Who Are the1?
"...a team with people business expertise"
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Philip Albright - director |
Philip specializes in business process outsourcing and human capital management M&A. Prior to co-founding the1 he was senior vice president of TMP Worldwide and global CFO of the largest division. At TMP, Philip was responsible for more than 20 M&A transactions in the recruiment sector. Formerly, he was chief financial officer of the fifth largest executive search firm globally, where he was responsible for M&A activity. Philip has also worked at Arthur Andersen. He holds a Master's Degree from the University of Florida. |
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Mark Dixon - director |
Mark has broad experience in M&A and strategic consulting. Prior to co-founding the1, he built a substantial consulting company in Eastern Europe and Russia. He entered the M&A field in 1983 when he joined Charles Street Securities, a financial advisory firm specializing in the insurance industry. From 1988 to 1991 he was Managing Director at Translink, a cross-border M&A concern. He has also owned an M&A data and research organization specializing in cross-border M&A analysis. Mark has been exclusively involved in human capital sector M&A since 1997. In 1999, Mark co-founded Breakingviews.com, the leading producer of live financial commentary of which he is a Director today. |
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Paul Turner - director |
Before joining the1, Paul worked for KPMG, Betterware PLC (as Group Finance Director) and, for the last 7 years, BNB Recruitment Solutions PLC (as Group Finance Director), a £175m turnover quoted recruitment/HR solutions group which included Barkers and Norman Broadbent amongst its branded businesses. At the1 Paul combines his experience as a chartered accountant with that gained from 14 years as a practicing Finance Director (during which time he has been involved in more than 20 transactions, including sell side, buy side and public offerings) to advise businesses that might consider, at some point in the future, an IPO, merger or trade sale, on how to enhance their values (and therefore valuations) ahead of such events. |
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Ying Gu |
Ying's specialisation is the Chinese recruitment market, where focuses on inward investment regulation and analysis of the recruitment markets and companies. She also covers certain other key Asian markets. In China, she worked for one of the largest state-owned import-export consortia, after which she moved to Europe. Prior to joining the1, she taught Chinese to Chinese teachers in the UK. She holds a Master's Degree in Internal Auditing and Management from the Cass Business School at City University, London. |
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Claudia Kretzschmar |
Claudia's specialisation is recruitment companies in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the UK. Before Claudia joined the1, she was a scientific researcher for Halle University in Germany where she published a number of studies. She holds a Diploma (M.Sc.) Degree in Sociology from the University of Leipzig. |