We care about what we do here at Peak. We care because the work matters to the people we support around the world.
Making sure someone gets paid on time. Keeping them compliant in a new country. Being there when they have a question about their contract, their benefits, their rights. These aren't just administrative tasks. They're the things that let someone pay their rent, support their family, feel secure in their work.
We also recognise that our industry can do better. The professional services industry doesn't have to be a passive bystander in the fight for a better, fairer, more sustainable world. We're leading by example and showing that every company can do their bit to drive positive change.
Worldwide Workplace is founded. Paul Voakes sets it up: an Employer of Record legally employs your staff abroad, so you can hire anywhere without setting up a local entity.
Alex joins the family business. Burned out after ten years in stand-up, he comes in for some business experience. The summer job that stuck.
Peak is founded. A subsidiary in Ireland, keeping Europe open after Brexit.
A family health crisis changes everything. Alex takes sole leadership and rebuilds the business around his values.
The four-day week begins. We join Flexa and Includability, and start the long road to B Corp.
Planet Mark certified. Flexa Pioneer Award. We sign the Better Business Act, and make the Includability Sustainability shortlist.
Flexa Awards: 1st, Best Work From Anywhere, and 2nd, Best Culture. Shortlisted twice at the Planet Mark Awards.
Includability Committed Employer of the Year, and Workplace Champion for Alex. Eight nominations, up from one.
Alex cycles 600km to Helsinki rather than fly, for the carbon report.
Certified B Corp, on Christmas Eve.
Flexa Awards: 2nd, Best Work Life Balance.
We win the Mojo and Outrunners three-legged race. Not every milestone is a serious one.
Peak PEO becomes Peak EOR.
Over 500,000 positive impacts through B1G1, and counting.
Our Story
Our story starts in 2010, when Paul Voakes, one of the pioneers of EOR in Europe, founded Worldwide Workplace. The model was well established in the US but largely uncharted in Europe. Paul saw the need early and built something to fill it.
Peak came six years later, founded by Alex Voakes and born directly out of Brexit. The uncertainty around freedom of movement created an immediate, practical problem for companies with European teams. We built Peak to meet that need.
By 2023, the EOR market was moving in a clear direction: DIY platforms, SaaS-first models, the automation of everything. We looked at where things were heading and made a deliberate choice to go the other way. In a sector racing toward self-serve, we were doubling down on people.
Alex wanted to build a company with soul. Doing the right things, for the right reasons. The kind of EOR that gives its team genuine trust and autonomy, treats partners with real respect, and takes responsibility for the communities and planet around it.
B1G1. Four-day week. Better Business Act. Then came B Corp. We had always operated with the values and culture of a B Corp. On Christmas Eve 2025, we finally got the certificate to prove it.
Our Values
We don't just talk about these. They show up in how we hire, how we work, and how we treat the people around us.
Connection
We keep in touch. We stay close and we've got each other's backs.
What it means to us
We may be fully remote, but it rarely feels like it. We stay close not just through the work, but by getting to know the people behind it. The same goes for the people we work with. We get to know them properly, and a lot of them become friends. We all work, so we might as well make it enjoyable.
What it means for you
When something tricky lands on your plate, send it our way. We talk to each other constantly, so we always know who to pull in - and you get a real answer quickly, not a ticket number and a wait.
Honesty
What we say and what we do are the same thing.
What it means to us
We say what we mean, and then we do it. That includes the harder conversations, the honest answer when an easy one would be simpler. Saying a thing and standing behind it is the only way we know to build trust. If we say we're building a great place to work, we mean it.
What it means for you
We won't hide the hard stuff. And when we bring it to you, you'll know we've already done everything we can to find a better answer first.
Purpose
Work should mean something. So we make ours count.
What it means to us
Our drive comes from trying to change the world of work for the better, and raising standards for employees worldwide. We automate our charitable giving, and we hold our environmental impact to account. Even a service business can have an impact.
What it means for you
We're not just here to take your business and run your payroll. We're trying to do some good while we do it, and your team feels that.
Trust
Trust people, and they bring their best to work.
What it means to us
People are more than their task list, so we trust each other to manage our own time and build the work around real lives. When something comes up, someone covers, and next week it's the other way round. That trust is why people give it everything.
What it means for you
A trusted team is a settled team. The people running your payroll are here for the long haul. They know your account, and they want to do right by it.
Courage
"Someone should do something about that." Why not us?
What it means to us
Stepping outside our comfort zone is how we grow, as a business and as people. When we find a better way, we don't quietly get on with it. We show it, and say so, when it works and when it doesn't. That's how we make progress.
What it means for you
We're always looking for a better way. Ours is a young industry, and we have more experience than most. But "we've always done it this way" is never a good enough reason not to change.
B Corp Certified
B Corp certification is earned through a rigorous assessment of how you treat your people, your supply chain, your community, your planet. We always knew we were a B Corp in our soul. We just needed the certification to prove it.
For us, it's a natural extension of why we got into this in the first place. The people we support around the world deserve a service built around them. Real people, real conversations, real accountability - not just the relentless pursuit of shareholder value. No chatbots, no ticket queues. When something matters to your employees, it matters to us.
Being part of this community, meeting inspiring people and working toward a better world, is what we're all about at Peak.
Our Team
A team of friendly, reliable global employment experts, ready to support you and your team around the world.
AlexCEO
SteveChief Operating Officer
StephenInterim CFO
TomChief Revenue Officer
EmilyChief Projects Officer
AquaChief of Staff
KatHead of Business Solutions
SilviaOperations Manager Team Lead
IsabelOperations Manager
NairaInternational Legal Consultant
NaiaraFinancial Controller
TheaAccounts Receivable Manager
HannahAccounts Payable Specialist
AnnaAccounts Payable Specialist
AmySenior People Manager
DavitiCustomer Success Manager
SeunOperations Coordinator
MikeGTM Manager & AI EngineerOur Commitments
These are the organisations and frameworks we've committed to - and what they mean in practice.
Every piece of business we do triggers a giving impact somewhere in the world. To date we've created nearly 600,000 impacts through B1G1, supporting causes across education, clean water, and economic empowerment.
Find out more →We're certified by Planet Mark, measuring and working to reduce our carbon footprint year on year. Because you can't manage what you don't measure.
Find out more →We're signatories to the Better Business Act, which calls on the UK government to update company law so that all businesses must consider people and planet alongside profit.
Find out more →Our team works four days. Full pay, full output. We've found it makes for better work and happier people. We'd encourage anyone who's sceptical to try it.
Find out more →Let's talk
Tell us where you're headed and we'll show you how simple global employment can be. No hard sell, just a straight conversation with someone who knows their stuff.
