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Maidstone, Gb

London, Gb

Provided strategic sales advice and guidance to DSG for their blue collar and new white collar division. Advising the executive team on the right strategic approach to deliver 2025 growth budget and building a sustainable future recruitment and operational delivery and business development model.

Bexley, Kent, Gb

Providing strategic sales and business support to the business owner. Business Development, Account Management and delivery strategy.

Energy Engaged provided business / strategic support and guidance to clients within the Engineering Sectors including Energy, Construction, Infrastructure, Mining and Civil Engineering. Resource Management, Resource Planning, Resourcing Solutions and Human Resources.

London, England, Gb

Petroplan is a privately owned Energy workforce and recruitment consultancy who have been operating for 46 years. Led the EMEA region, with 58 employees and 8 direct reports and key responsibilities and achievements as follows: Achievements:• Delivery of 2022 budget of £4 m GP / £1.8 m EBITDA. (£1.4 million perm GP and £2.6 million Contract GP)• 2023 increase £5.6m GP budget – Q1 tracking 24% over budget. • Improvement of mid and back-office processes, invested in better technology and people, set up new offices and compliant international solutions which resulted in quicker better-quality delivery to clients, increased revenue, and improved client relationships. • Lead Global BD team. • Created and led a senior management team (8 people) in the EMEA region. • Increased the average contract margins by 4%• Created a perm delivery team who generated over £1.1 million in GP and increased average fees by 25%. • Oversaw all new bids and tenders. • Opened new offices and entities in Manchester, Europe, Dubai, and Saudi Arabia.• Diversified the business into the Renewables sector which generated £600k in GP.• EMEA region constantly outperformed the US and APEC to underpin the business.• Overhauled the Middle East operations and established a GCC Head of office in Dubai.• Implemented a trainee recruiter program and saw the successful promotion of six associates.• Worked closely with the other regions (Canada, USA, and APAC) to align the business as one.

Ashford, Kent, Gb

RHL is a small privately owned technical recruitment business and part of the HRGO PLC group specialising in the Energy, Life Sciences, Automotive, Construction and Infrastructure sectors.Responsible for leading the sales and operational functions across 4 locations. Full P&L responsibility, regional sales forecasting, reporting to the board of directors, coaching, and mentoring a small team of recruiters and general office welfare.

Sheffield, Gb

Linear Recruitment is a specialist Engineering, Construction, Infrastructure and Property recruitment agency who have been providing a high calibre of professionals to their clients on a permanent and contract basis since 2001.Full P&L responsibility, regional sales forecasting, reporting to the board of directors, coaching, and mentoring a small team of recruiters and general office welfare.

Uk And International, Gb

Orion Group are a Technical Engineering recruitment within the Energy sector with offices in over 50 locations around the world: with a turnover of £400 million+. Providing specialist recruitment services globally across a range of sectors including Energy (Renewable, Oil & Gas, Power, Solar and Tidal), Rail, construction and infrastructure.

Uk And International, Gb

Established in 1987 the Orion Group achieved consistent growth over the ensuing 24 years to become a global leader in providing personnel to the Engineering Industry: Oil & Gas, Power & Utilities, Renewables, Aerospace, Rail, Construction, IT & Telecoms, Office & Commercial and Mining.The Orion Group supplied over 3,500 personnel in the last year with an estimated turnover for the current year of £305+ Million.

The business was set up to support a large pipeline project (Nabucco Gas Pipeline) because I negotiated a master vendor agreement for all recruitment. The value of the recruitment fee would have been in the region of €2.2 million. After 6 months of conceptual design the project did not get the go ahead due to political objections.

Atyrau, Kz

Bolashak is a privately owned group of companies (comprising Bolashak K, Bolashak Atyrau and Bolashak International Ltd) specializing in the provision of manpower, recruitment, Work permits, commissioning and related services to the Oil & Gas and other industries in Kazakhstan and now globally. Bolashak’s core business is the supply of multi-disciplined manpower, and we quickly became established as the leading manpower provider in Kazakhstan, employing over 3000 engineers. Over the years, we have played a key role in supporting many of the major oil and gas projects in the Caspian region.Over the last 18 months Bolashak has been developing our business on the global stage and we are proud to say that we are much more than just Kazakhstan. Bolashak is now an International company with clients in UK, Caspian region, Middle East, Far East and across Europe.

-, Middlesex, Gb

Connect Group were an IT Recruitment agency who wanted to expand into the Energy sector.My responsibilities as head of the team were to deal with all of the senior level recruitment (contract & perm) in the UK and Overseas, Client relationship/Business Development and train and develop my recruitment team (We grew the team from 2 to 8 recruiters). Constantly achieved top billing figures in the company which included the IT and Construction/ Rail recruiters who worked on higher margins.

New-isg were a rail recruitment company who wanted to expand into the Oil & Gas Industry. I was head hunted by the MD to start up an O&G division. We partnered with all of the key EPC Engineering companies in the industry by providing them with high calibre contractors and permanent staff in the UK and on a global stage.

Specialised in the search and selection of professionals in the Oil & Gas and Petrochemical sectors in the UK and globally.