Meet the Team

Stuart Ward
Managing Director
Stuart is Managing Director, with overall responsibility for the successful running of Liquid Personnel. Originally joining the business in 2010 as a trainee consultant, Stuart went on to successfully develop and establish a new division at Liquid, Allied Health Professionals, before progressing further to his current role of leading the entire business.

Stephanie Livingstone
Senior Associate Director
Stephanie is Senior Associate Director with responsibility for three teams of recruitment consultants, covering the Midlands, London, South England and Wales regions. Having joined the business in 2010 as a recruitment consultant, Stephanie has developed a wealth of recruitment experience whilst progressing to now lead our largest social work recruitment division; Children and Families Qualified Social Work.

Ruth Abbott
Associate Director
Ruth is Associate Director overseeing three sectors; Adult Social Care, Allied Health Professionals and Criminal Justice. Ruth joined Liquid on a 12-month student internship in 2010 and after graduating in 2012, returned to the business as an adult’s social work consultant. Now as Associate Director, Ruth expertly maximises growth in each of her teams and establishes robust business development strategies.

Reece Mills
Associate Director
Reece is Associate Director for the North region with responsibility for two teams of recruitment consultants. Having joined the business in 2012 as a trainee consultant, Reece has progressed through the ranks and built up a wealth of recruitment experience and industry knowledge, shaping the North social work division into the success that it is today.

Josh Ripley
Associate Director
Josh is our Director of Permanent Recruitment across the UK. Having joined the business in 2012, Josh has developed his experience operating within public and private sector clients. He currently manages two teams that operate within the Social Work and Healthcare markets and has extensive experience and knowledge when it comes to growing and developing new teams.

Leanne Adcock
Business Services Director
Leanne joined Liquid in 2014 as the Operations Manager with 5 years’ experience in the healthcare recruitment market. Leanne is now our Business Services Director overseeing 4 operations divisions of the business including compliance, auditing, and system response.

Paul Cellini
Director of Marketing and Resourcing
Paul joined Liquid in 2010 as Marketing Executive to build the profile of the business and establish our leading brand among candidates and clients. He now has overall responsibility for our marketing and resourcing functions.