About Us

One Vision

After a successful career in International recruitment, Harvey Gretton founded Blayze Group in 2002. He envisioned Blayze Group as the premier Talent and Leadership Consultancy for the Global Construction sectors. Today, Blayze Group is trusted by many of the world’s leading organisations to find exceptional talent and to develop their employees.

 

 

 

 

Partnership

Blayze Group is more than a recruitment agency. We’re a close partner with both clients and candidates. Our deep understanding of what drives you enables us to deliver long-term solutions. When it comes to securing transformational talent for your organisation, finding your next career move or empowering key people, Blayze Group is by your side and on your side.

Executive Search

For more specific and confidential searches, Blayze Group undertakes executive searches for leading organisations in the UK and USA real estate and construction markets. When is comes to discovering talent for your organisation, we use an in-depth, data driven approach to full y access the candiate market. 

Our Values

We build long-term relationships with our clients and candidates who trust our opinions, vision and advice. We are experts in our field and share these insights with our clients to help drive business performance.

We have an on-going committment to innovate and improve the quality, service level and commercialism of our solutions to help our cleints thrive. We go above and beyond to deliver results that exceed our client's expectations.

We are always open, honest, ethical and fair. Our reutation, and commercial success, is built upon our ability to adhere to our word and our commitment to do what's right fo rour clients and our business.

We benefit from collaboration between people of different cultures, backgrounds and thinking styles. We are committed to building a caring and supportive environment that encourages personal and professional growth.

 

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Meet the Team

With over 200 years of combined experience, our team brings deep expertise in the real estate and construction sectors across the UK, USA, and international markets. What sets us apart is our ability to deliver thoughtful, professional advice grounded in a client-first mindset. At the heart of everything we do is our commitment to acting as a trusted advisor to both our clients and candidates.

Rachael Frame

Rachael Frame

Head of Leadership Consulting
Ross Sowerbutts

Ross Sowerbutts

Group Director
Ian Jones

Ian Jones

Business Development Director
Sophie Flight

Sophie Flight

Group Finance Manager
Duncan Morgan

Duncan Morgan

Head of Residential
Ryan Newson

Ryan Newson

VP North America
Julian Lavin

Julian Lavin

Client Director Professional Services
James Maloney

James Maloney

Consultant
Bhumika Rangwani

Bhumika Rangwani

Associate Consultant
Alexandra Shoobert

Alexandra Shoobert

Principal Business Psychologist

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