Meet the Team
Nicola Shaw
Director
South West Office specialising in Financial Recruitment.
After graduating Nicola worked in retail for the first 5 years of her career embarking on the graduate training scheme for Marks and Spencer, holding managerial roles in several London stores and also working in management for Habitat. Her recruitment career began at Michael Page before choosing to specialise in financial recruitment in the public and non-for-profit sector with Morgan Law.
Nicola worked at Morgan Law for seven very successful years in the early 2000’s, returning in 2017 as a Director for the South West division to further develop Morgan Law’s expertise and resources in this region.
She specialises in recruiting to Finance Director and Senior Finance roles on an interim and permanent basis, with an extensive network and unrivalled knowledge in the public and not for profit sectors in the South West region. Nicola’s passion for retaining and developing relationships with both her clients and candidates makes her a very unique recruiter and her success comes from her reputation of listening to her clients and then successfully matching candidates to opportunities even in the toughest of times.
Below are retained appointments that Nicola has made in the last 6-12 months
- Finance Director, Corinthian Educational Trust
- Head of Finance, Bristol University Press
- Head of Finance and Business Partnering, St Monica’s Trust Bristol
- Head of Finance Business Partnering, WWT
- Head of Financial Accounting, WWT
- Head of Finance and Operations 12 month maternity cover, Women’s Aid
- Finance Manager, Women’s Aid
- Deputy Director of Finance, Great Western Hospital
- Finance Director 12 month FTC, We the Curious
- Head of Financial Accounting, University Hospital Bristol and Weston NHS Trust
- Head of Management Accounting, University Hospital Bristol and Weston NHS Trust
- Assistant Director of Finance, Cornwall Partnership Trust
- Assistant CFO, BNSSG CCG
- Faculty Accountant, University of Bath
- Finance Business Partner, Bath Spa University
- Assistant Finance Business Partner, Bath Spa University
- Finance Manage Income and Costing, Royal United Hospital Bath
- Head of Projects, Income and Contracting, Royal United Hospital Bath
- Divisional Finance Manager, Royal United Hospital Bath
- Head of Management Accounting and Planning, North Bristol NHS Trust
- Financial Accountant, North Bristol NHS Trust
- Finance and Project Manager, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust