Rachel Cowell

Rachel Cowell is an experienced recruitment professional with a career spanning over 15 years, currently serving as the Head of Recruitment at Softcat plc, where leadership of a team of 18 focuses on the recruitment of approximately 700 external roles annually along with internal promotions. Prior roles include Resourcing Business Partner at O2 (Telefónica UK), leading a team responsible for permanent recruitment across technical and operational sectors, and Senior Recruitment Advisor, managing recruitment for various functions including Networks and IT. Earlier experience includes recruitment positions at Dairy Crest and administrative roles at Lester Aldridge and Eteach. Rachel holds a 1st Class BA Hons in Business Studies with Human Resource Management from Bournemouth University.