About

Since establishing Meraki Talent in 2015, Andrew has led the business from an ambitious start-up into an international organisation with offices across the UK and a global client base spanning banking, investment management, professional services, accountancy and finance, legal, technology, risk, compliance, human resources and executive leadership.

Andrew's expertise extends well beyond recruitment. He works closely with senior executives, boards and business leaders to advise on talent strategy, organisational growth, succession planning, executive appointments and workforce planning. His understanding of how talent shapes business performance has made him a trusted advisor to organisations navigating periods of expansion, transformation and change.

Throughout his career, Andrew has remained passionate about developing high-performing teams and creating an environment where people can build rewarding, long-term careers. He believes that outstanding recruitment is built on relationships rather than transactions, combining market intelligence, honesty and a genuine commitment to delivering the right outcome for clients and candidates alike.

Innovation has also been central to Andrew's vision for Meraki. Alongside the company's continued expansion across specialist recruitment, he has overseen the growth of executive search, international recruitment and statement of work talent solutions, ensuring clients have access to flexible, scalable services that meet the evolving demands of today's employment market.

Known for his entrepreneurial mindset and straightforward leadership style, Andrew continues to drive Meraki's long-term strategy while remaining closely connected to clients, candidates and the markets the business serves. His focus remains on building a business recognised not only for the quality of its recruitment, but for the lasting partnerships it creates and the positive impact it has on the organisations and people it supports.

A 2023 EY Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, away from work Andrew is a former international age-group rugby player who enjoyed a long career with Watsonians FC - now mostly found cheering from the sidelines at Murrayfield.

Throughout her career, Laura has combined an instinctive understanding of recruitment with a strong commercial and operational focus. She has extensive experience within international Professional Services recruitment, working across global markets and developing long-standing relationships with clients and senior professionals.

Today, she continues to play an active role in Meraki's Global Professional Services offering, supporting a team that recruits across areas including Audit, Tax, Risk, Advisory, Corporate Finance and other specialist disciplines. Her experience of international recruitment and global mobility gives her a particularly strong understanding of the complexities involved in identifying, attracting and relocating specialist talent across borders.

As Managing Director, however, Laura's remit extends considerably beyond a single recruitment specialism. She plays a central role in the day-to-day leadership and continued development of the business. Her responsibilities span operational performance, service delivery, compliance, people development and commercial growth, helping ensure that Meraki continues to evolve while maintaining the standards and culture on which the business has been built.

People are a particularly important part of Laura's role. She is closely involved in identifying and attracting the next generation of talent into Meraki, from ambitious individuals beginning their recruitment careers to experienced consultants and established recruiters looking for a platform from which to achieve more.  Laura is the driving force behind Meraki's careers and Employee Value Proposition and is the point of contact for professionals ambitious to grow their career with the organisation.

Laura is actively involved in mentoring and developing Associates, Consultants and future leaders, supporting individuals as they build specialist market knowledge, develop commercial confidence and progress their careers. She works closely with Meraki's leadership team to create high-performing teams while protecting the collaborative, entrepreneurial culture that has been central to the business since its inception.

Passionate about helping young people, Laura has been involved in mentoring Career Ready school pupils for almost 15 years and giving young people their first taste of the working world.

As Meraki continues to grow across the UK and internationally, Laura remains at the heart of its people and operational strategy ensuring the business has the talent, culture, infrastructure and leadership required for its next stage of growth.

With more than 15 years of recruitment experience, Nathan has built his career within Financial Services, developing particular expertise across Asset Management, Buyside, Wealth Management, Investment Management and Asset Servicing. He joined Meraki at its inception in 2015 and has been instrumental in the development of the business ever since.

In 2018, Nathan relocated from Scotland to establish Meraki's London office, building the firm's presence in one of the world's most important Financial Services markets. Since then, he has helped develop an extensive client network across London and the wider UK, partnering with Asset Managers, Wealth Managers, Fund Services businesses and other organisations operating throughout the investment ecosystem.

Today, Nathan leads Meraki's Asset & Wealth Management offering, providing clients with access to specialist recruitment expertise across the entire investment lifecycle. The practice delivers multi-disciplinary coverage spanning Buyside, Banking, Investor Relations, Multi-Asset Brokerage, Marketing & Distribution, Investment Operations and both Public and Private Markets.

Nathan has developed particularly strong expertise within the operational and infrastructure functions that underpin Asset Management. His network spans Investment and Fund Operations, Fund Services, Client and Relationship Management and the increasingly important Private Markets ecosystem. He works with organisations ranging from traditional Asset and Wealth Managers to Fund Services providers, ACDs, Custodians, technology businesses and consultancies.

Nathan's approach is highly consultative. Rather than viewing recruitment as an individual transaction, he works to understand a client's business, operating model, culture and longer-term objectives. This allows him and his team to support everything from individual specialist appointments and senior leadership searches to the development and structure of entire teams.

As a Director, Nathan's responsibilities extend beyond his own market. He plays an active role in the leadership and continued expansion of Meraki's London business, helping to identify new markets, develop client relationships and attract and mentor specialist recruiters as the team grows. His recent expansion of the London Financial Services team has included investment in Asset Management Finance, Change & Transformation, Risk & Compliance and other specialist disciplines.Outside of work, Nathan is a committed marathon runner, having completed marathons in six major cities, as well as a devoted Arsenal supporter. When he's not running or watching football, he enjoys spending time walking his dog.

Tracy has built her career around connecting exceptional HR and Executive Support professionals with organisations where they can make a genuine impact. She brings particular expertise across Financial Services and Insurance, combining an extensive network with a detailed understanding of the people, cultural and organisational challenges facing businesses operating within complex and highly regulated environments.

At the senior end of the HR market, Tracy partners with organisations on appointments ranging from Chief People Officers and HR Directors through to Senior HR Business Partners, HR Managers and senior specialist hires. Her wider team provides expertise across Reward & Benefits, HRIS, Workforce Planning, Talent Acquisition, Employee Relations, Organisational Change and generalist HR, allowing Meraki to support clients across the breadth of the people function.

Alongside HR, Tracy has extensive experience within Executive and Business Support, recruiting the professionals who provide critical support to senior leaders and high-performing teams. This includes Executive Assistants, Personal Assistants, Team Assistants and other specialist business support appointments across Financial and Professional Services.

Tracy's approach is highly consultative. She believes successful recruitment starts with understanding the organisation behind the vacancy – its culture, ambitions, challenges and people strategy – as well as understanding what genuinely motivates a candidate. That allows her to look beyond experience on a CV and identify the alignment required to create successful, long-term appointments. It's an approach she has championed since joining Meraki to establish and grow its dedicated HR & Executive Support offering.

Her role also extends beyond individual recruitment assignments. Tracy works closely with HR leaders and senior stakeholders to share market intelligence, discuss emerging workforce challenges and provide insight into the changing hiring landscape. This increasingly includes areas such as workforce planning, organisational change, EVP, succession planning, employee relations, technology and AI, and the changing expectations of employees and employers.

A passionate advocate for bringing the HR community together, Tracy hosts regular HR events and roundtables, creating an environment where senior HR professionals can discuss the issues shaping their organisations, exchange ideas and build meaningful professional relationships. These conversations also keep Tracy close to the issues affecting the market, providing clients and candidates with insight grounded in what HR leaders are experiencing in real time.

Relationship building remains central to everything Tracy does. Many of the professionals she has supported as candidates have subsequently become clients, and vice versa. For Tracy, this is what great recruitment should look like: trusted relationships that continue well beyond an individual appointment.

Today, Tracy helps organisations secure exceptional people while supporting HR and Executive Support professionals through some of the most important decisions of their careers.

John leads Meraki Talent's UK Accountancy & Finance division and is recognised as one of Scotland's most respected and well-connected senior finance recruiters.

He is a renowned expert in qualified and senior finance appointments, recruiting across roles such as Head of Finance, Finance Director and CFO. John partners with organisations ranging from ambitious owner-managed and high-growth businesses to PE-backed organisations, established national employers and global corporates.

John has particular expertise in supporting businesses at important stages of their development. Whether an organisation is strengthening its finance leadership team, preparing for growth or investment, undergoing transformation or planning for succession, he works closely with senior stakeholders to understand both the immediate requirement and the wider commercial objectives behind the hire.

His knowledge of the senior finance market enables him to advise clients not only on individual appointments, but also on talent availability, salary benchmarking, organisational structures and the wider trends influencing the recruitment and retention of senior finance professionals.

For candidates, John brings an equally long-term perspective. He understands that senior career moves are about much more than the next job title and takes the time to understand an individual’s experience, ambitions, motivations and the type of organisation in which they can make the greatest impact.

Having recruited within Scotland’s Accountancy & Finance market for many years, John combines deep local knowledge with a broad UK network. This has established him as a trusted recruitment partner for organisations seeking experienced finance professionals who can provide both strong technical capability and genuine commercial leadership.

Away from the office, John enjoys spending time with his family and friends, following Scottish football, keeping active and making the most of the outdoors whenever he gets the opportunity.

A Mathematics graduate from the University of Edinburgh, Gordon began his recruitment career in 2005 and has specialised in Technology & Change since 2015. During that time, he has developed an extensive network spanning technology and transformation professionals through to CIO, CTO and senior programme leadership level.

With particularly strong experience across Financial Services, Gordon has supported organisations through major periods of transformation, helping them access expertise across technology, data, digital, programme delivery and business change. His experience now extends across multiple sectors and an increasingly diverse range of established and emerging technologies.

Alongside permanent and interim recruitment, Gordon plays an important role in Meraki's growing Statement of Work offering through Meraki Praxis. This enables clients to move beyond traditional individual contractor hiring and access scalable, project-based solutions with clearly defined objectives, deliverables and outcomes.

Working closely with clients to understand the challenge rather than simply the vacancy, Gordon can help shape the appropriate resourcing model, from a key interim specialist or programme leader through to the mobilisation of a broader team to deliver a defined transformation initiative. Meraki's SOW model is designed around agreed scope, milestones and KPIs, supported by specialist project resources, compliance and delivery oversight. 

His combination of recruitment experience, technology market knowledge and understanding of transformation delivery allows Gordon to provide clients with a genuinely flexible approach to workforce challenges, spanning permanent hiring, interim expertise and outcome-led Statement of Work solutions.

Known for his straightforward, consultative approach and long-standing relationships across the market, Gordon remains closely connected to the technology and change community, providing clients with insight into skills availability, emerging disciplines and the evolving ways organisations are accessing specialist talent.

Joel oversees specialist teams covering Front Office Investment, Investor Relations & Fundraising, and Portfolio Operations, supporting clients across the US and international private markets.

With extensive experience recruiting within private assets, Joel has developed a strong understanding of the investment strategies, operating models and talent challenges that shape the alternatives landscape. He works with investment firms to identify high-calibre professionals from Associate through to Partner and senior leadership level, combining detailed market knowledge with a highly consultative approach. 

Joel places particular importance on building long-term relationships with both clients and candidates. He believes successful recruitment in private markets depends on understanding not simply a candidate’s technical capability, but their motivations, investment philosophy and long-term ambitions, alongside the culture and strategic objectives of the firm.

As Meraki continues to expand its Alternative Investments presence in the US, Joel plays a key role in developing the division’s network and market intelligence, partnering with GPs, LPs and advisory platforms on permanent recruitment and executive search mandates across the investment lifecycle.

Outside of recruitment, Joel has a keen interest in UK infrastructure, enjoys discovering great food and is an enthusiastic follower of virtually every sport going.