Hoa Ngo is the UK managing director for Comensura. Her leadership has elevated Comensura’s statement-of-work offering, which currently represents 170 projects valued from £30,000 to £6 million-plus across 17 clients, marking a threefold increase in spend with her direction. This growth has contributed to Comensura acquiring 125 clients worldwide and now managing £950 million in [...]
As regional managing director for the UK, Europe and US at Ambition, Nicky Acuna Ocana oversees a team of highly skilled recruitment consultants. With over 14 years at Ambition and 25 years in the industry, Ocana is passionate about the company’s DE&I framework, championing the initiative across the international company offices. She hosts the “Leaders [...]
As founder and CEO of Emérique & Partners Ltd., Emérique Opou is a trailblazer in the financial services recruitment industry as one of the only black female leaders in a male-dominated sector. The company has thrived since its founding in 2017 with 60% year-over-year growth. Focusing on hiring a diverse team, Opou created a leading [...]
Sigmar Recruitment CFO Dervla Owens is is a fellow of the Chartered Accountants of Ireland with a wide range of experience in audit, M&A, transformation and compliance. With over 10 years’ experience in the industry, Owens was part of the team that completed Sigmar’s partnership with French staffing giant Groupe Adéquat in February 2018. Through [...]
Catherine Phillips joined Spencer Ogden as CFO in 2020 when the company received a majority equity investment from MML Capital Partners. Phillips, whose employment coincided with the onset of Covid-19, helped the company navigate the pandemic with a people-first approach. Recently, she worked to modernize Spencer Ogden's systems and processes with technology, enabling the organization [...]
Julia Robertson has led £2.26 billion UK-based Impellam Group as CEO since 2013. Robertson founded her own recruitment company in 1986 and later joined Tate as managing director; she subsequently sold both businesses to Carlisle Staffing Services, which merged with corporate Services Group to become Impellam in 2008, at which point she became CEO of [...]
Bettina Schaller heads the group public affairs activities of The Adecco Group and serves as president of the World Employment Confederation, the voice of private employment services worldwide. Active on several economic and labor-market committees, she is vice-chair of the Business at OECD ELSA (Employment, Labor and Social Affairs) Committee, a member of the B20 [...]
Ayano “Sena” Senaha is chief operating officer, managing corporate executive officer and a director at Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd., one of the world’s largest staffing firms. Senaha, who assumed the COO role in 2021, has played a significant role in the globalization of Recruit group. Senaha joined Recruit Holdings in 2006 and was transferred to [...]
NES Fircroft managing director Shalena Shaheed heads the Baker Hughes account, an industry award-winning global account that employs over 200 dedicated account personnel supplying both RPO and MSP services across 73 countries in 6 regions. With over 17 years of international recruitment experience, Shaheed has led successful, multi-functional and geographical teams in program exploration, design, implementation [...]
As the group head of equity, diversity and inclusion for Hays, Yvonne Smyth leads Hays in advocating and nurturing diverse workforces and inclusive workplace cultures worldwide. The 26-year industry veteran recently has created and curated resources designed to inform, support and enable customers to progress their DE&I commitments and navigate their careers. She also is [...]
