Our People

Chief Executive

Carl Gilleard

Carl Gilleard was appointed chief executive of AGR in June 1998 following nine years as the Executive Director for METRA Services Ltd, a national recruitment consultancy charged with improving the recruitment and retention of graduates into local government. He was also joint regional director of the West Midlands Employers Organisation. The earlier part of his career was spent in Education Management and Personnel Work.

He is co-author of 'If Only I'd Known' published in 2002 as a resource for young people to help them maximize the benefits of their higher education experience. More than 60,000 copies have been ordered by schools and colleges throughout the UK.

He is, or has until recently been, a member of the following:

• Chartered Institute of Personnel and Developments Counselling and Career Management Forum Advisory Group
• QAA Code of Practice on Careers Guidance Working Group
• Careers Boards at the universities of Warwick and Nottingham
• The Harris Review of the Higher Education Careers Service
• ESECT - the Enhancing Student Employability Co-ordination Team
• UUK/SCOP Burgess Steering Group on Measuring and Recording Student Achievement
• Higher Education Funding Council for England's Quality Assurance Framework Review Group
• UNIAID - a charity with the aim of helping students manage their finances better
• University of Reading's Career Management Skills Steering Team

Carl Gilleard is frequently quoted in the national and trade press, is regularly interviewed on national television and radio and has spoken at conferences in Mexico, United States, Australia, South Africa, Denmark and Hollard on graduate recruitment and development issues.

Carl co-ordinates the Education, Training and Development Task Group within AGR.

Information Services Manager

Tracy Nolan

Tracy joined AGR in October 1998 as Information Services Manager after completing a BSc in Geography, as a mature student.

She has held roles in both the public and private sector, and has extensive experience of both recruitment and publishing.

Tracy is the Managing Editor of our bi-monthly magazine, Graduate Recruiter, and is also responsible for the development of the AGR website.

In addition to monitoring graduate media coverage, Tracy is responsible for AGR's publications, research and marketing functions.

She also assists with the development of the AGR conference and manages AGR's awards programme.

tracy@agr.org.uk

Membership Administrator

Jessica Cullum

Jessica, a recent graduate of Aston University graduated with a 2i in Management and Strategy. During her degree Jessica undertook a placement year with Tribal Resourcing where she was involved in numerous resourcing projects, specialising in executive recruitment in the public sector.
Before coming to AGR, Jess also worked for Ardmore Language Schools at University of Reading.
She will be the primary source of contact for membership enquiries.

Jessica@agr.org.uk