With many years experience within the General Insurance recruitment market, William Gallimore heads up the Actuarial desk at High Finance Group, and specialises in the recruitment of GI Actuaries. The strong relationships he has built through the years have given him a unique and insightful knowledge of his market, giving him the ability to be responsive yet accurate when working to a specific client need. He has been responsible for the significant success of the Actuarial team at High Finance Group, being the most successful consultant for the last two years.

As Head of Actuarial William provides training and support to the Actuarial team, as well as ensuring the growth and development of the area.

Before joining High Finance Group, William completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Sports Science and English Literature at Loughborough University.

William is a passionate supporter of Spinal Research and has been involved in regular fundraising, including running the London marathon in 2009, raising just over £40,000. He is always happy to assist people who are raising money for worthy causes. He also plays cricket for the MCC and is captain of the HFG Trojans. He has enjoyed hosting a number of General Insurance Golf Days and still searching for his first hole in one.

Testimonials

"Mark Dainty and Will Gallimore of High Finance Group showed in-depth knowledge and experience of the actuarial recruitment market. Will worked with us tirelessly to provide high calibre candidates and his level of professionalism was superb. I found his honesty was refreshing and very much appreciated. They successfully placed a candidate with us and we will not hesitate to contact Will again for future hires."
Chief Risk Officer, International Insurance Company

"I have had the good luck to work with High Finance Group, and William Gallimore in particular, as both a client and as someone looking for that 'next role'."

"The service I have experienced has been second to none. They have taken the time to fully understand my requirements and have then presented an appropriate selection of the opportunities available. The advice I have received has always been solid and the insights into the 'personalities' of both organisations and people has been highly valued."

"They have been a pleasure to work with and I look forward to doing so again."
Non Life Actuarial Director, Consultancy

"Moving job can be a daunting and stressful time but I needn't have worried because I found Will very professional and helpful throughout. I certainly did not feel the need to engage with any other recruiter during this time.

After my initial contact with High Finance [Group], Will and I met up to discuss my experience and the type of role I was after. He clearly listened because at no point did he send through any job specs which were outside of my requested scope. He was patient with my responses as I only had time to look at potential opportunities in the evening, and with a baby on the way I sometimes was not able to get back to him until a couple of days later.

Will was discreet and appreciated that it can be difficult to have discussions on the phone at work, so would often text me and I would give him a call when the timing was more suitable for me. If he was unavailable, he returned calls promptly or I was able to speak to his alternative contact, Jamie.

With High Finance [Group], I have found a role which suits my desire to progress in my chosen profession while still maintaining a work/home balance. Although I trust that I will have a long and happy career at my new workplace, I would not hesitate to use High Finance [Group] again."
Head of Non-Life Actuarial, UK Insurance Group

"William is one of the best consultants I have ever used. He has the newest updated job opportunities from the insurance market. He was able to spot the most suitable jobs for me, and as a result I successfully got a great job offer through him. He is a responsible person and has a very nice personality. When I need help I can always reach him within the same day and I always got a text message from him wishing me good luck a few minutes before my interviews."
Reserving Manager

"I am hugely grateful to Will and the rest of the team at High Finance [Group]. Having recently changed fields I was uncertain where to look for an opportunity to strengthen my new technical skills, but where my previous experience would still count for something. Initially Will chatted through my background with me, and what I was hoping to find. A couple of days later, he came back to me with a really interesting role which fitted me like a glove, and which I would never have found without his help. During the three stage interview process I found him extremely supportive and insightful, and I'm now looking forward to starting in this new role very shortly."
Actuary

"Late in 2008 I was a PhD physicist looking for opportunities to apply my skills in the financial world. As one would expect, I was registered with a number of specialist recruitment companies. Though I was most satisfied with High Finance [Group] in terms of their approach to matching my skills and experience to an appropriate position.

I found High Finance [Group] to have excellent staff; personable with a good understanding of the many fields in finance. Furthermore, High Finance [Group] appeared to come back to me with a number of unique roles which other recruitment companies didn't have a clue about.

I felt High Finance [Group] made a ‘genuine' effort to understand my skills, and listen to what I was looking for, as well as explaining their thoughts. This was achieved with a face-to-face discussion and a number of telephone conversations, giving me multiple opportunities to ask questions relevant to my job-hunt. Thanks to the work of William Gallimore, Libby Amos and Mark Dainty, it was no coincidence that High Finance [Group] managed to land me a fantastic job!

I would recommend High Finance [Group] to anyone looking for a job in the city, and it is the first recruitment company I am going to turn to if I ever look for another city job."
Actuarial Programmer, Lloyd's Managing Agent