MEET Our Teams

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Meet the BOARD

At the heart of Vallum Associates, we have a carefully selected Board of Directors. With a collective experience of over 100 years within recruitment and across our five areas of expertise.

MALVIN KAMARA

CEO

Malvin founded Vallum Associates on the back of his extensive knowledge and network within the Energy & Utilities industry.

This deep knowledge of the industry has not only seen Malvin asked to recruit for some of the biggest names but has also seen him acting in an advisory capacity, helping define end to end solutions and approaches to transformation.

MICHAEL PETRIE

CHAIRMAN

Michael brings a wealth of experience to his role as Chairman having spent 27+ years in Talent Acquisition, working across the industry from growing small start-ups to sitting on the board of large talent firms.

Michael has worked with some of the biggest names in Banking & Financial Services both in the UK, and the North Americas. 

KANG SHIK KIM

COO

Kim has 20+ years experience within recruitment having spent the good part of 11 years specialising in working with individuals within Prime Services, Risk Management and Hedge Funds.  He has spent that latter part of 10+ years working with clients to help them on their IT and Change Management programmes.

Kim has extensive experience within the UK, Europe, North American and Pan Asian markets.

Phil Bland

CFO

Phil joined Vallum with over 20 years’ experience within Financial and Commercial Business, with a focus on recruitment and staffing.

Phil has earned a comprehensive knowledge of the market stemming from his experiences across the board; from working with entrepreneurs at rapidly growing start-ups, large-scale companies both within the UK and American markets, and via his own consultancy business.