Celene Yon
Founder / Director
- 07944 390 723
- celene@aysearch.com
Celene qualified as a lawyer in 2006 and then moved in to recruitment. Her specialism has always been placing lawyers in-house in the financial services sector.
She set up Arbuthnot Yon in 2014 with the purpose of providing a more bespoke, informed and personal approach to offering recruitment and search services, and continues to shepherd the firm through its sustained growth.
Over the years she has partnered with a broad remit of clients from global PLCs to start-ups on a permanent, interim, contract and project basis. Celene works across a variety of mandates such as building a legal team from scratch, carrying out a search for a company's first General Counsel to recruiting for strategic, individual appointments.
Most of Celene’s clients have an international remit. She therefore works nationally, across Europe or globally, depending on where her clients are looking to hire.
Life outside of work is equally as important to Celene. She likes to spend time with her family, go for country walks and squeeze in some running and yoga, if there is any time left!
Matt Bloxham
Director - Financial Services
- 07900 692209
- matt@aysearch.com
Matt and Celene have known each other for many years and their close friendship enables them to provide a personable approach to recruitment.
Matt is quite a competitive person (though mainly with himself) and when he’s not in the office, he enjoys long-distance running and open-water swimming.
He joined Arbuthnot Yon in 2015 as the success of the company grew. Both he and Celene focus on placing legal, compliance and company secretarial professionals across all levels in to in-house positions in the financial services sector on a permanent, interim, contract and project basis.
With every new mandate, whether a General Counsel role in a global PLC to a burgeoning start-up’s first hire, they partner closely with clients and candidates to ensure the process is an enjoyable, and ultimately rewarding experience for both parties.
Sarah Cortez
Candidate Manager – Financial Services
- 07413 120 125
- sarah@aysearch.com
Sarah joined Arbuthnot Yon in 2023 in the role of Candidate Manager, having previously worked in legal recruitment and before that, studying law at the University of Manchester.
Being a true people-person, Sarah enjoys meeting with candidates and working with them throughout the entire hiring process. She is involved in mapping and researching the candidate pool, headhunting and taking the candidates through an interview process to offer stage. She works with Celene and Matt on all roles within the Legal, Compliance and Company Secretarial markets across temporary, interim and permanent roles.
Sarah has found Arbuthnot Yon to be a natural fit for her, as she also prefers to work in a tailored and informed way, offering more of a personal approach to recruitment and search services.
When not with her Arbuthnot Yon team-mates, Sarah enjoys being with her family and friends, going for country walks with their family cat (yes, their cat follows them on walks!), doing hardcore ‘Barre’ classes, and some travel when her busy schedule allows it.
Shannon Pattison
Recruitment Support & Operations Manager
After a career in childcare, Shannon was looking for a complete change in career and a new challenge so she moved from looking after children, to looking after Arbuthnot Yon!
Shannon provides support across all operational areas of the business, from invoicing to keeping on top of our social media platforms, as well as supporting the Directors in their roles. She seamlessly transitioned into her new career with her energetic and proactive approach, and now our business would not be able to run without her.
When Shannon isn’t at her desk, she can be found doing body pump or LBTs at the gym!... and spending time with her family and friends.