Nov 2024 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos · Remote

• PlayCap is a new angel network of women with experience from the games industry.
• We specialise in early-stage investments in game studios, companies, and tech in games.
• An investment from PlayCap means more than just funding, it provides your company with support and knowledge from some of the experts in the games industry.

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 2 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Hybrid

• Founders don’t struggle with people.
• They struggle with people decisions under pressure.
• When your state is overloaded decision quality drops
• and the most expensive decisions in your business suffer first.
• I work directly with founders at moments of pressure
• to reduce people decision load and restore clarity.
• This isn’t HR.
• This isn’t coaching.
• I sit inside high-stakes people decisions with you
• stripping noise, saving time
• and helping you make calls you don’t need to revisit.
• Backed by 15+ years of pattern recognition across global startups
• and direct work with founders and CEOs.
• The result:
• You stop being the nervous system for the entire company.
• Cleaner calls. Speedier and accurate Hires that stick.
• A team that doesn’t rely on you to function day to day.
• Private,high-trust work.
• Small founder roster.
• 📩 DM “PARTNER”

Jan 2016 – Present · 10 yrs 2 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Hybrid

• Hiring Partner for the Gaming industry and Tech companies.
• If you’re scaling you don’t need more CVs.
• You need qualified candidates at speed.
• We help companies hire the best people across gaming and emerging tech
• from early stage companies to global studios.
• This is not volume recruitment.
• We don’t flood pipelines.
• We don’t outsource judgement.
• AI runs the workflow.
• Humans make the call.
• What clients get:
• Candiate shortlists — fast
• Candidates vetted for capability,intent and fit
• Hiring decisions made with clarity not pressure
• Trusted by 50+studios and tech companies, including:
• EA · Ubisoft · Obsidian · Epic · NEOM · and more
• 📩 DM “1111” → Hiring & team support
• 🌍 KSA | UAE | North America | Europe

Aug 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 7 mos

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 2 mos

Jan 2009 – Nov 2020 · 11 yrs 10 mos · Leeds

• Founder of a private car parking company (a very random career pivot!)
• Launched a second and third facility in Leeds city centre.
• Whitehall Road and a further prime location next to the Leeds train station.
• Negotiated contracts with local businesses.
• Continued my work below as a self-employed recruiter.

Jul 2008 – Jul 2010 · 2 yrs

• Identical role as below.
• Working on exclusive and retained projects.
• Self employed commission-only gig.

Feb 2003 – Jun 2008 · 5 yrs 4 mos

• Led the growth of a recruitment team in the Consumer Electronics & Digital Print Industry.
• My role was to land and expand clients and business development.
• Quickly became a top and conistent performer within the company.
• Managed a global high-profile client portfolio in Print; Samsung, Citigroup, HP, Lexmark, Canon, Danwood and Pitney Bowes.
• Hiring; Solutions architects, Engineers, Sales & Marketing.
• Worked on retained hiring projects for positions with salaries of £120k or more.
• Covering MENA and EMEA regions.
• Transitioned into a headhunting role specialising in recruiting C-level talent.
• Consistently achieved quarterly billings between £75k/100k and always above target.