Michael Cole Email & Phone Number

Sydney, New South Wales, AU

Zurich, CH

Zurich, CH

Responsible for managing the delivery of all experienced talent acquisition services into the Asia Pacific business for Credit Suisse. Team coverage includes Global Markets (Fixed Income and Equities), Private Banking & Wealth Management, Asset Management, Investment Banking and Capital Markets and all Corporate Functions (Shared Services)

Zurich, CH

Responsible for experienced talent delivery to all Corporate Functions (including Technology & IB & PB Support) units in the APAC region, notably Singapore, Hong Kong and India.Role entails: 1) operational management of the function, including oversight and governance of our RPO partner; 2) managing executive-level recruitment and 3) driving our Internal.

Zurich, CH

COO for Human Resources in EMEA region (27 countries, 17 with local HR operations). As chief-of-staff, responsible for managing the budget for the country operations, driving cost and process efficiencies, acting as an HR strategist and change agent, providing EMEA Regional Management with an HR perspective on business strategy, managing HR risks.

Zurich, CH

Led the RPO / MSP implementation for Shared Services in the UK on a consulting basis, then retained to manage the relationship with the recruitment partner globally. Took responsibility for remote management of the APAC recruitment operations for a number of months during a management transition.

London, England, GB

Hays Resource Management is a leading provider of recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) services in the UK. Retained to develop a cross-industry pricing strategy and to go to market to negotiate sub-agreements with the supply chain to support three new key accounts.

New York, NY, US

Established the HR Vendor Management function from scratch to drive cost efficiencies through best-practice procurement and ongoing management of HR and professional service vendors. Previously led a number of outsourcing initiatives, including payroll and flexible benefits in a project-management capacity both in Dublin and London

Responsibility for exiting an underperforming management team, re-launching the franchise, managing a network of disgruntled franchisees, selling new franchise territories and generating corporate business to support franchisee sales revenues

Managed functions in three of the group’s hotels. In 1996, appointed to Assistant Manager of the company’s 5-star flagship hotel in Melbourne, with responsibility for all daily hotel operations and a staff of 30

Twelve month in-house traineeship covering all aspects of hotel operations

Bachelor Of Hotel Management, Club And Gaming Management

Victorian Certificate Of Education