Now we’ve gone through the initial shock of COVID-19 and its all-encompassing experiences, I can’t help but feel we’ll come out of the other side invigorated.  Our Prime Minister has made references to the challenges we’ve made being the first of their kind since World War Two. What was the reaction of the country post-war?...Read More

Ennis & Co would like to take this opportunity to wish you, and your families, well at this particular time. As much as current happenings are ever-changing, the world doesn’t stop and when it comes to helping organisations find new talent – neither do we. As executive search specialists, we carry out global assignments for...Read More

We’re living in highly disruptive times – especially in the automotive sector. This was abundantly clear listening to the presentations and discussions at our annual Advisory Board meeting earlier this month, where the topics ranged from the radical digital and technological transformation taking place in our industry to developments in diversity and inclusion. As executive...Read More

Imagine a scenario where the selection panel for a senior executive role rejected a shortlisted candidate purely on the grounds that they were female, black or disabled. Seems pretty unthinkable, doesn’t it? Now consider a scenario where a candidate is turned down because they are in their fifties, despite having all the necessary experience and...Read More

In the competitive world of the automotive industry, candidates need to stand-out from the get-go in order to outshine the competition. It is true that first impressions do count, and experienced recruiters can often sense early on when they have found the perfect candidate. In an industry which sees 856,000 people employed and with an...Read More

Richard Gordon, formerly commercial director at LEVC (London EV Company), has joined Ennis & Co, as an associate. Richard brings an exceptional breadth of knowledge of the automotive retail and manufacturer sectors, having also worked for Jardine Motors Group, Bentley Motors, Ferrari and Toyota, in senior automotive sales and marketing roles. Richard’s industry network, built...Read More

Like many of my peers in automotive leadership roles and within executive search agencies, I’ve seen diversity in business explode in the past five years. From the early days of collecting data on employee ethnic origin and ensuring a diverse mix of races were represented (if not representative) in corporate brochures, diversity is now a...Read More

‘Sunday, Bloody Sunday’ Are you counting the days and hours to the weekend to recharge your batteries, reintroduce yourself to the family, or enjoy a spell of ‘chillaxing’? Don’t feel too guilty, you’ve probably earned it. But equally you may be unaware that while you are rightly winding down for that well earned weekend break,...Read More

“The unteachables” sounds like a pitch for a documentary about a group of really distracted students, but it’s also a neat phrase that caught my ear when I was interviewing someone recently and asked them what they looked for in an up-and-coming manager. “Oh you know,” he said, “all of the unteachables”. In this gentleman’s...Read More

Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s traditional for people to use February 14th to make a symbolic gesture of their love for one another, or panic because they’ve forgotten to buy flowers or book a cosy table for two. It’s easy to take someone for granted when they’re part of the furniture. Perhaps those flowers and those...Read More