Elena Vasquez
Founder & Managing DirectorOur story
Started with a frustration. Built into a practice.
Nexora was founded in 2026 by a team of HR practitioners who had spent years watching businesses make the same hiring mistakes — rushing to fill roles, skipping process, and paying the price in turnover and lost productivity.
We started with a simple belief: that the best hiring outcomes come from treating recruitment as a strategic discipline, not a transactional service. That means slowing down to understand the business before we source a single candidate. It means being honest when a brief is wrong. And it means staying accountable for the outcome, not just the placement.
Over the past decade, we've worked with businesses across 15 industries — from fast-growing startups to established enterprises — and placed over 200 people into roles that genuinely moved their organisations forward.
What we stand for
Four principles we don't compromise on.
Outcomes over activity
We measure success by what happens after the hire, not by how many CVs we sent. Every engagement is judged on the result.
Honesty over comfort
We'll tell you when your brief is unrealistic, your timeline is too short, or your offer isn't competitive. That's what a real partner does.
Rigour in everything
We apply the same structured process to every search — whether it's a single hire or a full HR overhaul. No shortcuts.
Long-term relationships
94% of our clients come back. We build relationships that outlast individual engagements, because that's how we do our best work.
The team
People who've been in your seat.
Our consultants have worked inside businesses — not just alongside them. That experience shapes how we think about every engagement.
Elena Vasquez
Founder & Managing Director
15 years in HR leadership across financial services and technology. Founded Nexora after seeing too many businesses lose great people to poor hiring process.
James Okafor
Head of Talent Acquisition
Former in-house recruiter at two FTSE 250 companies. Specialises in technical and commercial hiring across mid-market and enterprise businesses.
Priya Nair
Senior HR Consultant
HR generalist with deep expertise in policy design, performance frameworks, and organisational restructuring. Trusted advisor to leadership teams across industries.
Marcus Webb
Workforce Planning Lead
Background in management consulting and people analytics. Helps leadership teams translate business strategy into actionable talent roadmaps.
Work with a team that's invested in your outcome.
Every engagement starts with a conversation. No pitch, no pressure — just an honest discussion about where you are and where you want to be.
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