After leaving Washington Grammar School Harry joined the Civil Service where he was in the top 10% of the UK intake and as such was entitled to join the diplomatic service.He chose however to stay in the North East and joined the Employment Service.For the first ten years he worked in the new concept of job centres before joining PER which was the only part of the civil service charging for its services.At PER he was fully trained in all aspects of Senior level recruitment.Harry worked at the Washington office which was regularly one of the top performing offices in the country.In 1980 he was approached to join a fledgling management consultancy to establish a new executive recruitment arm called PES Associates.He was successful in growing the company to the point it was recognised as the leading consultancy in the North East area.Over the thirty years here it's market place grew to include the rest of the UK,Europe and some assignments in the USA .Harry was particularly successful in the automotive industry working initially with Nissan then recruiting the management teams of most of the supply chain as they moved into the North East.In conjunction with Liz Mitchell who joined the business to establish a secretarial/admin agency they developed additional revenue streams servicing the contract oil and gas industry and shop floor contract staff.Eventually the divisions merged into one under the Kelburn Group banner.Harry retired five years ago to become a full time carer for his wife ,he has maintained his network of contacts and is often called on for advice and with offers of work.Harry was also one of the early members of the Washington Employers Association which has expanded to become the North East Employers Network.Harry served a number of years as Hon Secretary and is currently Hon Treasurer