About us

CEO

Tom is a recipient of a number of industry awards, and has been featured in Forbes and The Times. He is a member of the IoT Council and the IoT Security Foundation. He is also the host of The 5V Podcast and was recognised in the Onalytica “Who’s Who of IoT in 2022”.

Tom has managed high-profile recruitment campaigns for multinational companies and has been in the industry for fifteen years.

He has created resourcing and project plans for technology start-ups and acted as a Business Developer and Strategist for many of his clients, advising on budgets, social media marketing and work mobility.

Academically, Tom studied degrees in both Computing for Real-Time Systems and Business in Property before joining the recruitment industry.
While not at work Tom enjoys spending time in the car garage, in the kitchen or on his mountain bike!
 

Managing Director

Rick has over 20 years of experience at the sharp edge of the talent solutions industry and has been responsible for building some of the best talent teams in the country. Thinking with entrepreneurial insight and agility, Rick remains centered on delivering best-in-class outcomes for everyone interacting with his team at 5Values.

A pragmatic leader focussed on people & process; Rick joins us as MD for the UK and Europe at 5Values during an exciting period of growth. Previously, Rick has worked within businesses with up to £4bn turnover and led businesses from start-up, right up to £70m turnover both nationally and internationally. 

Rick remains very much a connected MD and is heavily involved in coaching and developing talent internally, managing business, and cultural advancement with colleagues across all levels of the company. Rick is often described as passionate, high-energy, and with a can-do attitude. He gets things done and creates a positive sense of capability across his business.

Outside of work, Rick enjoys supporting his two lads through their education and sporting opportunities; walking his Labradoodles around the River Severn and loading the wine/ beer fridge in his T4 for weekends away.
 

Group Head of Marketing / Co-Founder 5V Media

Georgia joined 5Values as Head of Marketing in 2021 with an 8-year career in Recruitment Marketing under her belt.

Georgia is responsible for implementing strategies and campaigns across all four arms of the business. Georgia’s passion lies in brand and this has seen her be instrumental in the company’s recent rebrand from Paratus People and outlining the company’s vision and mission moving forward. Working on the rebrand has also ignited an interest in sustainability in business. This has seen her be a driver in a number of initiatives at 5Values and starting 5Values’ journey to becoming BCorp certified.

When she’s not managing campaigns with the amazing 5V Media team, you will find Georgia planning incentive trips and team socials…or watching videos of dogs on TikTok.
 

Learning and Development Director

Nick joined 5Values after being a Learning and Development Specialist in the Talent Industry for over 7 years, including 2 years working on a sector-leading training program at recruitment giant SThree. Nick’s bread and butter is sales and he’s spent over 20 years in the sector in various roles.

Nick’s role with 5Values sees him head up the Learning and Development for the 5Values Group, and he plays a key role in how we hire, onboard, support, train, and coach our people. Not shy when it comes to questioning, Nick likes to get to the important detail.

You will often find Nick building content, understanding processes or coaching people so they can be the best version of themselves. Other than learning and developing, Nick’s interests are his family, watching Man United win, and binge-listening to podcasts.

Business Services Manager

Charlotte has been in the recruitment industry for close to ten years, is experienced as both a consultant and in the back office, and therefore has an excellent understanding of all aspects of the role. 

Charlotte's strength is that she is process-driven, which allows her to implement procedures in businesses to streamline and safeguard processes to get the best results.

Charlotte is the go-to person for anything relating to placements and compliance, internal HR queries and general office management.
 

Head of Client Services

Harvey joined us at 5Values with 8 years of recruitment experience under his belt. After a progressive and successful career in cyber security recruitment, he then went on to build out the Client Services function for one of the largest recruitment companies in the world. Harvey thinks his vast successes can be mostly contributed to one thing - his ability to build long-lasting, mutually beneficial client relationships. 

As well as still being heavily involved with our key client relationships at 5V Tech and 5V Video, he also leads our team of Client Service Managers, where his passion for coaching and developing comes to life - driving them to be a best-in-class team.

Outside of work, if there’s sport on the TV, he’ll be watching it! His favourites being Rugby, American Football, and Mixed Martial Arts (preferably with a pint of Guinness.) If there’s no sport on (he draws the line at cricket), he can be found walking the dog with his wife and trying to stay in shape.