Forces Recruitment Solutions Group Ltd specialise in placing Ex-Military candidates into Civilian Employment. This includes members of the Armed Forces that are currently leaving, as well as those who have already left.
Graham BrownManaging Director
Graham joined the Army in 1987 as a musician, completing a one-year course at the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall and serving as a medic in the first Gulf War. He left the Army in 1993 to pursue a career in sales and spent eight years in media sales working initially for the education specialist, Hobsons Publishing selling on print and electronic graduate and undergraduate titles. From there, he was headhunted to be Sales Manager of The Officer and RAF In-Flight magazines and was responsible for the concept and development of Quest magazine. Following the completion of an MA in Film Composition, he left Quest as Publishing Development Director to set up Forces Recruitment Services, the first commercial consultancy to assist ex-military candidates across all ranks and services in 2001.
FRS has gone from strength to strength since 2001 helping thousands of ex-military candidates from all service backgrounds into work.
FRS is the market leader in ex-military recruitment and the place of choice for employers and job seekers alike. Graham is immensely proud of what FRS continues to build.
Bill TharpSenior Account Manager
Since leaving the University of Arizona in 1994, Bill has had a colourful and varied career. After being commissioned in the U.S. Navy, Bill started flight training and entered the fleet as a P-3 Orion pilot. He deployed worldwide to duty stations all over the Pacific Rim, South East Asia and Europe. His last tour was as an exchange officer with RAF 120 Squadron in Kinloss, Scotland flying the Nimrod MR2.
After 11 years’ service, Bill went to work in the private sector for a company providing ergonomic support and products to companies and individuals across the United States. Simultaneously, he put himself through a teacher training course to become a Teacher of History. Having achieved his teaching certification in 2010, he and his family decided to move back the Britain, where he found a teaching position in Ely.
Bill joined the FRS team in September 2018 and is very excited to use his service and resettlement experience in his new position as a recruitment consultant.
William SonSenior Recruitment Resourcer
William was born and raised in London where he later studied his A-levels in Music, Music Technology and Maths at the John Lyon School in Harrow. In 2014, William completed a BSc Psychology degree at Goldsmiths, University of London; fulfilling his desire to learn about behaviour.
Afterwards, William travelled across Europe, and during this time was self-employed as a proof-reader and copy-editor. After returning to the UK in mid-2015, William took upon a chance to join Forces Recruitment Services as a Recruitment Resourcer to utilise his skills, and bring his ranging experiences and knowledge to the work place.
Ruth HawkinsExecutive Assistant and company bookkeeper
After more than 30 years in frontline roles within the criminal justice system and education, Ruth decided to take on a new challenge and retrain as a bookkeeper in 2021. Since then, she has been providing outsourced bookkeeping services to a diverse range of clients — combining her love of data and systems with a practical, people-focused approach.
With a strong background in client management and business operations, she enjoys helping teams stay organised, efficient, and on top of the numbers. In July 2025, she joined FRS as Executive Assistant and company bookkeeper, where she supports the director and wider team in keeping everything running smoothly behind the scenes.