Derek Anderson
Co-Founder and Senior Consultant

Derek co-founded Sales Recruit Scotland in 2009. His career began with a service engineering apprenticeship at an international engineering services company, followed by four years in commercial sales. He moved into specialist recruitment with BMS Sales Performance, then Orion Electrotech’s engineering recruitment arm in Aylesbury, before returning to Scotland to join Cirrus where he progressed to Operations Director.
Derek works across all nine of the firm’s specialist sectors with a particular pull toward technical and engineering-led briefs where his early career still pays back. Outside work, Derek’s wife is an advanced paramedic and they have two children. He sponsors his daughter’s local under-15s girls’ football team.
Robert McGougan
Co-Founder and Senior Consultant

Robert joined Sales Recruit UK as partner in 2011. He began his career at BMS Sales Performance on the graduate fast-track programme, where he was identified early as senior leadership material. Robert set up the BMS Dublin operation from scratch and went on to run the Scottish branch through ten years at the firm. He worked at a number of specialist sales recruitment agencies before partnering with Derek. Robert is a natural manager whose temperament is process-driven — both qualities that show up in how the SRUK Fit Score and the firm’s search methodology have been built.
He works across all nine of the firm’s specialist sectors. Outside work, Robert lives with his partner and daughter, who share a passion for show-jumping.