Meet the Team

Toby Burton

Partner
Head of Human Resources Practice & Reward Specialist

Toby Burton

Partner & Head of Human Resources Practice and Reward Specialist

With over 20 years’ experience across the UK, Europe & Asia within the human resources market, Toby leads our Human Resources Practice, focussing on senior HR leadership executive search.

Having forged a strong track record in delivering high-end reward assignments he also leads Eton Bridge’s reward offering, providing both permanent and interim solutions. Toby’s core specialist knowledge areas are performance, remuneration committee, executive remuneration, total reward & wellbeing, benefits & pensions, governance & risk management, and global mobility.

Toby’s passion sits with the belief that a more joined-up, collaborative approach across the breadth of the HR function can have a huge impact on the culture and performance of an organisation. Whilst Toby operates across the whole private sector, he has particular expertise within business to consumer, professional services and hi-tech sectors.

Toby started his career in 1999 and spent his early years recruiting in finance. He quickly developed a keen interest in the role human resources can play in driving business transformation and joined the HR recruitment practice of a FTSE 100. Toby then spent 5 years with a well-respected niche search & interim firm, before joining Eton Bridge as part of the original team back in September 2010.

Outside of work Toby is a regular golfer, a keen walker and loves to cook with his family whenever possible.

See what Toby’s clients say

Toby has a good understanding of his clients’ requirements – both employers and candidates. He keeps close to his network not just when there is a business opportunity. Toby is highly efficient and will only put forward a candidate who he believes is a good fit. He is a pleasure to work with.

Rita FahertyGroup Reward Director

Toby is great to work with because he gets to the core of what is needed, and certainly understands what good looks like in Reward. In the most recent search he conducted for me, he provided three great candidates, from which I hired one excellent individual. The process took less than a month from start to finish. Perfect!

Julia DavenportInterim Reward Director, AIG

Firstly, I should say that the HR Director that we have hired has already proved a great asset to our business and addition to the team. As a now large and yet still very rapidly expanding e-commerce businesses, sourcing individuals who have been on a similar journey is a tough ask! Toby Burton put a very strong shortlist in front of the executive team, and clear care and attention was given to the getting the cultural fit absolutely spot on. When engaging in a full “search” you need to be very confident that the firm you choose has the right network and is transparent with you at every stage of the process and that they get that cultural fit is often more important than pure skillset. Eton Bridge were fast paced, tenacious and thoroughly enjoyable to work with.

Mike WroeGroup CFO, Just Eat

Toby is a very engaging search consultant who quickly understands client needs and leverages networks very effectively to ensure ‘right candidate fit’ achieved by properly knowing candidates, enabling more effective insight. Toby’s candidates are always accurate to our requirements. He also happens to be a naturally likeable individual with high levels of integrity!

Brad ArnoldTalent Acquisition Director International & Global Executive Search, McGraw Hill Financial