Government

Caitlin Tickell is a Senior Consultant who works across the UK Government and Higher Education Practices.

Her experience of senior level executive search includes senior leaders within UK public policy and governmental organisations and academic leadership, professional services and board appointments globally in higher education. She has worked with clients including the House of Commons, Chatham House, the Alan Turing Institute, Universities UK, and supports universities across the breadth of the higher education sector, from Russell Group institutions to newly established HEIs.

Caitlin is a member of the Diversity and Inclusion Group at Perrett Laver, and leads the LGBTQ+ Employee Network.

Caitlin holds an MChem from the University of Oxford, and is currently studying for a Masters in Public Policy and Management.

Rosemary is a Partner & Head of the UK Government Practice.

She has been with the firm for seven years and her experience in senior level executive search spans CEO-level, Director-level and non-executive appointments for a range of UK public institutions. Prior to becoming Head of the Government Practice, Rosemary developed and led Perrett Laver’s work in UK state education across the academy and maintained sectors.

Rosemary holds a BA (Hons) in Classics from the University of Cambridge and an MSc in Management from The London School of Economics and Political Science. Prior to joining Perrett Laver, Rosemary worked for six years at the House of Commons and for three years as Registrar of Caterham School.

Rosemary is Vice-Chair of Folio Education Trust and a Trustee of Beyond Autism.

Gordon is a Regional Managing Partner, Americas. He leads our Canadian operations and delivers senior-level searches across all of the sectors in which we operate. He began with the firm in our London office and subsequently opened the Vancouver office in 2013 and the Toronto office a few years later.

Gordon holds a B.A. in Classics and Anthropology from Alberta, an MPhil in Archaeology from Glasgow, a PhD (on the looting and illegal trading of antiquities) from Cambridge (Homerton College) and a Corporate Executive Certificate from the Alberta, School of Business. He held junior research positions at Texas (Institute of Classical Archaeology) and Westminster (ESRC Project on the UK’s Dealing in Cultural Objects Offences Act 2003) and he was Collections Management Advisor at Alberta (Museums and Collections Services). He was also an Associate Scholar on the Intellectual Property in Cultural Heritage Project and continues to write book reviews for a few academic journals. He also brings government experience from the UK (Parliamentary Ombudsman) and Canada (Government of Alberta), where he managed a socioeconomic program evaluation team and received a Premier’s Award for outstanding client services.

Erik is a Partner and leads Perrett Laver’s office in San Francisco.

His experience in senior level executive search includes Board, Chief Executive and Senior Academic and Administrative appointments in Higher Education and Research, Health and Social Care and Global Non-Profit Practices.

Erik holds BA in History from Menlo College in California, where he was class Valedictorian and an MSt in History from the University of Oxford. Before joining the firm, he held the position of Business Development Manager for the international political consulting firm Oxford Analytica.

Janelle is Managing Partner of our Australian operations and leads our office in Sydney.

Her senior level executive search experience includes Senior Academic and Administrative appointments globally in higher education and research and for organisations across the cultural and sports sector

She holds a Bachelor degree in Social Science and a Master degree in Marketing from The University of Newcastle, and a Master degree in Management from The Australian National University.  Janelle has significant experience in strategic marketing and communications, student recruitment, relationship management, events, business development and international relations. Prior to joining Perrett Laver, Janelle held senior management roles at the Australian National University and the University of Newcastle and is experienced in sports administration having held the position of General Manager for Netball Tasmania, and has also held senior marketing and communications positions in the mining and not-for-profit sectors. Janelle has travelled extensively, particularly across Asia.