About the author

Alistair Cox - CEO Hays

Alistair has been the CEO of Hays, plc since Sept. 2007. An aeronautical engineer by training (University of Salford, UK, 1982), Alistair commenced his career at British Aerospace in the military aircraft division. From 1983-1988, he worked Schlumberger filling a number of field and research roles in the Oil & Gas Industry in both Europe and North America. In 2002, Alistair returned to the UK as CEO of Xansa, a UK based IT services and back-office processing organisation. During his 5 year tenure at Xansa, he re-focused the organisation to create a UK leading provider of back-office services across both the Public and Private sector and built one of the strongest offshore operations in the sector with over 6,000 people based in India.

Blogs by Alistair

• Self-reflection examples
• Why you shouldn't always just 'Google it'
• leadership skill that I look for in my future managers
• Talents of the new generation: do you know what they really want?
• 4 reasosn why you need a millennial mentor
• 6 lessons that shaped my career