A Huge Thank You to Team Oval
As 2025 draws to a close, it feels only right to shine a spotlight on the people behind The Oval Partnership, the team that quietly powers so much of the UK food & drink industry’s talent movement.?
From strategy days and away-days to muddy team-building, industry events and plenty of laughs in between, this year’s activity days have reminded us of one thing: recruitment is a people business, and this team is second to none.?
Collectively, the team brings an incredible number of years’ experience in UK food & drink recruitment, spanning:
Senior executive and board appointments
Manufacturing and site leadership
Commercial, sales and marketing
Engineering and maintenance
NPD, innovation and process
Technical, quality and compliance?
That depth of experience and sector knowledge means our consultants truly understand the pressures, opportunities and nuances of this market, from chilled to ambient, branded to own label, start-ups to major household names.?
To every member of The Oval Partnership team:
Nicola Grainger
Clayton Hill
Gemma Harris
Toby Bigmore
Lucy Stokes. BA (Hons) Assoc IOR
Charlotte Liddiard-Smith
Thank you for your hard work, resilience, humour and genuine care for our candidates and clients throughout 2025. It’s your expertise and relationships that allow us to “define the future in recruitment excellence” for the UK food & drink industry.?
If you’re a senior food & drink professional or a business planning key recruits for 2026, the team behind these photos would love to talk.
