People working with people.
This perspective underpins our service. Clients and candidates want to engage in a quality experience that respects professional experience and personal dignity - and that is what we deliver.
Our team is what Howard Recruitment is all about.
We are all professionals with substantial commercial and recruitment, search and selection experience. We can provide an unparalleled level of service and apply best practice processes because we have the expertise and the business acumen.
These team snapshots focus on some of our people credentials
Paul Howard
Managing Director
Integral to our service difference is the working involvement of our Managing Director. Paul combines nearly a decade of executive search and selection experience with 30 plus years of commercial management experience. All customers have an "ear at the top" and deal with the principal of the agency rather than a junior consultant. Paul's reputation in the recruitment industry is one of credibility, integrity and of delivering exceptional service. He has had highly successful management roles in the Tourism & Hospitality sectors and has also established a Business Consultancy providing strategic business planning.
His unique combination of commercial savvy and people knowledge is what makes the difference when connecting the "right" person to the "right" job in the "right" company.
Deena Habilomatis
Managing Consultant
With tertiary qualifications in commerce (Bachelor of Commerce, Sydney University), Deena is involved in making key appointments at a senior level. Since commencing at Howard Recruitment in 2005, she has collaborated with Paul to successfully complete assignments in both middle and senior management across a variety of industries.
Positive engagement in the search and selection process is a strength Deena brings to every brief and both clients and candidates commend her professional integrity, tact and persistence. Her combination of commercial experience within large organisations, corporate HR experience and several years in the recruitment industry, ensures that Deena can co-ordinate and facilitate a recruitment process that is results focused yet personalised and empathetic to all parties.
Max Leslie
Managing Consultant (B. Soc. Science, University of New England, Australian Graduate School of Management)
As a senior banking and finance executive, Max's capabilities are well applied to the selection of senior management professionals. His broad industry exposure in his corporate and business banking roles has given him an excellent grasp of relationship and supply chains in both private and public sectors.
Max is accustomed to building and leading sustainable, high performance teams and brings this expertise to his search and selection portfolio. His area of focus is on senior level roles in Banking (Corporate, Business, Property Finance, Structured Finance, Investment, Funds Management, Risk Management) and Commerce & Industry (Board Members/Corporate Governance/Risk Management, CEOs, CFOs).
With thirty plus years of senior management experience and a record for delivering outstanding achievements, Max is able to give a detailed and high level assessment of client requirements, market trends and candidate capabilities.
Professional associations:
Fellow - Australian Institute of Company Directors
Fellow - Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA)
Linda Gately
Managing Consultant
Linda has substantial management and commercial experience, specifically in Sales, Marketing & Communications. Her professional career has included experience in Australia, USA and Europe and she has worked in industries as varied as Fashion, Law, Hospitality and Executive Recruitment.
For the past two decades in the recruitment industry she has specialised in senior management recruitment and has worked with many of Australia's top 200 companies.
Linda has been consulting with Howard Recruitment since 2004. She is also a professional keynote speaker and training facilitator.
Roger Heap
Business Consultant
Managing teams of people and growing talent pools are core activities for any organisation with ambition for sustainable growth and development. These activities have been integral for Roger whilst holding Sales and Account Management positions with Unilever and Senior Management and Director roles with Deb Group in Australia, UK and Europe, prior to joining Howard Search and Selection.
Rogers understanding of organisational structure along with his commercial and international experience add depth to the Howard Recruitment offer when searching for and selecting potential candidates. His ability to identify the right people for new and existing job roles will facilitate any organisations ambition for value growth.
Sarah Miller
Resource Administrator
Going that extra mile is a core value at Howard Recruitment and Sarah ensures that our service standards are not just met, but surpassed. A professional who has worked in the fast paced businesses of travel and hotel management for more than 20 years, Sarah is able to balance the myriad of tasks and relationships behind the delivery of our service to ensure successful outcomes.
She combines exceptional time management skills and a commitment to process to convert challenges into solutions and deadlines into achievable targets. Driven, pro-active and diligent, Sarah is also an empathetic communicator, a skill invaluable in our high-touch approach to client and candidate relationships.
Amie Koimanis
Executive Resource Co-ordinator
Recruitment is a process that pulls together many grabs of information into a coherent and focused programme. Our success has been driven by our ability to cast a broad net to maximise our understanding of client needs and candidate sources. This data is then pulled together into an information rich matrix that interfaces with our process. Amie ensures this complex collection and collation, highlighting its impact on an assignment or on potential client requirements to the consulting team.
Amie has over 12 years experience in customer service, sales and operations. Amie has strong communication skills and her passion for interacting with people ensure a high quality of service and connection with both our candidates and our clients.
Joanne Cohen
Accountant
One of Joanne's strengths is the combination of her relevant career experience and qualifications. Joanne has studied accountancy for 10 years and is currently a part qualified accountant under the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).
She has twelve years experience within the finance sector, ranging from large multinational insurance companies, mortgage companies and most recently, recruitment.
Joanne's current role at Howard Recruitment, Search & Selection incorporates business accounting, and payroll. Joanne enjoys ongoing projects that demand a methodical approach while retaining attention for the smallest details.