About AWS Executive.
Meet our AWS Executive leadership team. The experts in Charity Recruitment & Executive Search for Non Profits, and organisations making a positive global impact.
Experts in Specialist Recruitment & Executive Search
Since 2010, AWS Executive has worked with CEOs and Boards to identify and attract exceptional leadership talent for Non Profits, Charities, NGO’s, and Charitable Trusts & Foundations, and organisations who make the world a better place.
We’re devoted to finding the right individual every time and we do this by forming an authentic partnership with your organisation.
We tailor every recruitment campaign to align seamlessly with your organisations requirements and our portfolio includes small, medium, and large organisations around the UK.
You will benefit from our wealth of knowledge, and our flexible approach to each individual tailored assignment.
We stay ahead of the curve and ready to work in partnership with you to source the best talent for your organisation.
The longevity of our business, and the people within it, means we have been partnering with professionals from early in their careers, and have nurtured long-term relationships with them as they lead successful organisations today.
Our Executive Recruitment Team...
Donna McKay
Donna McKay is the co–founder of AWS and focuses on Executive level appointments in the UK. Prior to establishing AWS, Donna specialised in recruitment of leadership positions within public, not for profit and private organisations. Donna has over 15 years’ experience in recruitment, and has successfully appointed into a wide range of business sectors from SMEs through to FTSE listed organisations. The early part of Donna’s career was spent appointing NHS professionals for a specialist medical recruitment agency in Edinburgh.
Donna graduated from both Heriot Watt University and Glasgow Caledonian University and holds a Master’s degree in Chemistry & Environmental Science.
Alan Surgeon
Alan is the co-founder of AWS and his areas of expertise for the Non-Profit Sector include; Income Generation, CEO and Board Level Appointments. After working in the Third Sector within Income & Engagement, for LGBT Youth Scotland, and Meningitis UK, Alan was approached by one of Scotland’s leading recruitment firms to lead the team focussing on Executive Appointments for Non-Profit organisations.
Alan graduated from Napier University in Edinburgh with a Bachelor of Science, and holds a Diploma in Human Resource Management from the Open University.
Alan also recently joined the Board for B Healthy Together and has been a longstanding Trustee for Scotland’s oldest Animal Rights/Campaigning Organisation – OneKind
EXECUTIVE SEARCH FOR GREAT CAUSES
Years of success, and counting
We provide Executive Search Recruitment for Charities, Non-Profits, NGOs, Charitable Trusts & Foundations and organisations dedicated to making a positive global impact. Typical appointments include Directors, CEOs, and Trustee positions.
'AWS Executive sourced the CEO for OneKind and their assistance was invaluable. The calibre of candidates they were able to present was very high. They were also able to take the time to provide advice to potential candidates to ensure that they were all equally briefed in preparing for their presentations to the Board'
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Are you looking for a candidate who can transform your organisation? Are you hiring for an executive-level position for an organisation who makes a positive economic impact and the world a better place?
If the answer is yes, you are in the right place.
