RUTHERFORD SEARCH LIMITED - Key Persons


Alexia Brodie Cooper

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Member of the Rutherford Team

Chloe Gaskin

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Member of the Rutherford Team
  • Consultant, Private Practice
  • Search
Chloe Gaskin is a Consultant at Rutherford, a London-based recruitment firm that specialises in legal, compliance and financial crime searches within law firms and financial services businesses. With an impressive background in Common Law and experience working in the legal department of a fast-growing fintech, Chloe joined Rutherford with a wealth of experience, hitting the ground running with her approach to recruitment. Since joining the firm's Private Practice department, she has worked on several high-level and complex mandates, and focuses on sourcing the best legal talent, from Senior Associate-level through to Partner.

Genevieve Higgins-Desbiens - CMO, COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Head of Marketing
  • Member of the Rutherford Team
  • Search
Genevieve Higgins-Desbiens is a Chief Operating Officer at Rutherford, a London-based recruitment firm that specialises in legal, compliance and financial crime searches within law firms and financial services businesses. After obtaining her Bachelor of Business in Canada, she worked for several high-profile brands as well as start-ups, strengthening and building their brand all whilst optimising their marketing strategies, both offline and online. After moving to the UK, she quickly specialised in the professional services sector, driving the marketing agenda for firms within the recruitment industry. She joined Rutherford in 2020 to build the firm's marketing function from the ground up, and since then she took on a wider remit, now overseeing all operations for the business and spearheading all growth-focussed efforts. ​

Jackson Baker

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Rutherford Team
  • Director of the Legal & Compliance Desk
  • Director, Legal & Compliance
  • Head of US
  • Manager of the Compliance Desk
  • Search
Jackson Baker is the Director of the Legal & Compliance desk at Rutherford, a London-based recruitment firm that specialises in legal, compliance and financial crime searches within law firms and financial services businesses. After finishing his double degree in Commerce and Business at the University of Newcastle, he started his professional journey in Residential Real Estate in Australia, quickly ranking within the top 10 teams of his franchise. After moving to London, Jackson took interest in executive recruitment. At Rutherford, he has been working with a range of clientele, big and small. Most of his work is focused on the buy-side, with a specialism of advising boutique/SME firms.

Jonathan Skerrett

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Rutherford Team
Jonathan Skerrett is a Director at Rutherford, a London-based recruitment firm that specialises in legal, compliance and financial crime searches within law firms and financial services businesses. After working for a global recruitment PLC where he managed large investment banking account relationships and placed candidates at all levels for companies ranging from Credit Suisse to Goldman Sachs, Jonathan founded his own firm, Rutherford, in 2011. With more than 14 years of experience in legal and regulatory recruitment, Jonathan specialises in placing Partner through to Senior Associate-level candidates within private practice.

Lucy Phillips

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Rutherford Team
  • Consultant, Legal & Compliance ( US )
  • Search
Lucy Phillips is a Consultant, Legal & Compliance at Rutherford, a London and New York-based recruitment firm which specialises legal, compliance and financial crime searches within law firms and financial services businesses. With a strong background in global recruitment, Lucy has an eye for identifying and placing top diverse talent. With hands-on experience building out a new discipline in her previous role, Lucy has joined Rutherford's compliance and legal team to continue our efforts and further widen our scope in the United States.

Michael Aspinall

Job Titles:
  • Consultant

Tevia Kretzmer

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Member of the Rutherford Team
  • Legal and Compliance Consultant
  • Senior Consultant, Legal & Compliance
Tevia Kretzmer is a Legal and Compliance Consultant at Rutherford, a London-based recruitment firm that specialises in compliance, financial crime, legal and cyber security searches within financial services. After obtaining his BA (LLB) from the University of Johannesburg, Tevia began his legal career at a medium-sized firm based in Johannesburg, which specialised in commercial litigation with a focus on the oil, energy and property sectors.