“If you think hiring professionals is expensive, try hiring amateurs”


Our philosophy is to provide tailored solutions, which offer our clients and candidates the type of professional engagement that is quickly disappearing from the marketplace. Every aspect of our engagement is underpinned by key ethical values, market knowledge and recruitment expertise, giving our clients and candidates an invaluable yet unique experience of recruitment activities.

Founded by


James Milne

Managing Director


With a career spanning two decades, he is a proven business leader and Managing Director who is committed to enabling organisations and individuals to maximise their potential.

 His recruitment experience spans across a variety of sectors and disciplines. He is a performance orientated individual and has strong client relationships with many businesses that he has engaged with since the beginning of his career. Dedicated to excellence, throughout his career he has always gone above and beyond to achieve great results. James Milne set up Dorward James with a recognition that every business encounters a wide range of challenges and opportunities. He wanted to establish a company that can truly help a wide range of businesses, regardless of whether it is a start-up or an impressive employer brand, achieve further success by considering the right approach to talent management and avoid the pitfalls of hiring the wrong people to journey with.