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Our Team

Stuart Cousins, FREC CertRP

Head of Compass Associates & Compass Corporate Services

Stuart joined the business over 12 years ago and as Head of Compass Associates & Compass Corporate Services brands, he is responsible for both of the brands’ strategic direction and performance.

Luke Osborne

Group Development Director at CRS

With 10 years experience at CRS Luke operates through Compass Executives placing C-Level candidates into investor backed portfolio businesses. Coupled with this Luke is responsible for securing major accounts for the wider group brands. Luke previously headed up CCS for a period of 18 months.

Anna Clarke

Group Talent Manager at CRS

Anna is responsible for overall people growth across CRS by attracting the very best talent to our five brands and ensuring a smooth and efficient recruitment process. She has extensive recruitment experience comprised of over 10 years as a Recruitment Consultant before making the move to Internal Talent Acquisition 5 years ago. She prides herself on offering an excellent candidate experience and developing a strong candidate network to aid the future growth of our business.

Jess Gower

Recruitment and Development Advisor at CRS

Jess is responsible for the management of the recruitment process across each of the four brands within CRS. Alongside this she facilitates the onboarding process and training of all new employees throughout the group.

Laura Frampton, ACIM

Design Manager at CRS

Laura takes responsibility for all internal and external branding in all formats across every Compass brand, ensuring a consistent, high-quality message is conveyed at all points. This includes, not limiting to, proposals, candidate packs, client progress reports, submission documents; post-analytics summaries; proposals and other value-add pieces of content.

Izzy Pearson, ACIM

Digital Content Specialist at CRS

Having joined CRS in early 2021, Izzy specialises in creating and planning digital content for both consultants and all CRS brands. She also manages analytics, internal photography, and SEO. Izzy has previous experience in recruitment marketing, and events coordination within the charity, private and public sector.

Fiona Reeve, BA (Hons)

Head of Events at CRS

Fiona joined CRS in 2023 having worked in an events and marketing role for the wealth management sector.

She is responsible for the organisation and delivery of all internal and external events run by, and attended by representatives of the CRS offering, across all geographical territories within the group.

Adam Brenton

Director of CCS

Adam joined Compass Associates in 2017 and was tasked with growing the Manchester office and increasing our northern reach. Adam increased the head count threefold and has now also assumed the leadership of our CCS brand.