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.
Remi Descamps
Managing Consultant
With a recruitment career that spans Australia and international markets, Remi is a dynamic recruitment professional who has worked across various disciplines from management to board level appointments.
He has managed complex consulting assignments in Operations, Sales & Marketing and IT across Australia, the Middle East and Asia. He has demonstrated the ability to understand and support diverse business strategies and ensure timely delivery of the right talent to support these. Remi also brings a little European flair to our team and his cosmopolitan perspective, in concert with his process knowledge and customer focus, gives him a competitive edge when it comes to creative sourcing strategies.
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.
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.