30 Years of Expertise in Connecting Top Talent with Leading Employers

Michelle has been a recruitment expert in Cambridgeshire for over 20 years, forging long-term partnerships with local businesses. Her experience spans multiple sectors, including Finance, Sales, Admin, Marketing, and Engineering, across Temp, Contract, and Permanent roles.

Favorite food: Pizza

Favorite film: Jerry Maguire ("Help me help you")

Outside of Work
She enjoys running, horse riding, and walking her two dogs. You’ll often find her outdoors or cheering on her kids at football matches!

Michelle on ACR
I've always admired ACR for its reputation, built on the loyalty and confidence of both candidates and clients. Joining such a well-regarded and successful agency felt like a natural choice. What I love most about ACR is its perfect balance of tradition and innovation—staying true to values like service and relationships over profit, while embracing cutting-edge technology to stay ahead in the marketplace. It’s this combination that makes ACR such a dynamic and forward-thinking place to work.

Oliver has specialised within engineering and technical recruitment for over 10 years, collaborating with manufacturing companies nationwide to secure exceptional talent and develop ground breaking engineering teams within their organisations.

Favourite Food: Anything Italian!

Favourite Film: Top Gun

Outside of Work: He enjoys spending beach days with his 2 children, attending car shows around the UK and is an active member of a local Squash club.

Ollie on ACR: ACR have an outstanding local reputation and are well known throughout the HR community as a values driven, people focused and highly successful recruitment agency. As a business who are openly ‘Proud to be Different’ they take a fresh approach to recruitment through business partnering with companies, running industry events throughout the year and providing up-to-date market insights in the form of their weekly ACR blog. I feel privileged to be a part of their team and look forward to helping drive their business forwards into new territories and markets.

Rebecca has worked in the local recruitment market for over 30 years. Having worked as a specialist HR recruiter for over 10 years, she has built a network of HR/Talent professionals across Cambridgeshire and has enjoyed watching candidates grow from HR administrators through to HR Directors.

Professionally inquisitive, she loves to learn the detail about the businesses she supports and is constantly surprised by the amazing companies that can be found on our doorstep.

Building long-term relationships is one of her key drivers – she wants to stay connected and is always up for a coffee and a catch up.

Favourite Food: Olives – introduced at a young age by a spanish mother and a good sunday roast.

Favourite Film: I love a romantic comedy and most Christmas movies.

Outside of work

As a Mum to 3 Children and Nanna to my little 1 year old Grandson Arthur, most of my spare time is spent with family and I wouldn’t want it any other way.  Christmas is my absolute favourite time of the year – I love the lights!  My favourite quote encapsulates my approach to everything – “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel” – Maya Angelou

Rebecca on ACR

Having worked in the Cambridgeshire Recruitment market for over 30 years, a few names stand out and ACR/Anne Corder is one that I always associate with quality.

Working in a culture which values honesty, integrity and professionalism is essential for me and I am excited to be working with a fantastic team that reflect these attributes.

I have always loved the HR market and ACR has such an outstanding reputation in this sector – I am looking forward to continuing to expand my network throughout Cambridgeshire.

Bea Ukaye is an accomplished recruitment professional with a wealth of experience both in agencies and in-house, excelling in complex niche roles across various industries and levels up to C-Suite.

Known for her integrity, dedication, and people-first approach, Bea has become the "recruiter of choice" for many clients and candidates across Cambridgeshire. She offers a highly personalized service, taking time to deeply understand her clients' company cultures and the unique needs of each role, which has led to successful, meaningful placements time and again. Whether sourcing top-tier candidates in a competitive market or advising on current recruitment trends, Bea goes above and beyond to deliver exceptional service—she’s even known to work remotely while on holiday to ensure clients’ needs are met.

Favourite Food: There is just too much to choose from but anything with exotic, bold and spicy flavours 

Favourite Film: Anything true crime, action, or romantic. A few faves include Ronin, P.S. I Love You, Eat Pray Love, and John Wick.

Outside of work:  A proud Mumma and best friend to her beautiful daughter, and their exciting adventures. Passionate about travel and loves exploring new cultures and cuisines and enjoys cooking for friends and family. Deeply dedicated to her work in recruitment and lives by her personal motto: to always be kind.

Bea on ACR:  "I’m so proud to be part of the Anne Corder Recruitment team, I love that we prioritise an authentic, honest and consultative approach. We’re not driven by hard targets; instead, we focus on truly understanding the goals and values of both our clients and candidates. It’s incredibly rewarding to place people in roles where they can thrive, making a positive impact on their careers and lives."

Lauren has a wealth of experience in recruitment, having worked both agency-side and internally within the education sector. She most enjoys building meaningful relationships with clients & candidates and thrives on helping candidates to find their perfect role!! Lauren specialises in customer service, administration and Logistics roles.

Favourite Food: It has to be chocolate – I have a massive, sweet tooth!

Favourite Film: Dirty Dancing – it’s a classic!

Outside of work
I have a 9-year-old daughter, so I spend a lot of time going on adventures with her. I also love going to the gym in the morning before work to kickstart my day! I love spending time with friends and family too!

Lauren on ACR
The culture and the values at ACR are what truly stands out for me. Candidates and clients are at the forefront of everything we do – no hard to reach targets or KPI’s, meaning we have the time to really get to know our clients and candidates, which enables us to ensure that we are placing the right candidates into the right role and really making a difference to peoples lives.

Emily was a Primary School Teacher for 10 years, before moving into the EdTech space, as a Relationship Specialist for MATs. She joined ACR in July 2023 and particularly thrives when recruiting for Account Management, Customer Service and Sales roles.

Favourite food:
“Spag bol or pizza”

Favourite film:
“The Notebook – or any romantic chick flick really!”

Outside of work

“I have a 1-year-old, so love fun family weekends with my husband and son more than anything. Time socialising with friends and family is where I’m happiest.”

Emily on ACR
“The unique culture, values, and style at ACR is polar opposite to other recruitment agencies and what I believed recruitment was. Having previously been a Relationship Specialist, I feel I’m doing the same thing! No hard sell, we truly care about our candidates and clients, and the team culture is 2nd to none!”