about.

habeō talent has been founded by Mike Lewis & Elliott Broom - two senior recruitment professionals with over 30 years experience working at major recruitment brands including global PLCs. Both have worked in depth across a wide variety of markets, developing outstanding track records.

Mike and Elliott have stepped away from this corporate environment to lead a recruitment business that will deliver a better experience in the industry, focused on providing best in class personal customer service that helps our customers acquire world class talent.

our mission.

habeō talent focus on recruiting into the people related disciplines that create world class workforces. From Talent Acquisition, HR Ops and Change to innovative cloud based HRIS implementations our unrelenting goal is to identify the people that will drive your business or career forward.

Our mission is to understand your intangibles, engage your challenges, and deliver brilliant additions to your business. As a candidate our mission is to represent you better than anyone else, and present only the best and most suitable opportunities in the market.

We will always be honest with our clients and candidates – it’s an integrity both sides deserve.

We will always give our opinion based on our industry knowledge, professional insights and trusted instincts.
We will always make our customers and clients stop, think and only then, do.

habeō has an everyday commitment – to prove out an honest, enjoyable and successful recruitment experience
-  a rarity in our industry.

the team.

Mike Lewis: Director

Mike has close to 20 years experience in professional recruitment, and has recruited across many areas over his career. Mike left his previous role as a Director of one of the largest recruitment companies in the country, to focus on building habeō talent – A business that we believe will approach recruitment in the right way.

Mike has specialised across HR, Executive Search, Commercial and Finance through his career, and brings an established network, a proven track record and a wealth of knowledge across all areas of the recruitment landscape.

In his down time, Mike is generally obsessed with wildlife, photography, sport and music. A published wildlife photographer, Mike can often be found, in the depths of the wilderness, in the cold, in a photography hide -  Much to the amusement and bewilderment of his friends and family. 

Elliott Broom: Director

Elliott began his recruitment career in 2004, holding Director level roles and senior management positions for global listed businesses as well as a market leading boutique recruitment organisations.

Throughout his career Elliott has recruited into the HR Systems, Transformation and senior appointment space building high performing teams for innovative start ups through to global blue chip businesses. Elliott has an enviable network in the HR transformation world that he is always looking to add to and is a regular contributor to industry blogs & events.

Elliott is a proud Father, long suffering Colchester United fan, and quite possibly the worst golfer in England.