ZYNA - Key Persons
Cheryl joined ZYNA in November 2021 as the team's dedicated database specialist. Prior to joining the team, Cherly was head of data quality control at a digital marketing agency. She has gained numerous years of experience across advertising and marketing working in various data management and administrative roles. Before joining the corporate world, she worked in PR for five years in similar data administration related positions.
Marcus Whyte has over 25 years plus of experience working across the recruitment and professional services sector with a proven track record of placing talent into senior executive roles and working with organisations to diversify their talent pipelines.
He founded Zyna in 2012 as an executive search and advisory consultancy. Growing up as the only Black child in the Shetland Islands in the 1980s and his experience in the corporate world led him to have a strong personal interest in diversity and inclusion in the workplace, which set the foundations for his business.
In 2018, following the death of his mother, Marcus decided to take his business into a new direction focusing on placing black talent into executive roles and succession planning. At the time, there were no Black chairs or chief executives (Sunday Times 2018) and he wanted to be part of the journey to make FTSE UK companies more diverse and representative at a senior level.
Marcus founded Zyna Search in 2012. Before moving into executive search Marcus was a management consultant with Arthur Andersen/ Deloitte consulting for 8 yrs. Marcus is qualified yoga teacher, former semi professional rugby player and holds a BSc in Banking and Finance from Loughborough University.
Matondo assists in the production of research reports for senior executive and non-executive appointments in both listed and private companies. She holds an undergraduate degree in Business Management with Marketing and a Masters in Marketing both from Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, in France.
Prior to joining Zyna, Mercedes worked as a facilities manager for the prestigious advertising agency McCann London where she worked for 12 years. She is currently the Executive Assistant to Marcus Whyte Mercedes is also executive assistant to the EA of the CEO of the Aleto Foundation - a charity that has been around for 10+ years helping young, disadvantaged socio-economic people to become the next leaders of tomorrow.