Welcome back to our interview series, “Grown, not Born”, where we speak to remarkable leaders, gaining insight into their journeys and personal experiences with management. Tom Davenport is Managing Director at Alvius, a technology partner to some of the UK's leading recruitment and staffing organizations.
Over the past decade, he has co-founded organizations that directly employed over 50 individuals, facilitated employment for more than 1,000 others, and secured multi-year contracts with corporations and UK government bodies.
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