About

One of the UK’s leading diversity specialists, Suki has been revolutionising executive search and inclusion for 15 years.

Having started his career at a FTSE 250 recruitment company before becoming a Partner for a boutique firm he established Audeliss in 2011. Recruiting leaders and executives for global organisations across sectors and industries, Suki has established a unique network of exceptional and diverse candidates as well as building successful relationships with clients. 

Determined to shape inclusive workplaces, in 2013 Suki founded OUTstanding, an LGBT+ membership organisation which, in partnership with The Financial Times, publishes an annual role model list recognising leading LGBT+ and ally executives and LGBT+ future leaders. The powerful work and rapid success of OUTstanding earned Suki the title of ‘Innovator of the Year’ at the 2013 European Diversity Awards and he was also named 64th in The Independent’s ‘Rainbow List’.

In 2016, Suki was appointed a Trustee of the Guild of HR Professionals.

The following year Suki launched EMpower and HERoes – initiatives focused on ethnic minorities and women.  Each year, in partnership with the Financial Times, EMpower and HERoes publishes role model lists globally. In 2017 Suki was also named as “Most Inspiring Recruitment Leader” at The Recruiter’s Investing in Talent Awards.

In 2018, Suki launched INvolve – an overarching mother-brand for OUTstanding, EMpower and HERoes. It encapsulates the mission, values and vision across all three brands, helping to create diverse and inclusive businesses where everyone can, and does, succeed. A world that involves 100% of everyone.

Suki is also a Stonewall Ambassador and passionately supports many charities including The Albert Kennedy Trust and Outright International. 

Jonathan has 20+ years’ experience recruiting to board and executive roles for a range of high profile public sector organisations.

Prior to his career in executive recruitment, Jonathan was responsible for the national delivery of the Audit Commission’s Comprehensive Performance Assessment as well as being its national policy lead for children’s services. As well as serving as Deputy Director at the Cabinet Office, Jonathan has worked for five local authorities in senior roles.

Chris is one of UK’s predominant interim management and executive search professionals. She lends her 20+ years experience in this field to Audeliss’ practice areas as well as sitting on the leadership team.

Prior to joining Audeliss, Chris was a senior partner and board director at a City-based boutique executive search and interim management provider. Before this role, she was Managing Director of the Interim Management business of a multinational HR consulting group.  Previously to this, she was with a leading International Business School, where she ran their operations for tailored executive programmes.

Over the last 10 years, Sarah has worked extensively within the research function in various boutiques with a strong focus on HR and tax and finance mandates within commerce, financial institutions and professional services.

Sarah  has a deep understanding of the nuances of the industry and enjoys particularly challenging searches, going that extra mile to find perfect quality matches for the roles she works on.

Sarah loves the role executive search affords her; making a difference to peoples’ lives which has never been more evident since she joined Audeliss.

An LSE graduate with a Master’s Degree in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, Louise worked in the City before starting her career in Search, focussing primarily on global financial markets.  Previously Louise Co-Founded a City Search boutique, developing a strong reputation in Derivatives and Structured Products working with large investment banks as well as more niche players.

Her network is extensive, as is her zeal to source, match and place the most talented candidates.

Approachable, versatile and creative with a natural curiosity about individuals, Louise regards research as her ideal job role.

Lesley has a strong background in recruitment, with nearly 20 years’ experience in both Executive and Non-Executive appointments with extensive industry and sector exposure. Lesley has considerable experience within the public sector including local and central government, regulators and the NHS recruiting a variety of director level roles.

She has also worked within Company Secretarial and Governance recruiting senior positions for FTSE companies, private companies and within the charity and NFP sectors. Companies include John Lewis, Guinness Trust, Hyperion, Nationwide, Co-operative Group and HSBC.

Lesley has an Associate Degree in Industrial Relations and has completed numerous recruitment courses.

Alex has experience both in executive search and in-house recruitment, having begun her career several years ago at a small boutique search firm focused on retail and luxury brands. This was a busy and varied role which, from the very beginning, gave her the opportunity to be hands-on in all aspects of the recruitment process and a great grounding in research.

After a few years, she moved in-house to work for a healthcare regulator, where she worked on a high volume of assignments across all areas and levels of the organisation. Whilst there, Alex honed her skills in candidate selection and screening. This lead to her working on the setup of their interim turnaround panel; developing a pool of senior interim candidates including CFOs, HRDs, COOs and CEOs.

At Audeliss, Alex focuses on senior executive appointments across a range of functions.

Chris is a highly experienced executive interim management consultant with over 10 year’s experience. Having worked  for a number of leading interim management businesses in the UK Chris has worked on a wide variety of interim management positions including the core areas of Finance, HR, Technology, Programme Management and Commercial that covered Board level assignments and specialist stand alone project based roles.

Chris has worked with a broad set of clients and has placed interim managers within government departments, agencies and NHS within the public sector and most recently Chris worked with clients in Energy, Construction, Housing, Manufacturing and Support Services.

Annette joined Audeliss with a proven track record in creating, executing and delivering successful strategies around client and business development in domestic and international markets. She has a strong reputation for building a rapport and developing mutually beneficial relationships with clients and executives alike.

Prior to Audeliss, Annette spent 17 years with a FTSE250 company, as Director of Sales for one of the group companies. She worked at a senior level, developing business across an international customer base of central banks, government organisations, financial services, manufacturing and major brand owners.

She then spent seven years at a well-known interim management organisation in a business development role, where she played a fundamental part in identifying and delivering new business sales.

After graduating from Southampton Solent University with a degree in Psychology, Sarah worked in administration in the executive search and recruitment industries before spending two years at Audeliss. Sarah then relocated to Sydney where she travelled and worked for almost a year before moving back to London and returning to Audeliss. After 4 years of being Suki Sandhu’s Executive Assisant, Sarah has recently been promoted to Chief of Staff and will be responsible for managing operations, strategic initiatives and special projects.

Samantha started her career as a PA at a top public sector recruitment agency in London gave Samantha a real insight into the recruitment world.

With her love of branding, events and communications Samantha made her way into the marketing world.

With 7 years’ marketing experience within recruitment, Samantha joined Audeliss in September 2017 after her maternity leave. Samantha manages all of Audeliss’ marketing, events and communications activities, working closely with all across the business to ensure we reach our vision.

Leanne is an incredibly highly skilled administrator, with over 15 years recruitment experience.

Her fast learning ability, conscientiousness and excellent attitude towards her work and with her colleagues, saw her quickly escalate through every company she has ever worked at.

Leanne specialises in business support to large and complex teams of multidisciplinary recruitment consultants. She has a strong, can-do attitude, knows how to prioritise work in an efficient and professional manner; a combination that made her a sure-fire win for Audeliss.

Joanna spent the first 14 years of her career at Harrods, initially on the Management Training Programme where she gained an insight into many different roles around the business.

After leaving Harrods, Joanna took a year out to travel.  Following her break she worked at the executive search firm Odgers Berndtson as a PA, where she stayed for the next two before moving to New York. 

Upon her return from New York she worked for the fashion designer Maria Grachvogel before returning to Odgers Berndtson as PA. 

Joanna has many years experience working within executive search, where she has gained huge understanding of the industry.  Joanna joined Audeliss in January 2018 as Suki Sandhu’s PA, providing him with support within Audeliss as well as INvolve.