Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

• Acadian Ventures is a global VC firm that invests in next-gen work tech. It backs visionary companies that help make work more productive and meaningful, creating economic advancement for everyone

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

• I partner with PE and VC funds, specializing in strategic and operational improvements, while advising investment teams and founders of HR tech and tech-enabled HR services companies on
• ➫ unlocking new avenues for profitable growth (ecosystem-led growth, international market expansion)
• ➫ elevating productivity beyond the traditional FTE growth model
• ➫ modernizing operational frameworks through digitalization
• ➫ transforming traditional services into scalable products
• ➫ defining value creation agenda for organic and in-organic expansion into adjacent business lines
• ➫ Identifying and sourcing potential M&A targets, enhancing strategic decision-making and due diligence

Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 · 3 yrs

• Full responsibility over global >500M P&L with >2K people operating in 110 countries. Managing >12B in external workforce spend (MSP) and placing > 150K perm hires annually (RPO)
• Direct report to the Adecco Group Executive Committee
• Built, inspired, and led an exceptional team and left the place better than I found it
• ➫ Overall performance: 127.5% average target achievement over three years
• ➫ Profitable growth: Gross Profit +33% | EBITA +53%
• ➫ Global expansion: Midmarket growth +63%
• ➫ NPS & eNPS growth: 22 to 56 | 28 to 56
• As the architect of solutions within the Adecco Group, Pontoon Solutions has been continually ranked as a leading MSP and RPO provider by Everest, NelsonHall, SIA, and HRO Today

Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 · 2 yrs

• Leading all Sales (>200 sellers globally), Sales Ops, and Customer Success, responsible for >500M top line of the largest Career Transition, Coaching, and Leadership Development provider
• Resulting in market-leading growth, profitability, NPS (69), and the best result in company history in two consecutive years
• Additional operational responsibility for incubating and scaling Workforce Advisory Practice and serving as LHH Executive Committee Member reporting to the Global President of LHH

Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 · 3 yrs

• P&L and Operational leader responsible for accelerating top-and bottom-line growth and delivery across all lines of business in the most significant region (70 million) globally
• LHH Region of the Year (2016) based on sales and profitability growth

Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 · 2 yrs

• Recruited from the Australia Zone with a mandate to drive continuous top-line growth in the industry-leading Career Transition business as well as an expansion of Leadership Development and Coaching solutions
• Drove double-digit sales growth and average seller quota achievement of 147.75% in the first year
• Achieved the highest new business growth percentage per region in the US

Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 · 2 yrs

• Increased revenues by 25%, driving Return on Sales (ROS) from 19.8% to 28%
• Made the country a top corporate performer

Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 · 2 yrs

• Learned I was only OK at selling
• So, I became great at helping people buy
• Presidents Club every year

Jan 2010 – Jan 2013 · 3 yrs · Sydney, Australia

• Started the HR Leadership Forum in 2010 with the overriding purpose of providing specific networking opportunities at the top end of the town and to enhance the effectiveness of members in achieving their organizational goals.
• The group is focused on giving senior HR professionals the opportunity to learn from and network exclusively with their peers and keep up to date with the latest strategic thinking, all with minimal time out of the office.
• My move to the New York in early 2013 meant that I had to hand over the active management of this group.

Jan 2006 – Jan 2009 · 3 yrs · Sydney, Australia

• RPO Group was an Australian leader in recruitment process outsourcing and in-house recruitment strategy.
• Companies ranging from Fortune 500 to fast growing medium-sized enterprises have partnered with RPO Group to improve internal recruitment performance and compensate for insufficient HR resources in an extremely talent-scarce Australian marketplace.

Jan 2004 – Jan 2006 · 2 yrs · Sydney, Australia

• A global, multifaceted media, corporate marketing and information company, employing 3000 professionals in 59 worldwide locations. Activities are wide ranging, providing up-to-the-minute information for businesses and professionals worldwide.