Anton Blades

Associate Director

UK

Anton is a specialist in HR technology and analytics recruitment, including HRIS, HR data, HR reporting, and HR systems recruitment within the UK. He started his HR recruitment career in 2018 and now covers his HRIS recruitment specialism for the mid to senior market, for both interim (fixed term and day rate), and permanent hires across all sectors. Anton holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Exeter University.

Anton’s Insights

Why vacant HR leadership roles can slow growth in PE-backed businesses

  • Posted August 5, 2026
Contents Share Key insights Private equity thrives on momentum. In PE-backed businesses, value creation plans are tightly defined, timelines are compressed, and leadership teams are expected to deliver transformation at pace. In this environment, any gap in the executive team can have a disproportionate impact on performance. Yet HR leadership roles are often the positions […]
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The future of HR technology: key innovations shaping talent acquisition 

  • Posted August 5, 2026
Contents Share Key insights Talent acquisition is undergoing one of the most significant transformations in its history. As organizations compete for talent in increasingly complex global markets, HR technology is evolving rapidly to support faster, more data-driven and more personalized hiring processes.  For HR leaders, the shift is no longer about incremental gains in efficiency. […]
The deadline smashing department

What are the biggest hiring challenges facing HR teams in global legal and professional services firms?

  • Posted Juli 28, 2026
Contents Share Key insights Global legal and professional services firms have long set the pace for talent strategy, particularly in major markets such as London and New York. As these firms grow through international expansion across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East, navigate economic uncertainty, and respond to shifting workforce expectations, […]
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How CPO roles in PE backed businesses are going to market

  • Posted Juli 15, 2026
Contents Share Private equity moves fast. Value creation timelines are compressed, expectations are high, and every leadership hire carries disproportionate weight across portfolio companies. Within any private equity backed business, the management team is under constant pressure to deliver against the investment thesis – driving valuation, strengthening cash flow, and ultimately improving business performance. Yet, […]
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Reward Manager

We’re partnering with a well‑established, creative and commercially driven organisation to appoint a Compensation & Benefits Manager into its People team. This is a genuinely compelling step‑up opportunity for a Junior Reward Manager or an experienced Reward Analyst who is ready to broaden their remit, increase their visibility, and build confidence operating as a trusted […]
  • Salary Up to GBP60000 per annum
  • Posted Veröffentlicht vor 3 Wochen

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  • Permanent

Reward Manager

We’re partnering with a well‑established, creative and commercially driven organisation to appoint a Compensation & Benefits Manager into its People team. This is a genuinely compelling step‑up opportunity for a Junior Reward Manager or an experienced Reward Analyst who is ready to broaden their remit, increase their visibility, and build confidence operating as a trusted […]
  • Salary Up to GBP60000 per annum
  • Posted Veröffentlicht vor 3 Wochen

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  • Fixed term contract

HR System & Operations Manager

I am delighted to be the exclusive recruitment partner for a growing, purpose-led organisation, to recruit a HR System and Operations Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible implementing a new HR technology solution from scratch, in a real greenfield environment, where the business has no previous in-house HRIS. You will be responsible for establishing […]
  • Salary GBP55000 – GBP63000 per hour
  • Posted Veröffentlicht vor 3 Wochen

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Talent acquisition
Banking and financial services
Professional services
Reward
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