Rachel Pike

Senior Director | Finance & HR | Cambridge & East Anglia

About Rachel

Rachel Pike is a highly motivated, commercially savvy Talent Acquisition Leader with over 20 years of experience across recruitment, with a background spanning both in-house and agency environments. She is passionate about identifying the best talent in the market and takes pride in a consultative, partnership-led approach.

Throughout her career, Rachel has built high-performing teams and delivered recruitment solutions across multiple disciplines and industries. She is MCIPD qualified and brings a strong combination of people focus and commercial awareness, with a clear emphasis on strategy and delivering against wider business objectives.

Rachel has extensive experience delivering significant recruitment, talent and HR projects, with a consistent focus on building long-term, effective partnerships.

Career Highlights

• Over 20 years’ recruitment experience across interim and permanent markets
• Building successful teams and high performance within FTSE 150 businesses
• Co-founder of Broster Buchanan and part of its growth from infancy to a UK-wide business with 10 offices
• MCIPD-qualified HR professional with a people-centric and commercial approach
• Strong track record of building relationships internally and externally throughout her career

Areas of Expertise

• Talent Acquisition Strategy
• Interim & Permanent Recruitment
• HR & Talent Delivery
• Commercial and Strategic Workforce Planning
• Team Building & Performance Development
• Consultative Partnership Approach

In Rachel’s Words

“I pride myself on a consultative and partnership approach, focusing on building strong relationships and delivering recruitment solutions that align with the bigger commercial picture.”

Outside of Work

I’ve done a skydive (for fun), decided to do a masters whilst working and raising three boys, and spend most weekends on the sidelines at rugby pitches. I have even had snow blindness from climbing Mount Kenya… basically I thrive in chaos… or chaos thrives in me.

Email: rachelpike@brosterbuchanan.com

Call Rachel on 07462172167

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