Prague, Czechia
With ~15 years recruitment experience, I'm a Talent Acquisition leader with experience spanning Czech Republic, New Zealand, Australia, UK, LATAM, South Africa, Turkiye and the wider EU. From my background in Economics and Financial Mathematics, I like to take a data-driven approach, ensuring we bring on the right people to drive the most ambitious technical initiatives. Saying that, for me the real win is team performance - I'm energised by coaching people past their comfort zone and creating an environment where high-performance and continuous development are standard. Today, I head up Talent Acquisition for OAK'S LAB, a technology partner that's built and launched over 65 software products with a combined valuation exceeding $1.7 billion. I lead our TA team of five, defining and driving the recruitment strategy, while remaining operationally involved in our P1 searches across Czech Republic, the wider EU, Turkiye and South Africa. I also support a key client of OAK'S LAB, CMG (Capital Markets Gateway), a rapidly growing US FinTech firm that is modernising equity capital markets. CMG’s ecosystem encompasses $40 trillion in AUM across 130+ buy-side firms and the world’s top investment banks, from Goldman Sachs and J.P Morgan to Barclays and UBS. I lead the team recruiting for roles spanning Software Engineering, IT Infrastructure, GTM and Finance across USA, UK, LATAM and Czech Republic. Before joining OAK'S LAB, I spent 12 years with Robert Half in New Zealand, where I built a Technology practice that achieved a top 2% global performance ranking. This allowed me to partner with dozens of Series A-D scaleups, identify the friction points of rapid growth, and deliver tailored delivery solutions.
I lead our Talent Acquisition team of five, defining and driving the recruitment strategy while handling P1 searches for OAK’S LAB and other partners such as CMG. Staying active in the market ensures the talent strategies I build for both our internal OAK'S LAB team and our partners’ European Tech Hubs are grounded in real-time data. Key Achievements 2025: Increased hiring volume by 104% within the first year. Reduced time-to-fill by 51% Reduced candidate time-in-process by 26% Researched and implemented a new ATS, Ashby Successfully operationalised new candidate markets across Europe and South Africa Some examples of products we have helped to build are below
As a partner of OAK'S LAB, I also recruit for the CMG team across Czech Republic, US, UK and LATAM. Roles we recruit for include Software Engineering, Product Management, Data, GTM and Finance CMG is a rapidly growing US FinTech firm that is modernising equity capital markets. CMG’s ecosystem encompasses $40 trillion in AUM across 130+ buy-side firms and the world’s top investment banks, from Goldman Sachs and J.P Morgan to Barclays and UBS.
Founded in 1948, Robert Half (NYSE Symbol: RHI) is the world's first and largest specialised recruitment firm and is a member of the S&P 500 index. With over 400 offices spanning 18 countries, RH place professionals on a project and full-time basis in the fields of Technology, Finance and Accounting. I started up our Technology Practice which encompasses Software Development and IT Infrastructure. I hired, trained and managed a team of ~10 recruiters across both permanent and contract divisions, while still personally spending the majority of my time hands-on recruiting for roles across product, design, engineering and AI. Key Achievements: * Starting up our Technology Division and growing it to a team of 10 recruiters. * Leading the Technology Division to achieving top 2% global performance ranking. * Training multiple recruiters with zero recruitment experience, to achieving top 2% global ranking. * Ranked #1 Contract Accounting & Finance recruiter across Australia & New Zealand. * Ranked top 2% of Accounting and Finance recruiters globally.
Travelling/Living across Asia, Australia, Pacific Islands, Africa and Central/South America