Headed up by Richard Lammie, who has 25 years experience in the Food & Drink industry, Richard's team of business managers and consultants are based across the UK and have been employed as the best at what they do rather than those who are geographically relevant. Read more about the team below…
After completing his degree in Music Management and then spending a winter overseas playing cricket in Australia, Dan entered the world of recruitment in the summer of 2013. Working within the food industry, he quickly found a niche focusing specifically on meat industry clients and began working closely with a wide range of meat businesses including meat wholesalers, catering butchers and large meat processors. Dan spent the next 3 years honing his skills and becoming a genuine specialist within meat industry recruitment.
In 2016, Dan made the jump over the fence to work in-house for one the UK’s largest meat businesses as their Group Recruitment Manager. He was responsible for designing and implementing a new internal recruitment function from scratch as well as directly sourcing talent for the organisation.
Fast forward to the present day, Dan is now part of the senior team at Blakeney Point and heads up the Protein Division for the business. With his blend of experience on both sides of the recruitment fence, coupled with his in-depth knowledge of the meat industry, Dan is a safe pair of hands when it comes to managing recruitment projects for our meat and seafood industry clients.
Outside of work, Dan is a keen cricketer and plays for his local club in Nottingham, as well as being a key member of the clubs committee. He’s a big Newcastle United fan, has played the guitar since he was 12 and is a big lover of pale ale!
Fiona has operated in Executive recruitment for over 15 years, focusing specifically on the food and drinks industry and has an unrivalled knowledge of the chilled food manufacturing sector within the UK.
She works across all role functions, but specialises in Sales and Marketing, recruiting from middle management to Director levels. She is regularly engaged on confidential recruits for clients looking to strengthen their current teams and leadership structure.
Fiona works with a variety of clients from SME’s to some of the UK’s largest food manufacturing businesses, advising, supporting and recruiting the best talent in the market. She has a wealth of knowledge, working in a true partnership with both clients and candidates and is always ‘hands on’ with her recruitment. Client satisfaction is of paramount importance to her, as is understanding the candidates and how best to help them manage their careers.
Over the past 5 years, she has focused more on Director level recruitment within Commercial, Operations, HR, Finance and Marketing. Fiona has a genuine interest in the sector, loves the pace, challenge and diversity and treats every day and an opportunity to learn something new!
Blakeney Point was an opportunity for Fiona to help establish an ethical recruitment business, where clients are valued and put at the core of what we do, consultants are supported, developed and given opportunities to progress in a positive work environment. She is constantly on the look out for exceptional talent to join the business.
Interests : Running, Yoga, Aerial Sports
Lucy is our Digital Marketing and Communications Manager who supports the BP team by coordinating our media channels and creating content for our socials. She is an advocate for digital communication and believes it is an essential element in providing visibility and key information for both candidates and clients. This has especially been the case over the past year, where we have all seen how much of a lifeline social media has been for so many of us!
A recent graduate, Lucy has a BA in Communications and Media from the University of Liverpool. She loved getting to know the cities food and drink scene as well as exploring the unique independent music and cultural spots Liverpool has to offer.
Before the pandemic hit, Lucy planned to spend the winter season living and working in Whistler. With plans put on hold, she is ready to work hard and bring lots of energy to her new role with Blakeney Point Search & Selection.
New to recruitment, but no stranger to helping other’s find their dream – whether that’s a dream job or dream home! Jodie previously worked in the lettings industry where she worked up the ladder from trainee to senior lettings negotiator in Melbourne City.
Originally from Doncaster, Jodie recently made the move back to the UK after living down under in Australia for nine years! Although it was the travel ban that pushed her back to the UK, it proved the perfect timing for Jodie, her 2-year-old little girl and her family to all get to spend some quality time back together.
Recruitment was something that was always on the back of Jodie’s mind as something she wanted to try and so now she’s thrilled to get the chance to start a new career with us here at Blakeney Point. Jodie is motivated by the sense of fulfilment and achievement when you’ve helped others.
Working within the core Blakeney Point team, Jodie has been able to develop her skills alongside senior members of the team whilst she learns invaluable lessons about the world of recruitment.
Born in Europe’s biggest food and drink town - Grimsby,
Betsy was always destined to work in the industry. Betsy is a bit of a globe trotter and has lived and worked in such places as Los Angeles and London.
After training as a professional dancer at Urdang Academy in London for 3 years, Betsy travelled the world performing in Hong Kong, Juneau, Tokyo, Vancouver, Victoria, Rome, Malta, Barcelona, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, Costa Rica, Panama and Miami to name but a few!
With her wanderlust satisfied, Betsy found that she could use her interpersonal skills and discipline that she had developed in her dancing career in a her new found love – Recruitment.
Betsy is concentrating primarily on the Drinks industry where she has been able to develop a significant network with her peers.
Betsy continues to add to her growing client list and sees recruitment very much as a career and is looking forward to developing her team in the future.
From the age of 18, Oliver was co-running a small Cleaning Maintenance Company and since then, he has had a keen eye for business. This role saw him take on many responsibilities, from Sales & HR to Website Design & Marketing! But one of the elements that really piqued his interest was the recruitment side.
Olivier really loves the personable energy of Blakeney Point and how the team all pulls together to support one another.
Oliver will be concentrating mainly on the Proteins industry where he has been able to develop a network of connections. Since starting at Blakeney Point, Oliver has also had time to learn vital skills and knowledge about the Protein Industry and Recruitment Industry by working alongside colleagues and senior members of the team.
Whether it’s football or walking. Oliver is happiest when he’s being active. You’ll almost always find him outdoors in nature when he has the chance!
Having had the opportunity to travel across the globe in her formative years (in true RAF baby style), Chloe moved back South Yorkshire and started to dip her toe in the music industry at the tender age of twelve! Having completed all her London college of music grades by the age of 14 Chloe had the opportunity to headline her own shows across the UK and beyond, the highlight being a performance at the prestigious Birdland Jazz Club in NYC!
With her love for performance, building relationships and working with people, Chloe set up a PR Agency providing models and promotional staff for businesses such as Red Bull & Drambui across the Music and Motor Sport scene.
With her passion for the drinks sector truly ignited, Chloe started her career in recruitment 6 years ago. Providing the markets top talent into some of the Drinks Industries most exciting emerging and established brands, Chloe has grown her extensive network building long standing relationships with both clients and candidates alike.
Ready to continue her journey within the sector, Chloe is extremely excited to have joined Blakeney Point to launch and head up their dedicated drinks division BP DRINKS.
Jessica’s professional career started in Recruitment. She joined Fiona & Richard and then spent three years working across all disciplines in the Food & Drink Industry.
Jessica has the same level of determination and tenacity that you would expect from someone that had been developed by Fiona for over 3 years.
Due to family circumstances Jessica moved back to Essex where she spent time working in the industry with Mondelez before taking up another senior post within recruitment.
In 2019, Jessica was offered an opportunity to work again with Fiona and Richard and was able to move back to the area to take up the post of Senior Consultant at Blakeney Point Search & Selection.
Jessica and her team cover NPD, Commercial & Marketing across the Food Industry. Her wide sector knowledge allows her to effectively support other assignments when required.
Having already made a significant contribution to the business on her return, Jessica is now using her experience to develop others in the business as well as broadening Blakeney Point’s customer base.
After completing his degree in Music Management and then spending a winter overseas playing cricket in Australia, Dan entered the world of recruitment in the summer of 2013. Working within the food industry, he quickly found a niche focusing specifically on meat industry clients and began working closely with a wide range of meat businesses including meat wholesalers, catering butchers and large meat processors. Dan spent the next 3 years honing his skills and becoming a genuine specialist within meat industry recruitment.
In 2016, Dan made the jump over the fence to work in-house for one the UK’s largest meat businesses as their Group Recruitment Manager. He was responsible for designing and implementing a new internal recruitment function from scratch as well as directly sourcing talent for the organisation.
Fast forward to the present day, Dan is now part of the senior team at Blakeney Point and heads up the Protein Division for the business. With his blend of experience on both sides of the recruitment fence, coupled with his in-depth knowledge of the meat industry, Dan is a safe pair of hands when it comes to managing recruitment projects for our meat and seafood industry clients.
Outside of work, Dan is a keen cricketer and plays for his local club in Nottingham, as well as being a key member of the clubs committee. He’s a big Newcastle United fan, has played the guitar since he was 12 and is a big lover of pale ale!
Fiona has operated in Executive recruitment for over 15 years, focusing specifically on the food and drinks industry and has an unrivalled knowledge of the chilled food manufacturing sector within the UK.
She works across all role functions, but specialises in Sales and Marketing, recruiting from middle management to Director levels. She is regularly engaged on confidential recruits for clients looking to strengthen their current teams and leadership structure.
Fiona works with a variety of clients from SME’s to some of the UK’s largest food manufacturing businesses, advising, supporting and recruiting the best talent in the market. She has a wealth of knowledge, working in a true partnership with both clients and candidates and is always ‘hands on’ with her recruitment. Client satisfaction is of paramount importance to her, as is understanding the candidates and how best to help them manage their careers.
Over the past 5 years, she has focused more on Director level recruitment within Commercial, Operations, HR, Finance and Marketing. Fiona has a genuine interest in the sector, loves the pace, challenge and diversity and treats every day and an opportunity to learn something new!
Blakeney Point was an opportunity for Fiona to help establish an ethical recruitment business, where clients are valued and put at the core of what we do, consultants are supported, developed and given opportunities to progress in a positive work environment. She is constantly on the look out for exceptional talent to join the business.
Interests : Running, Yoga, Aerial Sports
Born in Europe’s biggest food and drink town - Grimsby,
Betsy was always destined to work in the industry. Betsy is a bit of a globe trotter and has lived and worked in such places as Los Angeles and London.
After training as a professional dancer at Urdang Academy in London for 3 years, Betsy travelled the world performing in Hong Kong, Juneau, Tokyo, Vancouver, Victoria, Rome, Malta, Barcelona, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, Costa Rica, Panama and Miami to name but a few!
With her wanderlust satisfied, Betsy found that she could use her interpersonal skills and discipline that she had developed in her dancing career in a her new found love – Recruitment.
Betsy is concentrating primarily on the Drinks industry where she has been able to develop a significant network with her peers.
Betsy continues to add to her growing client list and sees recruitment very much as a career and is looking forward to developing her team in the future.
From the age of 18, Oliver was co-running a small Cleaning Maintenance Company and since then, he has had a keen eye for business. This role saw him take on many responsibilities, from Sales & HR to Website Design & Marketing! But one of the elements that really piqued his interest was the recruitment side.
Olivier really loves the personable energy of Blakeney Point and how the team all pulls together to support one another.
Oliver will be concentrating mainly on the Proteins industry where he has been able to develop a network of connections. Since starting at Blakeney Point, Oliver has also had time to learn vital skills and knowledge about the Protein Industry and Recruitment Industry by working alongside colleagues and senior members of the team.
Whether it’s football or walking. Oliver is happiest when he’s being active. You’ll almost always find him outdoors in nature when he has the chance!
Lucy is our Digital Marketing and Communications Manager who supports the BP team by coordinating our media channels and creating content for our socials. She is an advocate for digital communication and believes it is an essential element in providing visibility and key information for both candidates and clients. This has especially been the case over the past year, where we have all seen how much of a lifeline social media has been for so many of us!
A recent graduate, Lucy has a BA in Communications and Media from the University of Liverpool. She loved getting to know the cities food and drink scene as well as exploring the unique independent music and cultural spots Liverpool has to offer.
Before the pandemic hit, Lucy planned to spend the winter season living and working in Whistler. With plans put on hold, she is ready to work hard and bring lots of energy to her new role with Blakeney Point Search & Selection.
New to recruitment, but no stranger to helping other’s find their dream – whether that’s a dream job or dream home! Jodie previously worked in the lettings industry where she worked up the ladder from trainee to senior lettings negotiator in Melbourne City.
Originally from Doncaster, Jodie recently made the move back to the UK after living down under in Australia for nine years! Although it was the travel ban that pushed her back to the UK, it proved the perfect timing for Jodie, her 2-year-old little girl and her family to all get to spend some quality time back together.
Recruitment was something that was always on the back of Jodie’s mind as something she wanted to try and so now she’s thrilled to get the chance to start a new career with us here at Blakeney Point. Jodie is motivated by the sense of fulfilment and achievement when you’ve helped others.
Working within the core Blakeney Point team, Jodie has been able to develop her skills alongside senior members of the team whilst she learns invaluable lessons about the world of recruitment.
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