Why We Are Different

  • We listen differently. We are really good at narrowing down what exactly our client is looking for in a candidate. We listen closely, not with the intent to reply but to hear what is being said with the intent to understand. We’ve been told we are the first recruiter who is actually listening.
  • We vet differently. We have the initial interest exploratory conversation. We have a Bermuda-specific conversation if the person is overseas. We involve our Advisory Board for very senior executive hires. We really get to know our candidates.
  • We encourage you to look at things differently. Together, we make a real difference to your business. Where it matters. After all, until you start doing it differently, you are in for more of the same.
  • Our support of our candidates’ career advancement is different in that we take a long view. We really care about our candidate’s career progression. We have been told that we are truly honest, that we’re not just ticking boxes, that we are the first recruiter they have met to have their best interests at heart.

Who we are

Elevate Executive Selection is a boutique executive search and recruitment firm with offices in Dublin and Bermuda. Our team has over 125 years of combined recruitment and industry experience in delivering the very highest calibre of service to our clients.

We specialise in finding the best local and international talent from post-qualified to C-Suite and Board level across multiple business sectors.

  • Financial Services; Manufacturing; SME/Medium; Tech; Fin-Tech; Cyber; Social Enterprise
Director, Bermuda Operations

Sylvia Jones

More valuable than time, is who you spend it with: Sylvia Jones is the person new and expanding companies rely on when they are launching ...

More valuable than time, is who you spend it with: Sylvia Jones is the person new and expanding companies rely on when they are launching and building out their Bermuda office presence. Elevate Executive Selection is the island’s only international Executive Search company with services including Senior Executive Recruitment, Leadership Development and Outplacement, supported by offices in Dublin and Hong Kong. With fourteen years of Bermuda industry insight and experience, Sylvia now leads her high preforming team in bringing success to her client base within the insurance and resinsurance industry, as well as more recently Shipping, Hedge Fund and ILS companies.

Sylvia thrives in operating within a high impact zone – where career decisions are life decisions, and as a steward of relationships – between new hire and hiring manager, between expat and Bermudian, between tenant and landlord, between corporate and local, Sylvia has built communities of connection that enable her to offer unique insights onto both the corporate and social fabric of Bermuda. Over the past decade Sylvia has built key business relationships that enable her to add value by connecting her clients intentionally, appropriately and always with her hallmark discretion. As a founder of two Bermuda companies Sylvia is respected for her total commitment to her clients, in service of Bermuda’s blue-chip reputation.

Director - International Operations

James Fitzsimons

James Fitzsimons has 30 years senior level experience in the executive search and recruitment industry. During his career...

James Fitzsimons has 30 years senior level experience in the executive search and recruitment industry. During his career James has successfully built and exited two leading recruitment businesses in the Irish market. He was a founding shareholder and Director of Cox Fitzsimons & Wilkes in 2003. He exited in 2008 through an MBO. He was also co-founder and Joint Managing Director of Careers Register which was sold to CPL plc, in 2000. James holds a BA from University College Dublin, a Professional Diploma in Accountancy and a Diploma in Personnel Management. James also worked in general audit practice with KPMG in Dublin. James leads the international search division of Elevate Bermuda and has reach into the UK, Europe and Australia. James visits the island regularly to meet with clients and candidates and he also conducts Elevate’s highly personalised Outplacement Programme.
Head of Research & Finance Director

Carol Fitzsimons

After graduating from Trinity College Dublin with an honours degree in Microbiology, Carol trained with PriceWaterhouse Coopers and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1989. Carol worked in banking and the service industry in...

After graduating from Trinity College Dublin with an honours degree in Microbiology, Carol trained with PriceWaterhouse Coopers and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1989.

Carol worked in banking and the service industry in financial roles and moved into the recruitment sector in 2003 joining Cox Fitzsimons& Wilkes as Financial Controller. In 2007 Carol was appointed Financial Director of LCG Life changes Global Ltd and in 2012 was appointed to her current role as Head of Research & Finance Director.

Carol has also lectured extensively in Accounting & Finance over a 20 year period at third level and professional level as well as being involved in the Professional Accounting Examination area.

Our Affiliates

Elevate’s solutions-based approach to talent acquisition has led us to what are now truly established partnerships with a number of international specialist recruitment firms servicing multiple talent sectors, sourcing great candidates. Because of their detailed understanding of the markets they operate in, they are able to deliver top quality talent. Our affiliates are among the most networked recruitment professionals in their sectors and enable Elevate to have a global reach across a wide talent pool.

A Worthwhile Investment

Elevate understands that seasoned senior executives are attracted not just to the role on offer but also the lifestyle on offer. Top quality executives are hard to come by and those that are open to new challenges need to know not just that the job on offer is the right one for them. An investment in Elevate is an investment in the long-term success of your company. A candidate sourced by us will assimilate quickly and add maximum value to your organisation.