Toby Speke MRICS
Managing Director
About us
We partner with and become long-term trusted talent advisor to our clients as well as career advisors to some of the best talent in the market.
Founded in 2017, Hanning Recruitment has rapidly established itself as a leading real estate recruitment firm, trusted by companies and candidates alike for our industry expertise, outstanding market knowledge and passion for building meaningful, long-term relationships.
We recently joined forces with Forrester Partners LLP whose impressive track record strengthens our market position. This new partnership gives us over 40 years’ combined recruitment and real estate experience, which alongside an enviable (and growing) network of clients, means that together we can now meet both contingency recruitment and executive search mandates.
The Team
Toby Speke MRICS
Managing Director
Toby is a qualified surveyor having gained MRICS status at Knight Frank, where he worked for a number of years before moving to VanHan to head up their Development team.
He subsequently transitioned into property recruitment, where he ran a team at one of the largest property recruitment firms, achieving exceptional results. Here, he was able to hone his skills identifying genuine talent and matching candidates to specific client requirements to ensure optimum results all-round.
Toby has built up a strong network not only from working directly in property but since then working with some of the most prominent companies in real estate.
Claudia Carreras
Recruitment Consultant
Claudia has worked for two are the largest property advisory businesses in Savills and Knight Frank before joining Hanning Recruitment.
Claudia works directly with the Directors of the business in the identifying of top talent and mapping out specific areas of the market.
Claudia also leads her own assignments and has recently placed a number of Investment Analysts and Asset Managers for a variety of big and small clients.
Harry Hewlett
Recruitment Consultant
Harry delivers search mandates across equity and debt within the UK real estate market. He takes full ownership of domestic assignments across investment, development, asset management and real estate finance, while also working alongside Toby on high‑profile, multifaceted international searches.
He works closely with both clients and candidates to deliver considered, well‑executed placements across mid to senior‑level roles, while continuing to develop Hanning’s best in class network and build trusted, long‑term relationships across the market.
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