MARINE RESOURCES - Key Persons


Alisha O' Flanagan

Job Titles:
  • Managing Consultant
Alisha is an experienced Recruitment Professional, leading our Design, Engineering & Technical Team, with an accomplished recruitment history in Marine, Automotive and Aerospace. She is a highly attentive and uniquely skilled recruitment partner, with strong attention to detail, successfully matching clients and candidates within leading engineering organisations and highly niche talent sectors.

Frank Boyes

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Expert
  • Resource Consultant
Frankie is an expert recsource consultant working in the Design, Engineering & Technical Team.

James Ward - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Founder
James founded the business in 2003 whilst working in the marine industry as a boatbuilder - having recognised the need for a specialist leisure marine recruitment company with the ability to speak with clients and candiates at an industry and technical level. James has maintained this ethos ever since, whilst maintaining his passion to deliver a personalised service of excellence and honesty to meet the needs of every individual client.

Jo Priestley

Job Titles:
  • Resource Consultant
​Jo specialises in recruiting into the Sales and Marketing and Water Sports sectors globally. This encompasses sales and marketing of all levelsand operational roles. With experience in Marketing and Sail Training Schools, Jo is well-placed to understand the key elements involved in building a thriving Leisure marine business.

Justine Duffin

Job Titles:
  • Lead Consultant Skilled Trades - Contracting
​Justine is an experienced recruitment professional, leading our skilled trades team with an accomplished recruitment history within manufacturing, production, automotive, aerospace and defence. Experience in managing high-volume contract accounts within the Skilled Trades sector.

Katie Burroughs

Job Titles:
  • Operations Manager
​Katie spent two years as an Interim Membership and Project Manager with British Marine before joining Marine Resources, and her career before that has been varied from headhunting for Investment Banks or managing composers to running an International Poetry Festival! Katie strives to work efficiently and ensures that her colleagues are able to do the same. Alongside looking after the systems and office, Katie covers projects with the team to enhance our offerings to clients and candidates - including those we want to come and work with us.

Marine Mechanic

Job Titles:
  • Engineer

Mike Pleydell

Job Titles:
  • Lead Consultant IT
Mike Pleydell Lead Consultant IT ​Mike is a great asset to have in the IT & Technical recr... ​Mike is a great asset to have in the IT & Technical recruitment sector! With a wealth of experience and an impressive knowledge of IT, Mike is an invaluable resource for any professional services, marine, or technical industries. His passion for the marine industry is especially noteworthy, and his enthusiasm for the sector is sure to bring tremendous value to any business.

Miriam Monteith

Job Titles:
  • Finance and Office Assitant
​Miriam or Mims is our part-time Finance and Office Assistant, supporting David and Glencora and may well be the first person you'll speak to when you call the office.

Nick Hopkinson

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Recruitment Consultant
Nick begun his career in the marine industry in the UK in 1968. After a brief spell of working for a boat builde... Throughout his long involvement with the marine business, Nick travelled extensively to meet industry leaders and to report on companies and markets in over 60 countries in the Far East, South America, Australasia, North America and Europe. Nick has also provided market due intelligence to a number of high-profile private equity and marine trade investors. Now recently retired from publishing IBI, Nick is turning his attention together with Thom Dammrich,the ex- president of the NationalMarine Manufacturers Association in the US, supported by Marine Resources, to assisting companies and shareholders with their requirements to appoint senior board level executives.

Oliver Wells

Job Titles:
  • Senior Managing Consultant and Executive Lead
​Oliver brings nearly 20 years of senior recruitment experience to Marine Resources, working with some premier recruitment names across a wide range of business sectors from Investment banking to Central Government. He has a strong track record of recruiting senior hires into businesses to affect change both within the UK and abroad. Alongside this, he is also a professional sailor competing on some of the top racing circuits both nationally and internationally. Winning his first national title at the age of 17 he has continued successfully since competing in multiple European and World Championships and finished second at the Melges European 2021 championships alongside other strong results. Having been heavily invested in the marine industry all his life through his passion for sailing/racing it made complete sense to combine the two elements of recruitment and the marine industry. Oliver currently heads up the Sales Marketing and Operations division alongside building the Senior Commercial market across the Marine industry.

Sam Farrimond

Job Titles:
  • Resource Consultant
Preslava McCarthy Senior Marketing Manager Preslava leads the execution of all Marketing and PR activ...

Sarah Thorn

Job Titles:
  • Senior Recruitment Consultant
Sarah specialises in recruiting for an array of roles within the Boat Building Team. Starting her career at Marine Resources as a Recruitment Resourcer, she holds impressive candidate knowledge with a growing network. With experience in the leisure, superyacht and commercial marine markets, she is well placed within the boat building team.

Stephanie Furnell

Job Titles:
  • Recruitment Consultant
Stephanie Furnell is a Recruitment Consultant supporting our ...

Suzie Brushett

Job Titles:
  • Recruitment Consultant
​Suzie is an experienced recruitment professional specialising in Sales, Marketing and Operations in all areas of the marine industry. She has a highly successful background in recruitment with over 20 years of experience in the sailing, yachting and marine sector. Suzie's previous experience gives her the understanding that makes her well-placed to find those exceptional candidates.

Tom Scott

Job Titles:
  • Recruitment Resource Consultant
  • Resource Consultant
Tom Scott is a recruitment Resource Consultant for our Boatbuilding department. Having had a distinguished boatbuilding background himself and good connections with renowned yacht makers makes Tom reliable and understanding of our candidate's concerns and aspirations.