Jake Olds

Jake is a Director of the Executive Search business and leads the Industrial Technology, Media and Telecoms practices, conducting searches for Executives across all business disciplines.

Track record

UK & Ireland General Manager – PC Manufacturer
Head of Sales – Mobile handset manufacturer
Head of Prepay – Mobile operator
CFO – Telecoms reseller
MD – Technology company
CFO – Mining company
COO – Telecoms Reseller
CFO – Software developer
CEO – Telecoms business

Experience

Jake joined Michael Page in 1994 and spent the next 10 years specialising in senior level appointments in both the Finance and Technology disciplines. Following a 2 year sojourn to another Search firm where he gained additional experience of recruiting General/Operational Management positions, Jake returned to join Michael Page Executive Search, and now leads the Industrial and TMT practices.

Prior to this Jake spent 11 years in the British Army with both the Parachute Regiment and The Green Howards, leaving in 1993 in the rank of Captain.

Education

Jake graduated from the RMA Sandhurst in 1986.

Testimonials

“We asked Michael Page to do what we always ask executive search firms to do: "Put in front of us the top people from our competitors." We normally get to see one, are told that a couple of others were not interested. And maybe one or two could not be contacted. You provided us with the number one person from each of our top 5 competitors for interview by our EMEA President. This was an outstanding hit rate. You backed it up with several other senior candidates - from other industries and from further down the target organisation - to ensure we had a fantastic choice to pick from.”

Ken Batty, Executive Director of Human Resources, Lenovo EMEA

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