Michael Wright Email & Phone Number

I just love the process of uncovering the treasure in people and partnering with them to find places to unleash it. I also love helping businesses solve problems, scale and prosper. Here I can do both!

London, London, GB

Participant in optimizing the whole Recruiting OS for this amazing collective of open, optimistic and extraordinary people. Reporting line into WPP's Global Chief People Operations Officer.Led several large change initiatives a, imagined new capabilities, and identified/hired numerous agency and corporate leaders - Chief Executive Officers, Chief Growth.

New York, US

Setting the strategy, seeding innovation, and boosting collaboration across the Group and across 90+ countries. Reporting line to Global Chief People Officer.

New York, US

GroupM helps our clients win in an incredibly competitive marketplace. I took care of all aspects of hiring, building a centralized recruiting hub to accelerate the performance of our operating companies in North America. Reporting line into the North America CPO.

Singapore, Singapore, SG

Reporting into the Global Chief People Officer, I led a team of 60 amazing people across 9 markets. We doubled the company headcount in one year. We hired 400 Engineers from the most admired technology players in the world. We applied service design principles to our entire hiring process. We launched R&D sites in India, brought multiple new products to.

New York, US

GroupM is the world's largest media investment management operation, serving as the parent company to WPP's media agencies. During my time at GroupM we strengthened our market leadership, doubled headcount, revenue and profit. WPP share price grew almost 3x during my employment here, from 6.44 to 18.06 GBP. I built and grew a centralized talent acquisition.

Beachampton, Bucks, GB

Operating from offices in Beijing and Hong Kong, we achieved our mission to be recognized and trusted as a concierge executive recruiting service in the APAC region, especially in China. It was during this time that I founded the Returning Chinese Jobs Network 海归求职群 which reaches about 2500 members. Repeat customers included KPMG, PwC, Deloitte, FICO.

Beachampton, Bucks, GB

Founded & managed a high-growth technical search and recruitment business, serving FTSE 250, NASDAQ, AIM businesses as well as VC funded start-ups. We operated internationally, but had an especially strong presence in Europe, particularly tech-hot-spots such as Cambridge, Bristol, Ireland, Holland and Germany. In the latter period, I spent a significant.

100 Bishopsgate, London, GB

Headhunted to spearhead a campaign which would open new avenues for Scom PLC in the area of Permanent Recruitment and Staffing. Scom had been active in the International Telecommunications market for two decades, providing contractors (1000+ heads in field), and wanted to create new revenue streams. Clients included startup and publicly quoted businesses.

Detroit, Michigan, US

Senior Recruiter, working as an enabler for companies wishing to gain competitive advantage through the aquisition of the best talent. Headhunting candidates in core markets, which included: Digital Media,.COM/Web 1.0, Billing/OSS, ASPs and Managed Services & Systems Integration. Top Salesperson for many months, and arranged record number of interviews.