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title: "Gavin Beale - Head of Special Projects"
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summary: "Gavin Beale is Head of Special Projects at Factotum with 17 years of recruitment industry experience as a founder and Managing Director. He specializes in diagnosing business challenges, providing consultative commercial advice, and identifying hidden opportunities across marketing, digital, and broader commercial markets."
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# Gavin Beale - Head of Special Projects

Gavin Beale Head of Special Projects Something you might not know about Gavin He’s a former hip hop scratch DJ and audio engineer. His favourite city Las Vegas – unapologetically fun, with incredible food, music, shows, shopping, spas, pools and parties. Three songs you’ll find on Gavin’s Spotify playlist • The Root – D’Angelo • CTRL ALT DELETE – The Skinner Brothers • Candidate – David Bowie What got Gavin started Gavin’s path into recruitment wasn’t entirely planned. He fell into the industry, where his natural curiosity, technical mindset and love of conversation quickly helped him thrive. What began as an unexpected career direction evolved into a long-standing passion, particularly within the marketing and digital space. Over time, Gavin built extensive experience leading businesses, advising clients and solving complex commercial challenges, eventually spending 17 years in recruitment, including roles as founder and MD. Gavin is excellent at • Diagnosing and solving business challenges. Gavin quickly identifies issues and develops practical, effective solutions. • Providing consultative commercial advice. He works closely with clients to shape strategies that support growth and long-term success. • Spotting hidden opportunities. Gavin is skilled at identifying untapped potential and turning it into actionable plans. About Gavin Gavin is a highly experienced recruitment leader with a background spanning marketing, digital and broader commercial markets. Over the past 17 years, he has operated as a founder and Managing Director, building and scaling recruitment businesses while advising clients on growth, structure and talent strategy. Earlier in his career, Gavin also worked as a Forex Broker, bringing a strong commercial awareness and analytical edge to his later work in recruitment. One of his standout achievements includes working with a well-known British clothing brand, helping guide it from a period of disarray through to strategic rebuilding, scaling and eventual acquisition by a major UK retail group. Alongside his leadership experience, Gavin is known for his ability to quickly understand business problems, uncover opportunities others may miss and deliver clear, actionable solutions that drive measurable growth. His approach blends commercial insight with hands-on experience, helping businesses move from challenge to clarity with confidence. He’s inspired by Gavin is inspired by his grandfather. Connect on Linkedin gavin.beale@factotum.com Sweet Savoury Early bird Night owl City life Country life We're here to make you smile Rebecca Sheridan Financial Controller at Media Bounty Sweet Savoury Early bird Night owl City life Country life Meet Rebecca Abhishek Mehta Client Services Accountant Sweet Savoury Early bird Night owl City life Country life Meet Abhishek Stephen Aldridge Head of Advisory Services at Numeritas (MD) Sweet Savoury Early bird Night owl City life Country life Meet Stephen Manage Cookie Consent The site uses cookies to provide you with a great user experience. By using our website, you accept our use of cookies. Functional Functional Always active The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. Preferences Preferences The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user. Statistics Statistics The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you. Marketing Marketing The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes. Manage options Manage services Manage {vendor_count} vendors Read more about these purposes Accept Deny View preferences Save preferences View preferences {title} {title} {title} Manage consent