May 2025 – Aug 2025 · 3 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands · Remote

Sep 2024 – Apr 2025 · 7 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

• Taking the opportunity to have some time out to focus on my daughter and a few home projects.

Jun 2021 – Sep 2024 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands · Hybrid

• Partnered with Product, UX, Design, and Research leadership to define team structures, prioritize hiring needs, and develop scalable processes that aligned with the organization’s product roadmap.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to launch new product areas, including Card Issuing and Foreign Exchange, ensuring hiring processes and team structures supported strategic business objectives.
• Designed and delivered a comprehensive training program for 360+ global interviewers, standardising best practices for assessing candidates for product roles, resulting in more effective and equitable decision-making.
• Identified inefficiencies in product team hiring workflows and implemented process improvements that reduced time-to-hire by ~25% while maintaining alignment with business goals.
• Supported the growth of the FinTech business unit from 100 employees to over 750, contributing to team scalability and organisational success through operational enhancements.
• Facilitated regular 1:1s with key stakeholders to gather feedback, identify roadblocks, and align talent acquisition strategies with broader business and product goals.
• Mentored and led team in creation of business case to improve candidate experience, for Booking's internal "Shark Tank" competition - winning first place and a €100,000 budget.

Jul 2019 – Jun 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos · The Randstad, Netherlands · On-site

• Adyen is the payments platform of choice for many of the world’s leading companies, providing a modern end-to-end infrastructure connecting directly to Visa, Mastercard, and consumers' globally preferred payment methods. Adyen delivers frictionless payments across online, mobile, and in-store channels. With offices across the world, Adyen serves customers including Facebook, Uber, Spotify, and L'Oreal.

Sep 2018 – Jun 2019 · 9 mos · The Randstad, Netherlands · On-site

• DAZN is a division of the leading global sports digital content and media company Perform Group. We provide live and on-demand sports content across multiple connected devices. Our pioneering service is now live in USA, Canada, Japan, Germany, Italy, Austria and Switzerland with ambitious plans for the coming years.
• Do you have the drive and passion to make a significant difference within DAZN's dynamic, innovative and fast-paced environment?
• Do you want to shape the future of sport?
• We're expanding rapidly and are building a new development centre in Amsterdam. Our vacancies are constantly being updated with new roles. For current opportunities, please visit our careers page or reach out to me directly! www.performgroup.com/careers

Feb 2016 – Aug 2018 · 2 yrs 6 mos · The Randstad, Netherlands · On-site

• Booking.com is one of the world’s leading e-commerce companies. A truly global and dynamic organisation, Booking.com has over 15,500 people with 142 nationalities, working from 200+ offices worldwide and dedicated to serving customers and partners.
• Picture yourself working at Booking.com, the planet’s #1 accommodation site. Depending on your role, you will work from one of our local offices or our HQ in Amsterdam. Whether you are in Technology, Customer Services, Content Management, Account Management or Marketing, you will be part of an international team of experts like yourself.
• Recruiting for senior / leadership roles within technology & product
• Ensuring a smooth and positive candidate experience throughout the recruiting process
• Work with recruiting team members and hiring managers to develop, implement, and execute hiring strategy
• Source candidates, screen resumes and interview qualified candidates
• Facilitate interview and hiring discussions with interviewers and hiring managers
• Drive the offer process, including generating offer letters, extending offers, and closing candidates
• Act as an internally and externally-facing representative of Booking.com
• Spread the Booking.yeah environment through organising and attending technical conferences and meetups in the local communities all over the globe
• Selected speaking engagements:
• The Tech Talent In-house Recruitment Conference, London - Oct '17
• "Speed & Engagement in Tech Hiring"
• Tech Rec, Berlin - Nov '17
• "Building a scalable hiring strategy at Booking.com - the 2 year story"
• The Talent Attraction Channel - Dec '17
• "Great recruiter experience = great candidate experience"

Nov 2014 – Feb 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos · Greater Leeds Area · On-site

• The Bridge IT is a privately owned organisation specialising in the recruitment of both contract & permanent IT professionals across the UK. The company was co-founded in 2003 by an ex Director of one of the UK's leading IT recruitment consultancies and has an ethos of only employing proven highly experienced consultants or sales professionals.
• "Top 5 IT Recruitment Consultancy in the UK"

Aug 2012 – Oct 2014 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Greater Leeds Area · On-site

• Real Information & Technology is part of the Real Staffing Group, a global provider of recruitment services and one of the world’s most highly regarded recruitment consultancies.
• Within the UK we are renowned for delivering market-leading recruitment solutions across the information & technology, public sector and banking & financial services industries, and internationally we are a global leader in life sciences recruitment.
• Our premise is a simple one: by recognising talent and valuing relationships we are able to consistently deliver local and industry expertise which in turn ensures success time after time.

May 2011 – Aug 2012 · 1 yr 3 mos · Greater Leeds Area · On-site

• Real Information & Technology partners with organisations of all sizes across the UK, from large retail groups and major banking and financial services organisations, through to public sector organisations and SMEs, to secure the best business, data and technology specialists to create a competitive advantage.
• By representing the best IT and technology talent in the market we have supported companies to develop cutting edge products, design and implement highly scalable and accessible data solutions and helped facilitate business transformation and change.
• With a proven track record of sourcing and placing contract, interim and permanent talent you can rest assured that the service you will receive is unparalleled. Whether you are looking for specialists with proven expertise in project management, embedded technologies, development, enterprise technology or business intelligence we have the network, knowledge and infrastructure to support you through every stage of your project.

May 2011 – Oct 2014 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Leeds, West Yorkshire · On-site

• The SThree Group is a world leader in the recruitment industry, boasting a unique portfolio of renowned recruitment brands and job boards. We achieved a listing on the FTSE London Stock Exchange through our successful focus on professionals in high-end, specialist roles.
• We are dedicated to providing high level service, creating an organisation our employees are proud to work for and ensuring our business practices are beneficial to customers, employees, communities and the environment. We are pleased to have been the recipient of awards over the years that have recognised this externally, including:
• APSCo Award for Excellence - CSR Initiative of the Year
• The Times “Top 50 Employers for Women 2014”
• RI - Most Admired Recruitment Company 2013
• APSCo Award for Excellence - International Recruitment Company of the Year 2013