Co-founded BlairWest and now approaching ‘industry veteran’ status, Simon is embracing SaaS & D2C with the occasional detour back into Consumer & Manufacturing. Happiest when everyone else is doing well.

Qualified as an Accountant with KPMG and had a career in M&A advisory and investments before co-founding BlairWest. Enjoys advising high growth, PE backed management teams and loves the challenge of building an early stage business.

No, not that one. Previously worked in a start-up business that scaled significantly so the opportunity to ‘go again’ with BlairWest was really appealing. Loves the day to day challenges in a growing business. Commercial guru.

The glue that binds BlairWest together – delivers most of the operational work that David and Simon think they’re responsible for whilst leading our Research across all delivery areas.

Born and raised in Gateshead, Aqueel’s first love is Tech. Having fallen into recruitment 8 years ago he’s never looked back. He is extremely competitive, abiding by a ‘work hard, play hard’ mantra.

The region’s youngest ‘Nigel’ has finance in his blood and a Rainman-esque powers of recall. Born & bred in Newcastle, he is a big supporter of the region and his interests are; Finance, Football, Food. Often in that order.

An economics graduate with a passion for Tech, especially ‘Cloud’ and ‘Infrastructure’. In his spare time, you will find him cheering on The Toon or watching David Attenborough wildlife documentaries.