for a new perspective

our vision

We level the playing field for leadership teams and boardrooms globally so that everyone has a fair chance to win the opportunity.    

Although we specifically represent LGBT+, ethnic minorities and women; we work with all types of talented candidates. We put talent before background and will always recommend the best person for the role.

We want clients with a senior opportunity to think of us first, and we enjoy developing enduring, positive conversations with talented individuals throughout their career.

 

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our purpose

Audeliss sprang from a conviction that client and candidate care across our industry just wasn’t good enough, and that someone needed to step up and raise the bar. 

So we undertook this challenge and ditched the needless jargon and gimmicks, focused on building real relationships, and fundamentally, we wanted people to enjoy the experience of working with an executive search firm.  

PHILOSOPHY

our core values

BE BRILLIANT

We only offer the best to our clients and candidates. Our job is not only to be brilliant, but to create a setting in which you can shine too.

BE HUMAN

Whether you’re hiring or pursuing a role, sometimes challenges arise. We never lose the human touch, we’re always kind, and we treat everyone with respect.

BE LOYAL

We give total loyalty to our clients, candidates and our colleagues. Loyalty is earned, given, and (hopefully) received in return.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS

our global reach

We have offices in the UK and the US, but our reach stretches much further. Through our global networks and international team members we are able to meet the needs of clients and candidates across the world.

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OUR TEAM

meet the leadership team

Team Team

Suki Sandhu

Founder & CEO

Suki Sandhu

Founder & CEO

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. 

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“I’ve spent most of my life, professionally and personally, dedicating my time and energy to making a difference. I’m constantly looking at new ways to level the playing field in business and I’ll never stop until the business world shows a truly diverse landscape with genuine inclusion.”

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Anja Skvortsova

Managing Director

Anja Skvortsova

Managing Director

Anja has extensive international experience in executive search. She started her career in a FTSE-250 recruitment company, managing the Industry & Commerce finance searches in London.

She then moved to a Global Industrial Practice for a NASDAQ-listed leadership advisory firm conducting executive and Board assignments across the globe. Prior to joining Audeliss, Anja worked for a boutique search business focusing on Legal and Compliance appointments in the UK and EMEA markets. Anja leads Audeliss client partnerships, advising leadership teams and boardrooms on how to attract the best talent to their organisations. 

Anja’s track record in placing leaders across industry sectors and geographies, as well as her own international upbringing presents a unique perspective to our clients on the importance of D&I at the highest level for any business. Anja is European Co-Chair on the Advisory Board for WBC (Women’s Business Collaborative) which is dedicated to gender parity for women in leadership and board roles. She is also a member of Women Leaders Group for 25×25, which is an initiative to get to 25 women CEOs in FTSE100 and 250 by 2025.

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“I am thrilled to be joining a search business which is truly innovative and committed to driving the diversity and inclusion agenda through quality delivery. Having had an international upbringing, this is something I feel very passionate about and Audeliss' values shine through in an often very traditional search market place.”

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Manuel Heichlinger

Managing Director

Manuel Heichlinger

Managing Director

Manuel has over 17 years’ international experience in executive talent acquisition.

He started his career in a FTSE250 recruitment company, managing the Industry & Commerce finance searches in Berlin, Hamburg & London. He then moved to one of the largest RPO businesses to lead talent acquisition teams for global brands in the consulting and financial services space. In 2016, he moved in-house to head up recruiting teams in EMEA and LATAM for a global tech company focusing on sales, marketing and finance roles. Prior to joining Audeliss, Manuel has been working as Director Recruiting and HR EMEA for one of the fastest growing tech startups in the IoT sector where he was responsible for all people and recruiting matters for their European employees.

He is very passionate about diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as creating a beautiful candidate experience and delivering value and market insights to our clients.

Manuel grew up as a gay boy in a small town in Southern Germany before moving to the UK. He is happily married for over 10 years now and is bilingual in German and English.

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Manuel has over 17 years’ international experience in executive talent acquisition.

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