May 2024 – Jun 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates · Hybrid

• As part of the Talent Acquisition team at the Technology Innovation Institute (TII)—a global research center advancing scientific and technological innovation—I led strategic recruitment across key AI initiatives under the Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC).
• AICCU (AI Cross-Center Unit):
• Led recruitment for the team behind the Falcon LLM, hiring talent from Intern to Director level across Research, AI Engineering, and Data Engineering roles. Partnered with scientific leadership to scale high-performing, mission-driven teams in a fast-paced R&D environment.
• AI71:
• Transitioned to lead hiring at AI71, the company that is commericalising the Falcon LLM, focusing on senior roles including Software Engineers, Product Managers, AI Consultants, AI Engineers, Engineering Managers, and Directors. Built technical and product teams aligned with the company’s rapid growth and commercialization goals.
• Skills:
• Internal Recruitment · Technical & Executive Hiring · AI & R&D Talent Acquisition · Talent Strategy · Global Sourcing · Startup & Scale-up Recruitment

Feb 2023 – May 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Hybrid

• As a Technical Recruiter at Robert Walters, I specialize in connecting top-tier talent with leading organizations across the GCC’s fast-evolving tech landscape.
• My focus is on Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence, where I recruit for roles spanning Graduate to C-suite level. With a strong understanding of emerging technologies and market trends, I support businesses in building high-impact teams while helping professionals take the next step in their careers.

Nov 2021 – Nov 2022 · 1 yr · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

• Technical Recruiter | Google (EMEA – Software Engineering)
• As a Technical Recruiter at Google, I led full-cycle recruitment for Software Engineers (L3–L5) within the Platforms and Ecosystems product area across the EMEA region. I partnered with engineering leadership to deliver top-tier talent while advancing Google's diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) goals.
• Key Achievements:
• End-to-End Ownership: Managed full-cycle recruitment across 16+ active roles, consistently maintaining a candidate pipeline of 80+ individuals.
• Strategic Partnership: Acted as a trusted advisor to engineering leaders, aligning hiring strategies with long-term team growth and technical goals.
• Diversity Champion: Exceeded DEI targets with a strong focus on hiring female and Black+ talent; led sourcing sessions to proactively build diverse pipelines.
• Recognition:
• Only contractor in the Software Engineering EMEA team to have their contract extended for another year—highlighting consistent high performance. The extension was later canceled due to broader internal layoffs.

Sep 2020 – Nov 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

• As a Principal Consultant at Timeplan Education, I am entrusted with spearheading contract recruitment initiatives within the education sector, focusing on schools across West London whilst also mentoring junior members of the team. Notably, I began my tenure by starting a cold desk during the challenging Covid lockdown period.
• Key Achievements:
• Expanded Business Partnerships During COVID Lockdown: Demonstrated adaptability and resilience during the challenging COVID lockdown period by expanding business partnerships.
• Recipient of the Director's Award for Outstanding Contributions: Honored with the Director's Award in my first term for having impactful start alongside making numerous placements and having strong client conversion.

Jul 2019 – Sep 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

• As a Senior Consultant at Sanza Teaching Agency, I excel in supplying contract recruitment staff to schools across South West London. My role involves starting and managing a cold desk, where I have consistently exceeded KPIs and showcased exceptional performance and productivity.
• Key Achievements:
• Grew Contract Desk to 20 Long-Term Placements in 3 Months: Demonstrated rapid growth by expanding a contract desk to 20 long-term placements within a three-month timeframe.
• Applied strategic recruitment approaches to meet the needs of schools and establish long-lasting partnerships.
• Director's Dinner as Best Newcomer in First Term: Recognized as the Best Newcomer during the first term, receiving an invitation to the Director's Dinner for outstanding contributions.
• Super Comms Bonus Recipient: One of six consultants company-wide to receive the Super Comms Bonus, achieving a remarkable 75k GBP growth on the desk compared to the previous year.
• Demonstrated business acumen and contributed significantly to the financial success of the company.

Sep 2017 – Jul 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

Feb 2017 – Sep 2017 · 7 mos

Jun 2016 – Feb 2017 · 8 mos

• Uniform Education is a specialist recruiter. Uniform Education’s team has over 30 years’ combined experience in education recruitment and have placed teachers, support staff, and international staff across a number of schools, nurseries and educational institutions. Uniform Education provides a consultative service to candidates and schools, and have developed processes over the years that are underpinned through compliance.
• We recognise the recruitment challenges that schools face on a daily, weekly, term, and yearly basis. Education and supply cover recruitment should never just be about placing a candidate into a school to bridge a gap, there should be a stringent selection process to identify the best candidate for the school and vice versa.
• At Uniform Education we have a shared vision; we believe passionately about building lasting working relationships with schools and candidates, to improve pupil attainment. Our consultants are specialists within education recruitment and excel at connecting with exceptional talent.
• With a combined 30 years education recruitment experience, we have seen first-hand the positive influence that targeted recruitment can have on schools performance and pupil progression.
• We believe Recruitment shouldn’t be the problem, it should be the solution.
• Call us today to discuss how we can help on 0203 794 8988

Apr 2016 – May 2016 · 1 mo · Dunstable, United Kindgom.

• Providing all round support to the team with areas of responsibility including monitoring inboxes, producing mailshots, co-ordinating post, responding to correspondence and general filing.
• Generate postal audits, collate postal audit results and to maintain audit data sheet.
• Development of product guides.
• Production of reports.

Oct 2015 – Apr 2016 · 6 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

• Cold Calling schools across the UK with the aim to book demonstrations.
• Completing customized 30-40 minute product demonstrations/presentations to SLT members of schools/academies.
• Attending trade fairs/conferences.
• Develop sales of the Maths-Whizz Suite through a combination of lead calling, email campaigns and market sector knowledge/intelligence.
• Manage Client interactions through Salesforce.