Meet the team
Tor Macleod
Director
Tor has spent the last 10 years helping organisations build high performing Information Security teams. His experience spans from the development of large-scale recruitment and training programmes to helping Start-ups make the right security hire. His insight is from first hand experience of the real Cyber Security Skills Market.
Sam Finn
Director
Sam joined Via Resource in 2011 as the first Consultant. With over 10 years of recruitment experience, all of which have been in the Information and Cyber Security field. Covering a full range of Information Security roles including GRC, Data Protection, Security Operations and many more. Sam’s main specialism is in Security Operations, Incident Response & Security Engineering. Where he has placed over 100 candidates in the industry and built relationships with teams globally, With certifications including CertRR, CertRP and Diploma in Recruitment Management.
James Spear
Director
James has over 11 years’ experience recruiting within technical markets, and in the last 9 years has been leading recruitment programmes in Cyber and Information Security. James has delivered permanent and interim security hires globally across various verticals including: Red Teaming, GRC, Cloud Security and consulting positions. He has been externally recognised within the industry for the success his teams have had within security and has partnered and co-founded security industry bodies aimed to enhance the standards of recruitment within security. His experience and passion for security is complemented with the existing track record that Via Resource have within the market. James joined Via Resource in 2019 as one of the most respected, highly regarded and established security recruitment businesses in the UK with the vision to grow the business and become a true leader in Security.
Adu Ansere
Principal Consultant
Adu has been recruiting solely in the cyber security sector since 2014 whilst working for Via Resource since October 2020. Adu focuses exclusively on penetration testing working with an array of national and international testing teams. Adu has nurtured numerous consultants in their search for new roles and has focused on positions ranging from entry level roles through to strategic leadership roles whilst working with a number of industry renowned subject matter experts.
Steve Arnold
Senior Consultant
Steve recently joined the Via Resource team in 2021, having spent the last 4 years working solely in the Information/Cyber Security sector recruiting roles such as Information Security Manager, Security Architect, Security Engineers and Security Analysts.
Steve now solely focuses on Security Architecture positions for Via Resource and has experience managing the end-to-end recruitment process for organisations nationwide with roles covering all facets of Architecture both contract and permanent.
As well as this Steve gained a National Diploma Level 2 and NVQ Level 3 in Recruitment and is CertRP certified.
Ryan Bhimji
Senior Consultant
Ryan joins Via Resource with 4 years of recruitment experience within the cyber security vendor market. During his career, he has supported some the largest and best-known Gartner leading vendors in their expansions, as well as helping some of the most disruptive high growth start-ups establish themselves in new regions. His global experience in securing key hires across various business functions including Leadership, Sales, Pre-Sales, Marketing and Operations allows him to advise his clients across all their Go To Market hiring strategy.
Louis White
Consultant
Louis joined Via Resource with nearly 6 years of recruitment experience, of which 3 years was spent in the Data, Cloud Security and Cyber & Information Security Market space. Having placed candidates at all levels from Security Engineers to C-Suite and above.
Louis has worked in different sectors such as Fintech, Banking, Finance, Start-ups, Medical to consultancies from IBM, KPMG and many more. He has a strong background in placing successful candidates throughout the UK & US while building successful relationships with hiring managers along the way.
Louis joined Via Resource as a Delivery consultant and within 7 months was promoted to a Consultant. Louis is now focusing on Security Engineering and Application Security.
Jon Wakefield
Consultant
Jon joins Via Resource with a year of recruitment experience in the Cyber Security market, where he specialises in Security Engineering and DFIR.
Having placed candidates from Senior Manager Security Engineering to mid-level in highly regulated industries such as finance; Jon has built a comprehensive understanding of both candidate and client needs and addresses each role, and person, on an individual basis to find the perfect fit.
As an avid Star Wars fan, you will often see or hear Jon making connections and references to cyber security. Jon has ADHD and is an avid supporter of neurodivergent talent in the work place.
Pritika Goyal
Marketing Manager
Pritika has over six years of marketing experience with a Level 6 CIM Diploma in Professional Marketing. Pritika is an experience and energetic Marketing Manager that has effectively managed marketing projects from conception to completion. Pritika currently works closely with the Via Resource team to execute campaigns whilst increasing brand awareness and leads.