive Search Consultant / International Headhunter / Talent Acquisition Specialist with 15+ years recruitment experience. Expert in headhunting senior-level talent across the EMEA region. Recent assignments completed across; UK, Ireland, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Poland and the UAE. > Focused in the Enterprise Software (on-premise, Cloud/SaaS), Technology Consulting, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Professional Services domains. Typical assignments: > Chief Information Officer (CIO) / Chief Technology Officer (CTO) / IT Director / Head of IT > President, Vice President, Regional Director, Country Manager, General Manager > Functional / Domain / Practice Leads, Divisional "Heads of" > Enterprise, Solution & Technical Architecture > PMO, Project & Programme Management > Business Change & Transformation > Sales Engineering & Pre-sales > Professional Services & Post-sales > Sales Director & Business Development > Marketing Director / Senior VP Marketing > Research & Development, Product Innovation Contact Details: Tel: +44 (0)7967 189503 Email: iain.flinn@animatesearch.com Website: www.animatesearch.com

Co-founder & Director: Executive Search @ animate search is an EMEA-focused talent management consultancy operating in the Outsourcing, Enterprise Software, Technology and Professional Services industries. Our passion is enabling our customers to achieve exceptional results that have a lasting impact on their business, their career, their future and much more… How do we do this? We listen, we learn and we engage. We help you to define your employer brand, ensuring that your presence in the market emphasises, promotes and differentiates you as an employer of choice. Firstly, we take a step by step approach: we work with our customers to understand everything that is great about you, your vision, your ambitions, and your opportunities. We do this whilst adding our understanding of talent; knowing what will excite, motivate, challenge and capture candidates’ attention. Then, we design and deliver a go-to-market strategy to entice the very best candidates out there… But it doesn’t stop there. This is just the beginning of our journey together. Search to us is a partnership and a symbiotic relationship for success. If you would like to find out how we can animate your business, your career, your search… drop me a line… iain.flinn@animatesearch.com From October 2015 to Present (3 months) Manchester, United KingdomExecutive Search Consultant / Talent Acquisition Specialist @ Otravida is an executive search organisation with a global capability to deliver executive permanent and interim talent solutions across business and technology functions. With a strong passion for delivering the highest quality service, our customers are at the centre of our processes and solutions. Our ethos is on providing specialist and expert consultancy; all of our Consultants have operated within their specialist markets for a minimum of 8 years and have built unrivalled subject matter expertise, market knowledge and extensive global networks. A bespoke Otravida solution will increase the quality and speed of executive talent acquisition. We blend traditional executive search & selection and talent pooling services, with the agility to design a campaign strategy in line with your specific business challenges, strategic objectives, values and operating environments. Otravida is part of Rethink Group, delivering recruitment and talent management services internationally to transform businesses in to higher performing organisations. The Group supports clients across the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and the US. From January 2013 to October 2015 (2 years 10 months) Manchester, United KingdomPrincipal Consultant & Team Leader @ ReThink Recruitment is a leading recruitment consultancy that services resourcing needs across a number of industry sectors and locations. Our success is based on the in depth knowledge of these sectors coupled with a passion and commitment to deliver excellent results to our clients and candidates. ReThink Recruitment is part of Rethink Group, delivering recruitment and talent management services internationally to transform businesses in to higher performing organisations. The Group supports clients across the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and the US. Covering a range of disciplines (albeit not limited to); - Enterprise Information Management (EIM) - Enterprise Content Management (ECM), - Web Content Management (WCM), - Business Process Management (BPM) / Workflow, - Big Data, Business Intelligence & Analytics, - MDM, Data Warehousing, Data Integration & Data Capture, - Enterprise Search, - eDiscovery, - Customer Experience Management (CEM, CxM, CRM), - Enterprise Social Software (ESS), - Collaboration/Portal Platforms, - Digital Marketing/e-Commerce/Omni-Channel Solutions From June 2011 to January 2013 (1 year 8 months) Manchester, United KingdomSenior Search Consultant - Technology and Consulting Practice @ The search for outstandingly talented people who deliver lasting impact and added financial value for our clients, starts and ends with executive search and talent acquisition specialists, RMG. Our passion is to consistently meet your expectations and make a difference; this gives us the motivation and energy to achieve great results. Our expertise is in executive search (headhunting) and advertising led selection; our capability is in identifying, engaging and securing the talent you need. Combine this with our detailed understanding of the healthcare, technology & consulting, chemicals and consumer goods sectors, and you can be sure that you have found your natural recruitment partner. RMG is a values-based search and selection firm, we live by and deliver on our values and welcome the opportunity to work alongside likeminded organisations. Working in the Technology & Consulting Practice, I was responsible for new business development and delivery into the IT sector with a focus on establishing senior level relationships across a range of companies. From February 2010 to June 2011 (1 year 5 months) United KingdomManaging Consultant @ Stairway2 is a specialist Information Technology (IT) Recruitment Consultancy providing high quality, tailored recruitment services to a range of organisations in multiple industry sectors across the UK. The business has a solid reputation for excellent service delivery and for providing a professional approach throughout the entire recruitment process. Working as a Managing Consultant I was responsible for the day-to-day operational management of Stairway2, as well as performing the ongoing duties as a billable/fee-earning Recruitment Consultant. This included elements of: Client Relationship Management, Account Management, Sales & Business Development and Service Delivery for a diverse portfolio of 'blue-chip' and SME clients. Examples of clients worked with: Steria, Computacenter, Morse, CGI, Northgate, BAe Systems, Lockheed Martin, Ordnance Survey, Xchanging and Kuehne & Nagel From April 2006 to February 2010 (3 years 11 months) Principal Consultant / Service Delivery Manager @ Worked as a Senior Recruitment Consultant / Service Delivery Manager / Account Manager / Team Leader. Responsible for staff development (3-5 staff), business development and service delivery into a number of corporate and SME accounts in the UK. Specific industry sector expertise included; IT Consultancy, Outsourcing & Managed Services, Financial Services, Insurance, Telecommunications and Defence/MOD. Examples of clients worked with: Capgemini, Fujitsu, CSC, Sogeti-Transiciel, Sapiens, NTL/Telewest, Vodafone, T-Mobile, Marconi, Thales, Selex Communications, egg.com, KPMG, Home Office Achievements/Awards: # Nominated for Alexander Mann Solutions ‘People Manager of the Year’ 2003-2004 # Awarded Alexander Mann Group (North West) Employee of the Year 2000-2001 # Awarded Alexander Mann Solutions Star Performer 1999-2000 From April 2000 to April 2006 (6 years 1 month) Graduate Management Trainee @ Working as a trainee Sales & Service Manager at Hartwell's franchised Volkswagen dealership in Warrington. This was a graduate scheme offered to me after completing a 12-month University Sandwich Placement at Hartwell Plc's head office in Oxford. From September 1999 to April 2000 (8 months) Project Co-ordinator (Aftersales & IT) @ Had a dual report to the Aftersales Director and a Business Process Improvement (BPI) Programme Manager. I was responsible for co-ordinating the activity of 30 staff across the UK who were assigned to the Hartwell Aftersales Process Improvement team (H.A.P.I). This included the development of a number of management information (MI) reports, predominately in MS Excel (extracted from MS Access) to monitor and track the success and deliverables of the project. These reports were regularly reviewed by the CEO/Directors during executive board meetings. Other duties included organising conferences & events, IT support, creating MS PowerPoint presentations, dealership auditing, developing the national fleet database (in MS Access) and assisting senior managers on a range of business improvement initiatives. From August 1997 to August 1998 (1 year 1 month)

Post Graduate, CIPD @ Alliance Manchester Business School From 2003 to 2004 BA (Hons), Business Studies @ Sheffield Hallam University From 1995 to 1999 Iain (FIRP) is skilled in: Executive Search, Recruiting, CRM, Talent Acquisition, Interviews, Talent Management, Enterprise Software, Strategy, Contract Recruitment, Management, Consulting, Permanent Placement, Professional Services, New Business Development, Technical Recruiting