Elliott Rae

Partner

Elliott joined Gatenby Sanderson in September 2011 as a Partner, focusing on the education sector.  Prior to joining Gatenby Sanderson, Elliott spent eight years with a leading executive search firm, latterly as a Director with responsibility for all executive search clients within education and skills.

Elliott brings broad experience across the education sector, spanning higher education, further education and skills, Government and agencies, schools and academies.  He has recruited to senior academic and senior management positions in a wide range of universities, from Russell Group institutions to smaller colleges of higher education, and has recruited further education college Principals across England.  He has also worked with many of the Government agencies that fund, regulate and support the education and skills sector.  He has worked within the academies sector since its foundation, where clients have included Government, multiple academy sponsors and individual academies.

Elliott has presented on the themes of leadership in education for organisations including the Academic Registrars Council, the Association of Business Schools, the Association of University Administrators, the British Council's Going Global Conference and the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education.   He is a graduate of Manchester University and has an MBA from Henley Management College.