Meet the Team
Tempest was formed in 1995 and has its head office in Covent Garden, Central London and an office in Darlington. The philosophy and reputation of Tempest is based on Quality of Service for both clients and candidates.
Each client account is managed by a specialist account manager and each account manager looks after no more than 6 key accounts – this provides our clients with a service that they can rely on for consistency and dedication.
Candidates can bank on a confidential, professional approach to managing their next career step as well as access to the leading industry organizations at director level.
Maintaining our reputation as market leaders in quality recruitment is paramount to our success and is something that all our consultants work hard to achieve. With nine consultants please find a little about the key members of staff.
Managing Director John Tempest
Commenced his recruitment career in the late 1980's. Previously working for two recruitment companies, John set up Tempest in early 1995 to then wholly concentrate on Project Management and Construction Management. This over the years has developed in recruiting across all consultancy sectors whilst maintaining a strong presence within the Consultancy sector.
Gerard Todd
Has been with the company since 2000 and looks after leading Consultancies and Property Developers. He began his career as a management trainee with a national contractor and his experience of Project Management, Planning and Quantity Surveying has proved invaluable in his current role. He moved on from contracting, working with one of the country’s best known Insurance companies before taking up his current role.
Sarah Harkin
Has a degree in English and Law from South Africa and has spent the last 10 years in the UK working initially in IT before moving into IT recruitment in 1999. Focusing on emerging internet and ecommerce technologies, Sarah specialized in recruiting Project Managers and Technical Consultants for ‘Big 5’ management consultancies to niche technology companies before moving into construction and property recruitment in 2002. Sarah joined Tempest in September 2003 and looks after Project Management and Management Consultancy appointments with particular emphasis on PFI / PPP.
