Olivia Sharp

Olivia specialises in executive search for our HR Practice. Her practitioner background in HR, gained in various senior positions in a FTSE100 organisation, combined with her extensive general management experience, gives our HR practice a unique offering for clients and candidates alike.

A Chartered Member of the CIPD, Olivia has a specialist interest in mental health as well as discrimination and diversity in the workplace, and has been leading our internal and external events calendar for mental health education. She also brings first-hand experience of delivering business turnarounds as well as wide scale people and cultural change, including the opportunities and challenges presented by a complex industrial relations environment.

A skilled HR generalist, Olivia has strong leadership and team development experience, having used a broad spectrum of leadership assessment tools and techniques. Olivia leads search activity across the full HR spectrum, from generalist to specialist roles, but has a particular focus on leadership roles and has a particularly strong track record in in multisite commercial enterprise, not for profit organisations and the technology sector.

Reflecting her love of languages and travel, Olivia studied at the Universities of Bristol and Bologna, gaining a BA Hons in Italian. Keen to enjoy unique experiences, she has completed the Amsterdam, Disneyland Florida and London marathons for charity over the last four years, and danced in the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics. Olivia lives in Surrey with her husband Andrew and their young family.