Director of Business Development

Ian Shaw

Biography

Ian leads business development at Certain Advantage. He works with new and existing clients to understand their hiring needs and builds long-term partnerships across our core sectors. Ian has more than 25 years’ experience across recruitment, workforce solutions, SaaS and technology-enabled services. His career has covered sales, commercial leadership, growth and transformation. He has worked in established organisations, start-ups, scale-ups and turnarounds, and the common thread has always been strong client relationships, real growth and high-performing teams. Even in senior roles, Ian likes to stay close to clients and to the detail. A Mancunian born and bred, Ian is dad to two teenage boys. He enjoys golf and the outdoors, and is a lifelong Manchester United supporter.