About us

CEO & Founder

Ben has 20 years experience in the Interim Management industry where he has solely focussed on supporting organisations to deliver their strategic change agendas.

Prior to founding Argon, Ben was a Board Director of a leading Interim Management firm where he was part of the team that radically transformed the business and successfully took the company into private ownership through an MBO.

Ben has worked with many FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 organisations across a number of different industries and geographies delivering executive interim placement and consulting team solutions.

Chief Operations Officer

Carlie joined the Argon team in April 2021 as Chief Operations Officer to take responsibility for our front and back office operations functions, with a mission to deliver outstanding customer service.

She brings 15+ years’ experience of working in the recruiting and professional services industry, most recently building and leading operations functions in the consulting and transformation market.

Chief Finance Officer

Mat is an accountant having qualified with Ernst & Young and subsequently operating as a Corporate Finance partner with Grant Thornton.

He has provided M&A advice to numerous corporates across a variety of sectors.  Having helped many recruitment companies successfully execute transactions and gaining significant insight into the sector having done so, he has joined Argon as CFO to help support the business with its growth plans and aspirations.

Outside of work Mat enjoys spending time with his family, playing golf and is an avid Spurs fan.

Partner – Finance Transformation, BPO & Shared Services

Daniel is a proven Transformation and GBS Leader with more than 25 years of experience across sectors. Daniel’s role at Argon International is to work with clients on developing their transformation programmes and assisting them to find the right combination of people skills for their unique requirements. Daniel is able to provide quality assurance and consulting services through the use of Argon’s extensive network of trusted Associates.

During his career, Daniel has worked on some of the largest and most complex programmes in the UK and internationally. He possesses a unique blend of operational delivery, programme management and consulting experience. Over recent years Daniel has held senior roles at companies such as Mars, Accenture and KPMG.

Recently, Daniel has worked in an interim capacity and taken on large scale change at Tesco, Tate & Lyle and HSBC. Prior to this, Daniel was a Managing Director at Accenture, leading the Finance Transformation and Global Business Services practice. Daniel has also led large scale service operations at Mars, Marks and Spencer and was CEO of NHS Shared Business Services a public /private partnership with over 100 Health Sector clients.

Partner – Global Business Services

Peter has over 14 years of experience supporting organisations going through large scale transformation and is a specialist across Global Business Services programmes. He works in partnership with organisations to help define their strategy and support them through implementation of the technology, process and people based solutions.

Before joining Argon Peter led the Business Transformation division at multiple leading recruitment firms where he played a key role in driving the growth of their GBS offerings across EMEA.

Peter has worked with multiple fortune 500 clients with a focus in Consumer markets across FMCG, Retail and Pharmaceutical sectors in particular.

Partner – Sustainability Transformation and Change Management

Alastair has over 15 years’ experience working across the recruitment sector including search and selection, interim management, and marketing and employer branding.

Having operated from and led projects from both provider-side and in-house and across large multinational corporates to startup/scaleup businesses, Alastair specialises in helping leaders create high-performance cultures and teams and works closely with a tight-knit community of seasoned transformation, technology, and digital change practitioners.

Partner - HR

Over the past 10 years, Jordan has supported large scale transformation and people change for some of the largest global organisations.

With expertise across interim management, consulting and search & selection, he is passionate about helping clients succeed and make a lasting impact through their people and project teams.

Alongside helping organisations deliver large change and transformation, he has a key interest in helping HR and People leaders in their Inclusion & Diversity strategies.

Jordan has a track-record across Retail, FMCG, Manufacturing, Professional Services and Financial Services sectors, supporting transformation in HR, IT and Finance.

Outside of work he enjoys the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and sourcing the finest Sourdough the country has to offer.

Partner - Finance

Melissa is a recruitment leader with 18+ years’ experience in interim management and consulting. She has driven transformation across Retail, FMCG, Telecommunications, and Technology, partnering with organizations to deliver complex change.

Specializing in finance transformation, Melissa helps businesses align strategy and accelerate progress across people, processes, technology, data, and analytics.

She is known for building trusted, long-term partnerships, she is passionate about guiding organizations through their most critical transformation journeys.

Global Research Director

Ed has over 12 years of experience delivering interim and permanent change professionals to Blue-Chip clients undergoing large-scale transformation.

Ed’s experience spans Retail, Financial Services, Payments, and FinTech. Before joining Argon, Ed ran a market-leading Financial Services change function that partnered with a variety of clients through complex change programmes, including Integrations, Separations, Digital Transformations, and People/Culture Change programmes.

Ed now manages our resourcing capability, ensuring Argon International continues to deliver market specialists on demand for our growing client base.

Research Lead

Ben has over 15 years’ experience delivering interim and permanent change professionals into clients working across a variety of different sectors.

Ben’s experience spans the public sector, financial services, life sciences, and management consulting. Before joining Argon, Ben ran a boutique change and transformation recruitment business, focussed on the NHS and wider public sector, providing both interim and permanent change professionals into large-scale change programmes, including whole-system change programmes and digital transformations.

Ben focusses on resourcing GBS roles across Argon International’s growing client base.

Consultant

Amber joined Argon at the beginning of 2021 to provide delivery support on key client accounts across the UK and Europe.

She brings three years’ experience in the business transformation market, gained with a large listed global firm as well as a smaller boutique, and she has worked with clients across a range of industries and geographies. Her network and expertise are strongest across FMCG and Life Sciences, where she has provided talent solutions for a number of FTSE 50 firms.

Marketing Consultant

Carolyn has over 25 years’ experience in marketing, predominantly in the B2B sector. She has worked at a senior level, developing and delivering strategic marketing plans and projects, covering all channels, to increase brand awareness, sales and growth for large international corporations within Financial Services such as HSBC, Fidelity Investments and Lloyds Banking Group.

For the last 12 years, Carolyn has been working as a freelance Marketing Consultant, helping businesses of all sizes, from start-ups to SMEs, grow through multichannel short and long-term innovative and creative marketing plans, using her skills as a designer and copywriter.

Carolyn is the Marketing Manager at Argon on a part-time basis, developing the full strategy and managing all marketing activity across the company. Her passion within the industry drives her to ensure Argon is considered one of the leading businesses in this sector and is excited to be part of the company’s future success.

Compliance Manager

Debbie has over 25 years’ experience as a versatile Recruitment Specialist with proven experience across various sectors globally, across RPO, in-house and agency. She has a strong ethos of honesty, integrity, and transparency in all that she does

A commercially aware and purposeful recruitment specialist with a highly successful career spanning various sectors across EUCAN working within RPO, in-house and agency, with a focus on Business Services including Finance, IT, Business Systems, Compliance, HR within Pharmaceuticals, Life Science, Consumer Health Technology and Media Sector for interim, FTC and permanent positions.

Debbie’s recruitment approach is underpinned by her neurodiverse perspective, which she views as a unique strength. She echoes Richard Branson’s sentiment that dyslexia is not a disadvantage but a different way of thinking—one that drives innovation and problem-solving.

Compliance Operations Manager

Symah has four years’ experience gained working in the professional services industry, supporting global customers with contract management and compliance support. She manages all background screening and consultant onboarding processes and is well-versed in all areas of regulation and compliance, including IR35.

Symah works closely alongside the internal team and provides day-to-day administrative support across the business.

Business Support & Office Manager

Hanna has worked in the finance and professional services industry for over eight years, supporting directors and teams with administrative and finance management. Hanna is a great team player, hardworking and proficient in meeting deadlines. She also has excellent communication and administrative skills and will unravel any tasks given to her. Hanna helps manage all background screening and consultant onboarding processes.

Hanna works closely alongside the internal team and provides day-to-day administrative support across the business.