Our Team
The Salamon Company partners with a select team of talented
associates to offer you a range of additional services, including:
- Psychometric profiling
- Hypnotherapy Coaching
- Mental health/well being programmes for employees
- Strategic PR communication consulting
- Specialist HR support
- Employment Law advice
- Cutting-edge IT Services
Julie Salamon
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Julie spent her early career on the Media Owner side where she reached Publisher level and successfully led multi-disciplined teams across commercial sales, editorial, marketing and distribution, for iconic brands including:
- Express Newspaper Group
- Punch Magazine
- Conde Nast
- Reed Publishing
In 1993 she launched a progressive Executive Recruitment business, which was a logical transition, having been immersed in the media industry for her entire career.
She has successfully evolved and steered the business through two recessions into its 26th year, celebrating generations of headline placements along the way.
In her words: “ I love what I do. Hearing about the inspiring, brave ideas in our industry and learning from champions. That is the best thing about working with outstanding clients and uncovering the hidden talent for them. Seeing my clients and candidates excel and grow through the connections that I make for them, is what gets me up in the mornings. “
Kathy Pavey
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KP Employment Law are experts in the field of employment law, particularly within the Media sector. We work closely with you from the very first stages of recruitment, maximising the relationship you have with your employees and answering any questions you have during the employment relationship, through to assisting you with exiting employees.
About Kathy Pavey
Kathy became a commercial litigator with Wright Webb Syrett who merged with Davenport Lyons in 1995. She progressed to Head of the Employment Group in 1996 and a Partner of Davenport Lyons in 1998.
Under her leadership and guidance, the Employment Group developed into a stand-alone department in 2001.
She left Davenport Lyons in 2004 and, together with a work colleague, set up a niche employment practice that successfully ran for 8 years. In 2012 she launched her own company and became the Founder of KP Employment Law Limited.
Kathy operates from London and lives with her lawyer husband and their son and daughter in the Cotswolds.
Mel Varley
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Mel is a highly experienced business strategist in the marketing services, digital and technology sectors. Mel has an unusual breadth of experience in the marketing services sector, having held C-suite positions with responsibility for innovation, strategy, media, digital, data & analytics, technology and research.
She is an experienced leader who has run businesses, led global client relationships, product development and strategy functions globally. She has mentored over 30 senior individuals around the world.
About Mel Varley
After 35 years in the corporate sector including WPP, where she was EMEA CEO and most recently Global Chief Strategy Officer of MEC, Mel now has a portfolio career as a NED, Consultant and Investor.
She is working with The Salamon Company who are leveraging her strategic business skills as well as her passion for diversity.
When Mel is not working, she can be found running with her dog Joe on Wimbledon Common, collecting Japanese ceramics or relaxing with friends in her home in Sitges, Catalonia.
Liz Bunce Grundy
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Liz has over 25 years experience managing all facets of the People Agenda in professional services firms including PricewaterhouseCoopers, Cushman & Wakefield, Clifford Chance and Taylor Wessing.
Liz has experience across all of the fundamental HR domains, including workforce planning and talent acquisition, talent management, leadership development, industrial / employee relations, change & transformation management and compensation and benefits.
She is a pioneer in managing change providing unprecedented solutions to complex problems often by influencing and leading change at the highest levels. Liz is particularly proud of her work championing Diversity. As a Board member within Finance, Real Estate and Law firms, Liz has accumulated a wealth of valuable experience as a senior HR and Talent leader.
Liz has a proven track record of building and developing high calibre international teams as well as devising and delivering excellence in HR processes.
She has now developed a portfolio career as an HR Consultant working with a range of businesses, who are leveraging her extensive HR skills. If you need professional support in the building of HR teams, general counsel or revitalising existing HR structures then Liz would be happy to discuss.
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Tim Smale
Clinical Hypnotherapist & Performance Mind Coach
tim@mindworkslondon.com
+44 (0) 7850 958120
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Tim Smale is a performance coach with a difference. Since 2003 he has been removing negative limiting beliefs at an unconscious level to help thousands of employees perform better in any number of stressful situations.
Tim delivers transformational workshops, seminars and keynote speeches, to give a better understanding of the workings of the unconscious and help raise the performance of employees. These workshops cover many areas but are particularly useful for teams pitching for new business and defending existing accounts up for review.
About Tim Smale
In 2000, after 20 years in the corporate media industry working with iconic media owners, Tim’s son was diagnosed with cancer. A chance encounter with a hypnotist probably saved Tim’s life and led to his formal retraining and qualification as a clinical hypnotherapist in 2003. He established Mindworks and, to date, has been successfully practicing Performance and Mind Coaching for over 16 years.
Heather Freeman May
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Heather Freeman-May is a specialist in psychometric assessment for staff selection, helping organisations choose the right people for their business.
Psychometric profiling minimises the risk of choosing the wrong person for a role, and provides an in-depth assessment that enhances the interview process.
It has on-going benefits for the business, by providing information on how to best manage and motivate the chosen candidate to perform at their best within the organisation.
About Heather
A Chartered Psychologist and member of the British Psychological Society, Heather employs a range of psychometric tools including MBTI, FIRO-B, CPI and OPQ to profile individuals against job requirements. She has worked, for over 20 years, across a range of UK and International clients including Coutts/Right Management, KPMG, the Oxford Group and Grand Shearman Consulting. She also worked as a Principal Psychologist and Product Manager with OPP Ltd (now the Myers-Briggs Company).
Heather lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and son.
Francesca Rogers
BACP Accredited Integrative Therapist Mental Health
francesca@northstartherapies.co.uk
+ 44 (0) 7773 399901
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Francesca is a trained Counsellor, Psychotherapist, Executive Coach and Accredited EFT Practitioner, working with organisations that want to embrace wellbeing as part of their company culture. She offers preventative measures through pre- and post-counselling, psychotherapy, coaching and individual assessment.
Francesca fully understands the challenges of workplace mental health and the detrimental impact it can have on a business. She provides support programmes for organisations, taking the pressure away from HR, and providing a safe and motivating environment for employees to overcome mental health challenges. The wellness programme helps reduce costs associated with low morale, reduced productivity and absenteeism.
About Francesca Rogers
After 18 years in the high-pressured commercial environments within the Media industry, Francesca became a fully qualified Therapist and launched Northstar Therapies.
She is a fully qualified Psychotherapeutic Supervisor of counsellors and AAMET Accredited EFT Practitioner. She has 11 years experience as a Counsellor & Psychotherapist, is a member of the BACP and an ITOL Accredited Executive Coach.
Anthony Pearmain
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Anthony provides IT services including software development of web applications, chatbots, CRM systems, Customer Portals, Performance Dashboards, Surveys and other bespoke applications.
With an extensive background, from IT support through to consultancy, he has evolved his proposition to adapt to the fast changing IT landscape, supporting ever-changing client needs on the technology front. Whether setting up from scratch with start-ups, or working with established corporates, Anthony offers an agile service that pivots quickly to your needs. He is skilled at translating complex business requirements into robust technical solutions.
When not playing with apps or bots he loves to be outdoors on the water, be it with a fishing rod or a tiller in hand, or on dry land on a squash court – mainly trying not to pull muscles these days!
Sarah Braben
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She has extensive knowledge and expertise in developing strategic communications plans with clear and distinctive business brand positioning that underpin a company’s commercial objectives.
About Sarah Braben
Sarah created, built and sold Braben PR, an award winning, specialist consultancy, for the media, advertising and technology sectors. Braben PR was acquired in November 2014 and in February 2017, Sarah launched Magnify London, a new strategic communications consultancy working with small to medium-size businesses in the media, tech and marketing sector who need the expertise of a CMO but without the costs of a full-time, board level person.
In addition to her consultancy business, Sarah supports charities as a volunteer coach and mentor.