Client Testimonials

"I was very happy with the service I received from First Flight, and in particular the bench strength of candidates they have on their database. Their approach makes the process easy and transparent. The Non-Executive Director they have introduced to Chubb is working out well and quickly getting up to speed."

Kevin O'Shiel, Chief Financial Officer
Chubb Insurance Company of Europe S.A
http://www.chubb.com/

"We have been working with First Flight Placements in a very successful partnership.  I am always sceptical of businesses in the recruitment sector, but my scepticism was entirely unfounded re First Flight. In particular, the "Investing Director" service they are pioneering is something I have not come across before, and is clearly beneficial for early stage and high growth companies such as Liberty Electric Cars.  First Flight have been tremendously valuable to us in terms of efficiency and effectiveness; for a supplier to be driving us, rather than the other way around, is amazing.  They have delivered, quickly, a wide variety of Non-Executive Director candidates that suited our requirements exactly.  As a result, we have hired several within a short time.  Moreover, because First Flight understood our business so well, we're working to expand our brief to them and expect the partnership to grow and continue on an ongoing basis.

I can recommend First Flight without reservation, as a focussed and ‘client results' driven firm that has exceeded our expectations.  Please feel free to telephone me anytime if you wish a more detailed assessment of them. 

Best wishes, Barry Shrier, CEO, Liberty Electric Cars."
http://www.liberty-ecars.com/

"Our Hedge Fund Company required a Non-Executive Director and First Flight had been recommended to us by a City contact. We found that they provided a very professional and speedy service. Once we had agreed the specification, they supplied a short list of very high quality candidates within 10 days and, in the end, we were seriously considering engaging more than one NXD as we were so impressed with the overall quality of the candidates. I thought First Flight's fee was very reasonable and the overall service could not be bettered and we would not hesitate to recommend other companies looking for a Non Exec to use First Flight."

COO of City Hedge Fund - First Flight project completed in December 2007

"When I started pod back in 2005 we had an idea to open a food retail outlet to serve healthy food but we had little funding and only a basic business plan. I met Chris Spencer-Phillips who was enthusiastic about the project and from his database came up with several high calibre potential investing Non-Executive Directors from whom we chose Nicholas Payne Director, former Director of Grand Metropolitan Foods who rolled out Burger King in the Middle East and Asia, Alastair Eperon, former Director of Boots with responsibility for food and drink, Nicholas Rowe, former MD of Diners Club & Vice President of American Express and Chris Upton, former Group FD for Arcadian International Plc - a £60m hotel and leisure club group. They all invested which strengthened our balance sheet and helped us get underway.

"Establishing such a strong management team and Board has made it easier for pod to negotiate with landlords and fund providers and enabled us to establish the business as a significant healthy eating retailer with multiple outlets and avoid many of the mistakes I see other start-up companies make. We are very grateful to Chris for providing his services and enabling our objectives to become reality."

Tim Hall MD of pod
Web: http://www.podfood.com/

"Your business concept of providing experienced and successful Non-Executive Directors is very sound and meets a very important need which is poorly addressed by others. No other organisation I have encountered meets the needs of early stage companies such as mine for additional high calibre management talent which I could not afford in any other way plus some funds. First Flight has provided my company with the funding required to achieve our first orders as well as first rate NXD's who have provided much needed skills and added credibility to my company."

David Taylor
Managing Director; Bacchus Wine Closures Ltd
West Sussex
Web: http://www.bacchuswineclosures.com/

"Finance for Growth has been working with Chris Spencer-Phillips of First Flight Placements for the last three years. During this period, Chris has helped Finance for Growth with the sourcing of Non-Executive Directors and Chief Executive Officers for five or six of our early stage client companies; some of these Non Execs have invested. The quality of candidates supplied by Chris has always been first class with all candidates possessing the requisite skills, knowledge and sector experience that matched our clients' specification. During July 2006, Chris also introduced a number of his private investors that took part in a successful funding round for one of our media clients."

Stephen Furner, MD
Finance for Growth Ltd
Crawley
Web: http://www.financeforgrowth.co.uk/

"In our experience in working with the team at First Flight Placements we have been impressed with the quantity and quality of their MBI candidate database. The candidates that we have met have demonstrated the appropriate skills and experience to complete a transaction. The management team at First Flight has been excellent in their approach to the transaction process."

Matthew Meadows
Director; Devonshire Corporate Finance Limited
Web: http://www.dcfl.co.uk/