Meet our team
Jack Nicholls
RESOURCING
Director & Co-Founder
Jack co-founded ARCA after 15+ years delivering niche skilled talent across the global engineering and tech sector. He blends inhouse TA expertise with a proactive agency mindset. Jack leads on Engineering and Medtech.
David Wylie
CONSULTING
Director & Co-Founder
Dave co-founded ARCA after 17+ years of working in the Digital Health sector, supporting NHS and private healthcare organisations through large-scale change and transformation programmes, with a particular focus on Electronic Patient Records.
Geoff Smith
RESOURCING
Director & Co-Founder
Geoff is a highly experienced CEO and NED with deep expertise in scaling and exiting growth businesses. He acts as a trusted advisor to the ARCA founders, providing strategic challenge and governance support.
Lisa Waller
CONSULTING
Partner - HEALTHCARE
Lisa is an experienced digital health consultant with extensive NHS leadership experience across strategy, EPR and transformation. She leads ARCA’s Digital Health capability, guiding clients through complex change with clarity and rigour.
Allan Smith
CONSULTING
Delivery DIRECTOR - Healthcare
Allan has 20+ years of healthcare IT experience, combining hands-on delivery with strategic consulting across large-scale NHS digital transformation programmes. He has worked on multi-trust EPR programmes and brings deep expertise in healthtech strategy and enterprise architecture.
Jack Williams
RESOURCING
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR - HEALTHCARE
Jack has over 15 years of experience in the Digital Health sector, supporting NHS and private healthcare organisations through large-scale change and transformation programmes, with a particular focus on Electronic Patient Record.
Matt Churchill
RESOURCING
Associate director - Healthcare
Matt has over 15 years of experience in the Digital Healthcare sector, supporting clients across both private and public sectors worldwide. His expertise spans strategy, delivery, and innovation within healthcare technology, with a particular focus on the UK and USA markets.
Lillie O’Connor
RESOURCING
FINANCIAL CONTROLLER
Lillie is our Financial Controller, overseeing all financial operations within the business. Currently working towards her AAT qualification, she combines practical experience with ongoing professional development to support the company’s growth and financial stability.
Mary Scudamore-Jenkins
RESOURCING
BUSINESS SERVICES MANAGER
Mary has 15+ years’ experience in the recruitment sector, and manages onboarding for candidates and clients, with an emphasis on government framework requirements.
David Kendrick
RESOURCING
Managing Consultant - Healthcare
David has over 10 years’ experience in resourcing across corporate services, operational management, C-suite and digital health delivery. He leads programmes supporting NHS Trusts to implement new Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) and Electronic Patient Records (EPR).
Ryan Hayward
RESOURCING
MANAGING CONSULTANT - ENGINEERING
15+ years’ experience recruiting across the UK and EU, specialising in scaling MedTech engineering teams from early-stage product development through to commercialisation in highly regulated environments. Expertise across medical devices and complex product development
Claire Jones
RESOURCING
MANAGING CONSULTANT - ENGINEERING
Claire has 15+ years experience specialising in connecting exceptional Digital, Technology and Engineering talent with leading global companies and high-growth scale-ups. She is passionate about innovation, leveraging a strong professional network to identify and secure the best talent for every role.
Tara Kharazian
RESOURCING
principal CONSULTANT- Engineering
Tara has 15+ year’s experience in specialist search and has a proven track record of delivering large-scale recruitment solutions across key MSP and RPO accounts, partnering with leading global organisations to attract top talent.