After graduating from Bristol Business School in 1994 James commenced work in derivative trading for Citi Group where he learnt the hard nose reality of the financial world.
After 3 years at Citi Group he decided to try his hand in recruitment and joined a recruitment company where he became the head of the London office.
He started JPA in December 1998.
James was made Chairman of the REC London Regions Ltd in 2005 marking his commitment to recruitment and quality.
He now has three daughters Imogen, Georgiana and Octavia. James now divides his time between his business, his busy family life, sailing and golf.
After graduating in Business and Media, Robin moved into Graduate recruitment before joining JPA in 2004.
Robin specialised in placing Graduates and experienced consultants into Corporate Sales and Recruitment roles.
In 2007 Robin set up JPA Asia Pacific, based in Sydney where JPA specialise in aiding experienced Recruitment Consultants relocate from the UK to all locations in Australia and from Australia to the UK.
Within Australia Robin assists domestic based candidates ranging from graduates to senior level candidates move within the Contingency and Search markets.
Robin spends his time playing and watching football, skiing, surfing and running.
After graduating in Business & Finance in 1997, Sarah soon started her career within the recruitment industry where she has since remained.
Sarah joined the JPA team in August 2008 after spending over 10 years working in the industry. She has previously managed branches of Hays and Adecco recruiting within many different industry sectors including Sales & Marketing.
In her present position at JPA, Sarah heads up the Graduate Recruitment division. As well as managing a team she also works with many clients across London and the UK who are looking to attract the best talent.
Our graduate division attracts candidates across all industry sectors eager for us to help head start their careers.
Sarah spends her time, Exploring new cities, going to the Gym and Cycling.
After Graduating from University of Sussex with a History Degree, Dennis worked in a number of roles including Bar Management and a stint as a chef. It was during his time managing a busy restaurant he discovered his true passion to be sales.
Dennis spent 3 years selling pensions and investment bonds for Prudential before embarking on a recruitment career which has seen him move from reed accountancy to Flexworks a brand of JPA.
Dennis has developed Flexworks into the premier recruiter for Membership based organizations and is able to work across multiple disciplines in both temporary and permanent recruitment. Dennis continues to recruit himself as well as performance direct the team.
Dennis is married and a proud father. His other main passions include cooking, watching football and boxing and following a variety of music genres.
Paul has over 20 years recruitment industry experience, best known for his work within the North West Construction Industry he also has experience in many other sectors and has a proven track record of adaptability.
Paul has been the Northern Regional Manager of HeMan Contracts, Anders Elite and most recently Daniel Owen Associates.
In his present position he is looking to grow the JPA Northern market and to re establish it as the market leader in the sector for both Clients and Candidates, he will also be looking to utilise his knowledge of recruitment to expand the JPA area of operations.
When not recruiting Paul is a passionate supporter of Manchester City having been a season ticket since 1976 (which incidentally was the last time they won a trophy!) and when his ageing knees allow, tries to convince people he can still run.
Tim Watts joined his family business in 1970, initially opening Pertemp's second office in Wolverhampton whilst his mother, Constance Watts, continued to run the existing office in Temple Street, Birmingham.
Over the next 20 years, he expanded Pertemps both geographically throughout the Midlands, London, Manchester and Bristol and divisionally by the introduction of technical and industrial services.
By 2002 Pertemps' turnover had grown to in excess of £400 million.
Mr Watts actively supports education, the arts, sport and charities and is the governor and trustee of numerous institutions including the first ever City College of Technology in Birmingham and the Chairman of the fundraising committee for the Birmingham Foundation.
