We're reshaping recruitment

Yolk is proud of its diversity and takes time to understand each community we serve. We're encouraging the recruitment industry to be more inclusive.

Our EDI strategy

Who We Are

Leadership Team

Connor Wall

Chief Commercial Officer

Connor focusses on fuelling Yolk's contract growth and international footprint.
Ashley Evans

Marketing Manager

Ashley serves as the Marketing Manager at Yolk Recruitment, overseeing all aspects of the company’s brand presence.
Yoanna Adaneva

Finance Manager

As Yolk's Finance Manager, Yoanna works with Kevin Evans on the financial aspects of the company's operations, providing strategic financial guidance, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards.
Sodira Holmes

HR & People Officer

Sodira is Yolk's HR & People Officer. She is responsible for the smooth running of the HR department, ensuring the wellbeing of all team members across Yolk.
Dale Williams

Chief Executive Officer

Dale's focus is on building the most unique, engaging and high performing recruitment business for Yolk's people to offer quality driven, creative and bespoke solutions for our clients and candidates.
Andy Jones

Manager | Maintenance Engineering

Andy has extensive specialist knowledge and a comprehensive understanding of the needs of Engineers and employers.
Jessica Harmer

Senior Manager | Financial Services

Jess specialises in finance recruitment, with a particular focus on hiring Financial Analysts and Management Accountants, as well as all aspects of financial crime.
Matthew Sykes

Head of Learning & Development

As the Head of Learning and Development, Matthew helps all of our colleagues become the brightest, boldest and best versions of themselves.
Kim Partridge

Manager | Marketing Recruitment

Kim has a deep understanding of marketing and a genuine passion for matching creative professionals to their dream roles.
Nici Jones

Director | Public Sector & Not-for-profit

Nici heads up the Public Sector team, ensuring expectations are exceeded so we can continue to support our clients within the Civil Service and beyond.
Phil Pitman

Director | Engineering & Technical

Phil leads our operation as well as recruiting across all Engineering & Technical specialisms and ensures we deliver a best-in-class service.
David Jenkins

Sales Director

David identifies opportunities for Yolk to partner with clients who are undergoing growth, discovering how we can take them to the next level.
Pavan Arora

Managing Director

As Yolk's Managing Director, Pavan ensures our business lines, service offerings and marketing channels are fully integrated to provide the premium offering we have come to be known for.
Kevin Evans

Chief Financial Officer

Kevin's expertise is in fast-growth. It’s also his passion; he loves to help ambitious businesses develop. It’s what drew him to Yolk.

As an organisation, Yolk has a distinct Mission, aspirational Vision, and, clear Purpose. It is the shared responsibility of every person to help us achieve these goals.

Mission

“To deliver a unique and complete experience to every person by demanding the Brightest, Boldest, Best standards of ourselves”

Vision

“A professional staffing business that fully realises the potential of every person through our support, philosophy, process and profits”

Purpose

“Building a culture where everyone wins”

Our Story

We've come a long way, and there's plenty more in store.

Take a look at our journey so far.

2023

Yolk supported local food banks to feed families in need across South Wales. For every placement our teams successfully fill on behalf of our clients, we will be feeding a family who is struggling to feed themselves.
2022

Our CSR campaign in 2022 sees us use our recruitment knowledge to create employment pathways for those who have previously not had the same advantages.
2021

Yolk's Oaks, our biggest social value campaign to date, will see Yolk planting a tree for every candidate placed throughout 2021.
2020

We launch Yolk's Recruitment Roadmap to Recovery to help clients through the Covid pandemic. We also partner with key clients such as EKF Diagnostics and Booking Live.
2019

A brand refresh for Yolk! We launch our new website in January to celebrate Yolk's 10th anniversary!
2018

Yolk becomes the largest independently owned permanent recruiter in Wales.
2017

Another Fast Growth 50 award, this time for sustainable growth.
2016

Yolk now has a team of 40 recruiters working with globally recognised brands. With a bigger team, we move into our state-of-the-art office, The Shell.
2015

Yolk branch out from Wales and also begin recruiting for clients in the South West England region via Yolk's Bristol hub.
2014

Yolk Legal and Yolk Engineering are launched! Plus we win another Fast Growth 50 award.
2013

An award! Yolk picks up an FG50 Award for Fastest Growing Agency in Wales. Yolk also gets a new home as record revenues lead to a bigger, snazzier base in central Cardiff.
2012

Yolk Technology & Digital and Yolk Office Support are launched, going on to become flagship divisions.
2011

Yolk flies in the face of the recession, taking on more than 15 specialist recruiters and breaking £1million in annual permanent placement revenues.
2010

Nici Jones launches Yolk Marketing to service sales clients who want us to help fill marketing roles too.
2009

Yolk's founders set up Wales' first specialist sales recruitment agency over a full English breakfast. Yolk is born.