Board Team
Susie Cummings
020 7220 0257
Susie works on assignments across all practice areas at the board level. She has worked in search since 1984 and has conducted searches in most geographies at all levels in both the financial services and corporate sectors. She has a background in venture capital and equity broking.
Amanda Smithson
020 7220 0273
Amanda works on assignments across all practice areas. Before Blackwood she worked at Morgan Stanley for thirteen years. She spent ten years in Mergers & Acquisitions in London and New York before becoming COO of the Investment Banking Division. She read English and then Law at Jesus College, Cambridge.
Emily Taylor
020 7220 0275
Emily works on assignments in all areas of finance including CFOs, finance directors and financial controllers across all industries. She also works broadly in Financial Services, focusing on investment banking and retail financial services. Before Blackwood she worked at The Rose Partnership for four years. She read Classics at Bristol.
Will House
020 7220 0299
Will works on assignments in the consumer and industrials practices. Before Blackwood he worked at Long Reach, a sports finance and risk management consultancy. Prior to that, he spent four years as a professional cricketer for Kent and Sussex. He read History at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge.
Helen Metcalfe
020 7220 0290
Helen works on assignments in the retail, consumer and TMT practices. Before Blackwood she worked at TMP/Highland Partners and at Whitehead Mann. Prior to that she was a Commercial Manager with Marks and Spencer for five years. She read Modern and Medieval Languages at New Hall, Cambridge.
Sarah Taylor
020 7220 0293
Sarah works on assignments across all practice areas. Before Blackwood she worked at Saxton Bampfylde for two years within the Corporate Practice. She read Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Wadham College, Oxford.