—Managing Director - London

Anne Boase joined Gaines in 2005 as a strategic partner in London and was appointed Managing Director, Global Markets in 2007. Her experience in the construction, design and property development sectors enables her to provide essential market knowledge for searches across the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East and Far East. Anne also collaborates with her US colleagues to deliver a global resourcing capability to Gaines’ international clients.

Anne started her career in executive search in 1987 with David James Associates, a retained search firm specializing in senior and middle management placements in the construction and engineering industries. She trained as a researcher at David James, before moving into a candidate development and business development role, representing leading UK and European construction groups. Anne left David James in 1991, during the recession in the UK construction industry, and joined an international search consultancy as head of research, managing assignments in the IT/telecoms, defence, high-tech manufacturing and environment sectors. She returned to construction in 1996, establishing an independent search consultancy focussed on building and civil engineering, architecture and property development in the UK, Europe, Middle East and Far East.

Anne was born and brought up in London and now lives in Bath, a Georgian city featuring some of the finest architecture in the world. She is married, with three grown-up children and is currently completing a modular programme for a Masters in Strategic Management at the University of Bristol. When Anne does get away from her desk, she likes to be in the open air, hill walking and taking landscape photographs.