Ali Le Count

Ali’s first foray into Search was in1996 when she joined the FS practice of Goddard Kay Rogers (GKR), She stayed there for six years – the last two following GKR’s merger with Whitehead Mann – before leaving to join the Life Science Practice at Korn/Ferry, moving into Search-to-Search in 2004.

Since then, and in her typical practical and personal style, she’s placed top people into top-tier Search firms at all levels and in all sectors, on both a retained and contingency basis. She works with both the SHREK firms and the smaller specialist boutiques, as well as placing individuals in-house. In short, she’s got your people covered.

When Ali isn’t working or running around after her 2 young boys, she loves nothing better than smashing a ball on a squash court, donning a pair of boxing gloves, or failing that spending quality time with quality friends drinking quality wine.

Cat Rowlands

Cat started her career as a legal translator for Clifford Chance in Barcelona, moving into Search in 1996 with GKRS (acquired by Whitehead Mann). She then moved with the Managing Partner to establish Ridgeway Partners.  Having enjoyed the ‘start up’ process, Cat left Search to manage the start-up of an entrepreneurial engineering firm where she was Chief of Staff before moving to a Family Office, where she established an investment management office for the Principal, as well as managing his domestic staff of thirty in three countries.  

Cat joined Le Count Associates
in early 2020, having worked with the Founder in her very first Search role
over 20 years ago. 

Cat has a degree in Hispanic Studies
from Bristol University, speaks fluent Spanish, is a personal trainer and an
open-water swimmer.

Andrew Pieterse

After an early career in IT and Telecoms
for FTSE 100 firms, Andrew shifted his skills to management consultancy and specialised in strategic change management. He eventually realised that business models simply don’t succeed without the right people and this helped him decide to co-found Le Count Associates in 2011. He now focuses on professional and personal development through coaching and loves seeing people thrive through change.

Andrew holds a BSc (Psychology) from the University of Cape Town, an MBA from Cranfield School of Management and an MSc in Executive Coaching from Henley Business School . Currently he is busy with a Doctorate in Clinical Psychodynamic Psychotherapy at the University of Exeter.

In his spare time he can usually be found chasing tirelessly after his two young boys, walking, surfing and fly-fishing .