Our people

Linton Ward
Managing Director

Linton has been with the business for over eight years now primarily within a strategic, management and leadership capacity, aiding the growth of the business to the size that it is today. More recently, he has been actively involved in the inception and mentoring of some of the other specialist brands within the InterQuest Group plc. Prior to this, Linton has a wealth of business development management experience within the industry of start-up's and established businesses specialising within the Financial, Insurance and Professional Services markets.

01892 553203
linton.ward@sand-uk.com

Philip Pitt
Bids and Proposals Manager

Philip has worked in recruitment for over 25 years, of which the last 10 has been extensively for the public sector and financial services clients. He has worked with Buying Solutions since 2003 and he has set up many framework agreements and psl arrangements; ensuring successful service delivery to these contracts. Philip provides proposal and bid support to Sand Resources and has successfully created solutions for Contract, Interim Management, Payroll, Managed Campaigns, Project-based or Fixed-Price Work.

01892 553200
philip.pitt@sand-uk.com

Jo Harper
Quality & New Business Manager

With her background of 10+ years in recruitment, Jo has been our Business Development Manager since 2005 and now has additional responsibility as Quality Manager. In 2010 Jo rewrote our QMS and enabled us to retain our ISO 9001:2008 quality certification. Jo oversees development of account management structures for key customers; Identifies and writes tenders for new opportunities for supply to Government customers; Assists consultants; account managers and team leaders to achieve their potential through adhering to quality processes; ensures account teams adhere to SLA’s and quality requirements; Advises on continuous service improvements to all framework agreements and psl accounts.

01892 553200
jo.harper@sand-uk.com

Sarah Jones
Marketing Manager

Sarah provides marketing support for Sand Resources’ sales team and is responsible for marketing planning, research and communications. She is a marketing professional with more than ten years experience in Corporate, SME and Not for Profit marketing environments. Previous roles include Channel Marketing Consultant and Broadband Product Marketing Consultant at Cable & Wireless Plc and more recently Marketing Manager for Elevation Learning Limited, consultancy skills training specialists. Sarah is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

01892 553210
sarah.jones@sand-uk.com

Anthony Butler
Account Delivery Director

Anthony Butler is our Director of Corporate Accounts. He manages and oversees the delivery of Sand’s corporate accounts and has responsibility for ensuring that service levels are achieved. He previously spent six and a half years working as a specialist recruiter and account delivery manager within both the Central and local Government sectors. “Clients are often initially cynical about using a new recruitment agency, so it can sometimes take a while to gain their trust. I’d say our success is based on providing consultative advice, as well as concentrating on delivering an exceptional full service rather than just a quick win.” Anthony has a degree in Biology - Physiology and Pharmacology. He enjoys scuba diving and is PADI openwater qualified.

01892 553206
anthony.butler@sand-uk.com

Martin Larkin
Finance Sector Manager

Martin is the Business Manager of our Financial Services Team and is heavily involved in training and managing the company’s graduate intake. He joined Sand Resources in the summer of 2008 having previously recruited heavily within the defence IT sector. Upon joining Sand Resources Martin took responsibility for one of the company’s key accounts the Financial Services Authority. Martin Graduated from St Mary’s University in the summer of 2002 with a degree in Sports Science with Geography and away from the office he is a successful non-league football manager, currently managing Tunbridge Wells in the Kent League.

01892 553209
martin.larkin@sand-uk.com

Joseph Noone
Sales Manager

Joseph started at Sand Resources in 2002 after graduating at Cardiff University in Business and Finance. He manages our new business team focussing on Government & Local Authorities, Financial Services and 3rd Sector organisations, having started as a new business recruitment consultant. Joseph thrives on business relationships and will go the extra mile to deliver services above expectation. Apart from work, Joseph is a keen sportsman and his claim to fame is acting with Morgan Freeman.

01892 553204
joseph.noone@sand-uk.com

Adam Elliott
Health Sector Manager

Adam works for Sand Resources as Senior Account Manager and is Team Leader for our specialist Health sector team. Over the past 14 years Adam has worked within sales, organically progressing through organisations, increasing and developing the skills he first obtained and bringing real value to the employer. He is passionate about strong customer service and prides himself on “under promising and over achieving”. This style has enabled him to gain real credibility and trust from the organisations he has worked with giving him a high level of repeat business and referrals which is extremely important for our customers. Adam was an integral part of our bid team that was awarded both the Commercial Resources framework and non-medical, non-clinical framework by Buying Solutions.

01892 553207
adam.elliott@sand-uk.com