The team
Cathy Alford
Cathy has substantial experience within the film and television industry. With a background in commercials, feature films and documentary editing, Cathy then became a copywriter and corporate producer. In 1995, she joined the BBC as Post Production Manager for BBC Resources and rose to become Factual Business Manager for BBC Broadcast, working alongside the controllers of BBC1 & BBC2. She joined Searchlight in September 2000.
Cathy is the Managing Director of both Searchlight Recruitment and Searchlight Executive. She works on a broad range of senior level appointments.
Alison Mathers
Alison has a BA (Hons) in English and over seven years' executive recruitment experience gained solely within the media arena.
Prior to joining Searchlight she managed her own independent media recruitment consultancy where she operated as Managing Consultant for a number of high profile Media Clients.
Before developing her career in recruitment Alison worked as a Researcher and Assistant Producer within the Television sector.
Our Managing Consultants are supported by:
- A dedicated research team
- Office Management
- IT support