Rachel Marlow
Founding Partner — Commerce
Reading
Since 2008 · Reading · London · Brighton
Helping ambitious people
find work that suits them.
Marlow & Finch is a regional recruitment consultancy. Permanent, contract, and interim roles across all our specialisms.
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94%
Offer acceptance rate
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21 days
Average time to shortlist
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78%
Clients return within 12 months
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£180m
Placed salary value, 2024
What we doFive specialisms.
Five specialisms.
Deep relationships in each.
We focus on sectors where our consultants have material industry experience. Within those we work on permanent, contract, and interim roles from mid-career through to director level.
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Commerce
Sales, marketing, commercial, and general management roles across the South East. From Sales Manager to Commercial Director.
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Executive Support
Executive Assistants, Office Managers, and Operations Coordinators. Often the hardest roles to get right.
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Finance
Qualified and part-qualified finance roles across permanent, interim, and contract. From Management Accountant to Finance Director.
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Operations
Operations, supply chain, logistics, and procurement appointments across SME and mid-market businesses.
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Technology
Software development, IT operations, and technical leadership roles across the regional market.
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Currently briefedLive roles,
View all rolesLive roles,
currently on our desk.
No featured roles right now.
EngagementsFour ways
Four ways
we work.
Each engagement model is built around a different kind of brief.
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writing about.
Hiring when you can't pay London salaries: what actually works
Regional SMEs competing with London-bid talent budgets. Three things that make the difference, and three things that don't.
South East Salary Survey 2026: What the market is actually paying
Our 2026 placement data across Commerce, Finance, Technology, Operations, and Executive Support. The figures the job ads aren't telling you.
The counter-offer trap: why accepting one usually doesn't work out
Roughly 80% of candidates who accept a counter-offer have left the original employer within 18 months. Here's what's actually going on.
The team A close team.
Meet the full team A close team.
Each one a specialist.
James Finch
Founding Partner — Finance
Reading
Priya Shah
Senior Consultant — Finance
Reading
Thomas Okonkwo
Senior Consultant — Operations
Reading
Emily Clarke
Senior Consultant — Executive Support
London
Daniel Wright
Senior Consultant — Technology
Brighton
Get in touchA conversation,
A conversation,
no obligation.
Whether you're hiring or thinking about your next move, we'd be happy to talk. The first call is 30 minutes, by phone, no follow-up unless you'd like one.