Leadership Team
Laborare is led by experienced recruitment professionals with deep knowledge of the global chemical industry and structured search methodologies.
We have extensive experience leading recruitment teams and delivering complex hiring programmes across international markets, working with clients to secure high-quality technical, commercial and operational talent through a structured collaborative approach.
FOUNDER | DIRECTOR
Chris has over 20 years’ experience delivering specialist recruitment across the global chemical industry, partnering with manufacturers, distributors and speciality ingredient organisations throughout the UK, Europe, North America and Asia.
Working closely with the commercial, technical and operational leadership teams, he has developed a detailed understanding of chemical value chains, market dynamics and organisational structures – enabling informed engagement across both strategic hires and full team build-outs.
Operating at senior and executive level, Chris leads retained search and specialist contingent assignments with equal rigour and discretion. His consultative, market-mapped approach ensures access to high-calibre, often passive talent aligned to both technical capability and commercial strategy.
This experience underpins Laborare’s sector-led positioning and international reach, ensuring clients benefit from informed insight, disciplined execution and long-term partnership thinking.
DIRECTOR
Melanie brings extensive experience in recruitment programme design, governance and structured assessment delivery.
Prior to co-founding Laborare Group, she led complex, large-scale recruitment and promotion frameworks within a UK public body, contributing to the development of centralised recruitment systems, competency-based selection methodologies and nationally deployed assessment centres.
Working at strategic and operational levels, she developed expertise in process architecture, stakeholder governance and delivery discipline – ensuring recruitment programmes operated with clarity and measurable consistency.
This experience directly underpins Laborare’s structured, methodical and insight-led approach. Melanie ensures every assignment – from executive search to specialist recruitment – is delivered through defined methodology, transparent communication and professional integrity.