Elizabeth James

Elizabeth is a Partner and leads the Education Practice at Berwick Partners.

She is an academic appointment specialist with particular experience of supporting Universities in the attraction and appointment of Heads of School / Department and Professorial / Research staff across all disciplines. She has particular experience of managing and delivering projects that have a significant stakeholder or international focus to them, including the appointment of international academics.

Elizabeth has worked for the Odgers Berndtson Group for over 10 years and has a personal interest in issues of diversity within the workforce.

Prior to working in executive search, Elizabeth was part of a large Unitary Council's Corporate Policy Team managing projects relating to equality and diversity, community consultation and inspection. She has also spent a year in Brussels working as a researcher for an economic development consultancy.

Elizabeth has a BA Hons from the University of Manchester.