As we enter a new year, the team would like to wish everyone in our network a happy and healthy 2021, and celebrate growth at EMEA Recruitment.

We are pleased to start the New Year with some fantastic announcements!

EMEA is delighted to announce that Hannah Mallia in our Dutch Finance & Accountancy team has been promoted to Director.

Hannah has been with EMEA for just over six years, having joined our Founder, Paul Toms, in expanding our Netherlands operation. She has built an incredible network within the Dutch marketplace over the years; events at Stryker, Heineken, Microsoft and many more have been created through Hannah’s endeavours.

If you’ve worked with Hannah, you’ll know that she always provides passion, drive and humour to make successes happen.

Congratulations, Hannah – here’s to a very bright future with EMEA Recruitment!

In addition, we are pleased to welcome a new face to our Swiss team this year, marking further growth at EMEA Recruitment.

Mark Robinson joins us as an Associate Director, to manage our Finance & Accountancy division in Switzerland.**

Mark brings nearly 25 years’ recruitment experience with him, having led teams across a range of professional services.

With his experience in Financial recruitment, Mark is truly a specialist in this sector – we look forward to working with him moving forward.

Following the holiday season, we are now back at work to help you with your recruitment needs.

Whether you’re looking to hire top talent in the market or are open to a new opportunity yourself for 2021, then get in touch with our consultants.

You can contact our Dutch office on +31 20 808 1102 or the Swiss team on +41 41 508 7007.

We hope to speak to you soon and look forward to further growth at EMEA Recruitment in the year ahead!

**Mark Robinson has since changed roles and is now our Insight & Optimisation Director as of Mid-2023.

As we near the end of 2020, EMEA Recruitment would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

After what has been a strange and somewhat difficult year, we hope that you enjoy the festive season and look forward to whatever 2021 has to bring.

As we’ve been unable to see you (and each other!) in person this year, we thought we’d show you how our teams have been preparing for the holidays…

Although it’s been different, 2020 has still been a busy year for EMEA Recruitment.

We have been delighted to host many virtual events for our network during the year and have welcomed some fantastic guests to the podcast, albeit virtually. We were particularly proud to host indirect tax experts from eBay and Expedia for an EMEA Recruitment podcast special just this month. You can listen to the podcast episode by clicking here.

We are pleased to have some more virtual events already scheduled for 2021, with the hope that we will host some face-to-face meetings in the New Year as well.

During 2020, we were also delighted to partner with two brilliant organisations – Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) and Operation Smile. IMA is our Finance career development partner, while Operation Smile, an international medical charity, has joined us as our podcast partner.

Within EMEA Recruitment, we have been fortunate enough to bring some more people into the business, as well as seeing some well-deserved promotions amongst our staff.

Thanks to the continued efforts of our teams, we were able to launch a Procurement & Supply Chain department in the Netherlands this year. Find out more about this new offering here: https://www.emearecruitment.com/procurement-and-supply-chain

We’d like to thank everyone for their support throughout 2020 and look forward to working with you in the future.

Wishing you a very Happy Holidays and good health for 2021, from all at EMEA Recruitment.

EMEA Recruitment is delighted to welcome Katie Insley to our Netherlands team. Katie joins us as an Associate Director to manage our Human Resources division for the Dutch market.

We are delighted to expand our HR offering in the Netherlands with Katie at the helm.

She joins our other specialist divisions in the Netherlands: Finance & Accountancy, Procurement & Supply Chain and Operations.

Michelle Ewing continues to lead our Netherlands department, as Country Director.**

Katie has worked within recruitment for 16 years, specialising in HR for the past 14 years. She has an in-depth understanding of the sector and how it has evolved as a critical function within businesses.

She has partnered with large international organisations, as well as SMEs, working with them to secure talent in a range of generalist and specialist HR roles.

Katie is proud to place the candidate journey and experience at the heart of her role, which enables her to build long-term, trusting relationships, supporting individuals to achieve their career goals.

She will be working with our clients on sourcing candidates for the following positions:

• Group HR Director
• HR Director
• Head/VP of HR
• HR Business Partner
• HR Manager
• HRIS Implementation Expert
• HR Executive
• Organisational Development
• ED&I Specialist
• Talent Management
• Compensation & Benefits
• Payroll
• HR Analysts
• HR Generalists

EMEA Recruitment is proud to proactively source top candidates for HR vacancies within multiple industries across the Dutch market.

If you are interested in moving forward in your HR career in the Netherlands, or if your business is searching for the best candidates available for any of these roles, contact Katie at: [email protected]

We wish Katie the best of luck as she enters her new role at EMEA Recruitment and look forward to her success in the HR sector.

Commendations of Katie's work can now be viewed on our candidate testimonials and client testimonials pages.

** Michelle's role has since changed. Please contact, Richard Bailey for any enquires in regards to recruitment in the Netherlands.

EMEA Recruitment is pleased to announce that international medical charity Operation Smile has become the official partner of our podcast.

We hope to raise vital funds and awareness of the work that Operation Smile does to deliver free surgery to children suffering from cleft lip and cleft palate through this partnership.

This ongoing charity partnership kicks off with a podcast dedicated to the work carried out by Operation Smile, with one of its Consultant Anaesthetists and UK Medical Director, Dr. Phil McDonald.

In future episodes of the EMEA Recruitment podcast, listeners will continue to hear about the worldwide impact of Operation Smile and be encouraged to donate.

A cleft is more than just a visual condition. It impacts every aspect of a person’s life. However, it can take as little as 45 minutes and cost just £150 to provide surgery on an Operation Smile medical mission – this can change a life forever.

As EMEA Recruitment’s podcast partner, Operation Smile is hoping to change numerous lives.

It’s something that our Founder, Paul Toms, has a strong personal connection with, as he was born with a cleft lip and palate.

“I was lucky enough to have the expertise of great NHS dentists and surgeons to work on my case,” he explained. “I can’t compare the challenges I faced with those of the young children Operation Smile help.

“All I can say is that, from my experience over the years, I changed from being afraid my uniqueness would define me, to embracing the fact that it defined me.”

Paul added: “When I read about the challenges some children and parents across the world have to endure to receive the surgical care they need, and the amazing team at Operation Smile that can help bring safe cleft surgery to them, I knew I wanted to help in any way I could.

“I want to help children experience the support, care and skill that I experienced on my journey, and hope we can do this with Operation Smile.”

Listen to Dr. Phil McDonald’s podcast episode here.

Learn more about our Operation Smile partnership and donate at: emearecruitment.com/operation-smile

Paul Toms, the Founder of EMEA Recruitment, said: “With this strategic alliance, businesses and individuals now have greater access to resources and services to help them adapt to a digital age and changes in the profession, and prepare for future growth.”

Alain Mulder, IMA Senior Director of European Operations, added: “A crucial element to furthering the management accounting profession is to support those who are looking to explore future career options and maximise their potential.

“By working together with EMEA Recruitment, we’re able to share valuable tools, information and resources to a larger pool of professionals.”

For more information on the partnership and to sign up for your free, three-month trial membership, click here: https://www.emearecruitment.com/pages/institute-of-management-accountants

Please contact John Byrne, Country Director, for further details: [email protected] 

At the beginning of July, we welcomed the team from PDP UK to lead wellbeing courses for all employees at EMEA Recruitment.

With most members of staff continuing to work from home due to the coronavirus pandemic, we wanted to add some light to everyone’s home-working experience. It was fantastic to see people laughing, enjoying each other’s company, and working and playing as teams.

PDP UK ran 90-minute sessions for three teams of EMEA Recruitment staff. The specialist personal development training provider has a proven track record of designing and delivering effective and bespoke packages around issues such as engagement, attainment and employability.

Each session had everyone work in teams to complete a variety of tasks - although this was quite difficult over Zoom, the staff adapted to their settings.

The focus on employee wellbeing also enabled staff to discuss the current lockdown situation with each other. They were encouraged to talk through the following topics:

• How they were feeling about the coronavirus pandemic
• Reflecting on what they have learnt about themselves during lockdown
• What they will take forward when lockdown is over
• The people who have helped them through the past few months

Emma Feneley, a Senior Consultant in our Swiss team commented…“The thing I liked about the session was that it wasn’t your typical wellbeing session focused on breathing, meditation, yoga etc., even though I massively buy into those techniques.

“It was more about completing the session and realising that you had just spent an hour and a bit focused on something different entirely, and had forgotten completely about work, emails, coronavirus etc.”

PDP UK uses relevant theories, and tried and tested methodologies. It supports the general wellbeing of individuals and groups through the provision of personal development courses and workshops, which enable staff to take a positive and proactive approach to life.

If you would like an introduction to the PDP UK team, please contact Richard Bailey.