Taxation Specialists
Ewen
Burns
London office
Ewen joined Pure in 2002 to focus on recruiting tax professionals across all sectors of the commerce tax market. Ewen focuses on recruiting at tax director and head of tax level internationally, and has built strong relationships with an extensive number of FTSE-listed, financial services and overseas organisations.
Ewen joined Pure as a qualified tax adviser with a wealth of corporate tax experience gained from four years at KPMG. This tax experience, coupled with his depth of market knowledge, has enabled Ewen to build an excellent reputation across all levels and disciplines of the tax arena. Ewen graduated in Civil Engineering from Herriot Watt University.
Outside work Ewen is a keen tennis player and has competed nationally for Scotland. Continuing to play at county and club level, Ewen is currently a member of Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Club.
Charles
Ferguson
London office
Charles is the co-founder of the Pure Group. He is a well known figure in the industry and specialises in recruiting senior level tax professionals across the banking, practice and commercial sectors. Charles has 18 years’ experience undertaking executive search and selection assignments at partner, director and senior management levels. He has also managed numerous high-profile recruitment marketing campaigns for a wide range of clients.
Charles graduated from Southampton University in 1987 and, after a short spell training in audit, began his career in executive recruitment.
As well as spending time with his family, Charles enjoys rugby and cricket from the safety of the stands or armchair. He regularly goes to the theatre and enjoys London’s excellent restaurants.
Dalia
Jennings
London office
Dalia heads up the interim team at Pure Recruitment and has worked there since 2004. She recruits primarily at Senior Manager and Head of Tax level across commerce and industry and financial services.
Dalia graduated with a law degree from Birmingham University. She then gained over three years’ experience working for a global recruitment company, specialising in interim tax and legal recruitment.
In her spare time, Dalia enjoys travelling the world and fine dining.
Marisa
Hari
London office
Marisa joined Pure in 2005. She heads up the overseas team focusing in the EMEA region. She specialises in placing Senior Manager to Global Head of Tax coupled with Senior Transfer Pricing Positions.
Since 2005 Marisa has built up an extensive network by recruiting tax professionals within all commerce markets. Her client portfolio consists of a number of FTSE listed businesses and overseas multinationals.
Out of work, Marisa enjoys dance, yoga and is a keen traveller.
Paul
Murphy
London office
Paul works in the Commerce team and specialises in recruiting from Senior Manager to Head of Tax.
Since joining Pure in 2005, Paul has successfully recruited for a number of leading companies and has established relationships with companies within the FTSE 100, 250 and overseas multinationals.
Paul trained in tax at KPMG in London and followed this with an in-house tax role at Reckitt Benkiser plc, before joining Pure. He read Law at Hull University.
Chris
Nelson
London office
Chris is the co-founder of the Pure Group. He has a leading reputation in tax and front office banking search. He has been responsible for some of the highest profile and most senior moves in the last decade in these disciplines. Specifically, Chris handles partner and team moves in the profession and director level assignments in commerce and banking.
Chris spent his early career with Arthur Andersen as a tax consultant in their London office after reading Law at Leeds University.
Chris’s interests include golf and marathon running, though seldom at the same time.
Barrie
Sanderson
Hong Kong office
Barrie leads our Asia Search Practice from our Hong Kong office.
Through our flexible, whole market, approach he works with a broad range of Commerce & Industry, Financial Services and Private Practice clients on their senior Tax, Legal and Finance needs.
A UK tax qualified professional, Barrie joined Pure in early 2004 to build our market leading tax professional services business in the UK. From 2006 he then led the development of our wealth advisory business completing assignments with a broad range of tax structured finance, investment advisory, private banking and professional services clients.
Barrie recruits across Tax and Wealth Advisory and leads our Legal and Finance offerings.
Susannah
Klean
London office
Susannah works as a Research Consultant on the EMEA team which places tax professionals at mid and senior level. Her position entails providing research support to the placement of tax professionals in the EMEA markets. Her role includes market-mapping, candidate sourcing, headhunting, profiling and name generation .
Susannah graduated from Bristol University in June 2010 with a BA in Sociology and Social Policy.
Susannah is a keen sports player, particularly skiing, squash and tennis. She also very much enjoys travelling and socialising.
Rob
Cottrell
London office
Rob specialises in placing mid to senior level professionals into the financial services throughout Europe and the UK. Rob operates in insurance, investment management, private equity and hedge fund markets.
Prior to joining Pure Taxation, Rob worked for an international search and selection firm where he managed the European division.
Beyond work Rob plays rugby competitively, and enjoys going to the gym, playing tennis and competing in triathlons. Aside from that he has a close affinity to Spain and its culture.
Rob graduated from Southampton University with a degree in Modern Languages.
Stewart
King
London office
As an experienced international search consultant with an prestigious track record, Stewart is well versed in completing searches ranging from Senior Tax Manager through to Global Vice President of Tax. He also holds responsibility for managing all in-house indirect tax searches outside of the UK.
Stewart has developed extensive relationships with global multinationals across a number of different sectors and jurisdictions.
A keen sportsman, Stewart regularly plays football, cricket and golf, but concedes his sporting capability is limited to the label of 'jack of all trades, master of none'
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