Membership and Marcomms Network

Julian Smith

Executive Director, memcom executive & memcom consulting

After almost 20 years spent in recruitment, Julian has advised hundreds of clients on thousands of appointments, managed large-scale, national recruitment projects and high-profile appointments, including various Chief Executives, and heads up memcom executive, memcom recruitment and memcom consulting, the key divisional services offered to the memcom community.

As well as recruitment, Julian also specialises in succession planning, organisational restructure and job design, and is passionate about bringing the sector together to harness best practice.

Julian runs regular roundtables and networking groups with senior professionals within membership, marketing and People and HR directorates, and is currently launching a new HR training programme under the memcom academy.

A passionate believer in environmental causes and conservation, Julian is trying to work on ways to help bridge the gap between business and the needs of the environment.

: juliansmith1973

Catherine Whitmore

Assistant Director, Membership and Networks, Memcom

Catherine is an HR and recruitment professional, with an unrivalled track record in Senior Appointment recruitment, having spent 20 years recruiting staff in the not-for-profit sector.

Having joined the memcom group to add her experience to memcom executive, Catherine spends much of her time recruiting Chief Executives, Directors and trustees. She is a member of CIPD and Executive Director of the Institute of Association Leadership. She is a licensed practitioner of Motivational Maps, a useful tool for succession planning, recruitment, and performance management, a previous trustee and Chair of the Governance Committee for the Suffolk Association of Voluntary Organisations.

Together with memcom's Julian Smith, Catherine also runs a regular series of roundtables with CEOs, HR leaders and other industry professionals to ensure the sector continues to promote best practice.

: cathywhitmore