Ben Wood

Partner | Head of Financial Services | UK

UK

Ben is a partner at Frazer Jones. He is responsible for growing and driving our UK financial services permanent and interim practices, leading our business development and client engagement strategy. He focuses on recruiting CPO/HR directors across financial services and has facilitated many notable hires. As a keen networker who has worked in HR recruitment since 2015, Ben has long-lasting relationships with an extensive amount of clients and candidates. He has built and run several HR director roundtable groups, providing HR professionals and the businesses they work for with a great platform to collaborate.

BEN’s Insights

  • Hiring advice

A quarter of UK businesses spend up to 10 hours a week just scheduling interviews­­

  • Posted August 1, 2024
A recent survey by Indeed revealed that time-consuming hiring processes are huge challenge for UK businesses, quickly hoovering up their budget. The survey reveals that one in four (24%) of businesses in the UK spend up to ten hours on scheduling interviews for potential candidates. According to LinkedIn, 15% of HR professionals changed jobs within the last year. […]
  • UK

Frazer Jones Pulse: UK financial services Q1 2024

  • Posted April 30, 2024
What’s been happening in HR recruitment in the UK financial services sector? Ben Wood, Partner and Head of Financial Services UK, spoke to Nick Croucher, Partner and Head of UK and Ireland, about the key trends so far and what to expect for the rest of 2024. Watch the full video here: If you would […]
  • Market Insight

HR recruitment trends: private equity

  • Posted December 15, 2023
What’s been happening in HR recruitment in the UK private equity sector? Ben Wood, Partner and head of our UK financial services business, spoke to Nick Croucher, Lead Partner, Frazer Jones UK and Ireland, about the key trends in 2023 and what to look out for in 2024. Watch the full video here: If you […]

2022: a record year for recruitment in UK financial services

  • Posted January 18, 2023
Across the UK’s financial services sectors, we’ve pulled together a review of the live recruitment data we captured in 2022. A consistent need for executive roles 2022 started with an explosion of hiring across the talent acquisition space – which increased month on month until the year’s midpoint. “Executive recruitment remained fairly constant throughout the […]