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Business Projects

The Business Projects team is responsible for covering the entire spectrum of business projects role types across all industry sectors.

The team covers a variety of work types including permanent, temporary and statement of work.

We recruit

Program Management
Project Management
PMO
Change Management
Business Analysis
Business improvement
Agile Specialists

Recent Successes

Program DirectorBig 4 Bank
Agile CoachInsurance Company
Senior Project ManagerAustralian Financial Services Institution
Senior Business AnalystMultinational Technology Company
Project CoordinatorFinTech Start up
Business Improvement ManagerWealth Management Company
Lead Business AnalystInvestment Bank

Meet the Team

Sam Holliday

Director, Sydney

Business Analysis
Project / Program / Portfolio Management

02 9240 6356

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Tom Mangan

Director, Melbourne

Business Analysts
Project Managers

03 9602 9845

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David Marshall

Associate Director, Melbourne

Contract & Permanent Technology focused roles
Software Development

03 9602 9801

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Taylor Scott

Associate Director, Sydney

Program / Project / Portfolio Directors
Program / Project / Portfolio Managers

02 9240 6380

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Jillian Hunter

Consultant, Sydney

Change Lead
Senior Change Manager

02 9240 6358

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Arron Johnson

Consultant, Sydney

02 9240 6315

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Jelena Lukic

Consultant , Sydney

02 9240 6317

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Buwani Piyasiri

Consultant, Melbourne

03 9602 9880

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Leah Windley

Consultant, Melbourne

Business Analysts
Change Managers

0481 721 943

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Our Team

Meet our team of market leading recruiters and executive search professionals, coaches and administrators.

Founding Profusion in 2004, I have been Chief Executive Officer for 10 years. I possess extensive experience in sales, relationship and operational management, developing business and leading teams.

Rod Jones

I co-founded Profusion Group in 2004 with Rod Jones, Ashton Bilbie and Alison Loader. I am Managing Director of our Executive Search practice – pac executive and a Director of Profusion Group.

Simone Mears

In 2005 I founded Profusion Group with Rod Jones, Simone Mears and Alison Loader. Since then I have been the Co-Head of our recruitment business. Day to day I am responsible for leading a team of recruiters who service clients and candidates across the Funds Management, Superannuation and Insurance sectors.

Ashton Bilbie

I am a Director at Profusion Group and part of our executive search practice – pac executive. I specialise in the appointment of Senior roles across Funds and Wealth Management. I also currently hold several Non-Executive Directorships and undertake selective strategy-based consulting.

Greg Kirk

I am a Director and senior member of pac executive responsible for the appointment of “C” Suite, General and Senior Management as well as Specialist, and Technical roles across Insurance and Superannuation.

Garry Medland

After spending three years within the wealth creation industry, I decided to build on my previous recruitment experience and re-joined the industry in 2011 progressing from Consultant, Senior Consultant to Manager of the Wealth, Banking and Financial Services team for a large Australian recruitment company. In late 2013, I joined Profusion Group as a Senior Consultant and over a 14 month cycle progressively worked to become a Director. I am responsible for managing and growing a broad range of client relationships within the Wealth Management industry.

Chris Gordon

Having worked in Funds Management for four years in London, I relocated to Melbourne in 2009 with my Australian wife and began a career in recruitment, specialising in Financial Services. I joined an international recruitment firm, progressing to Manager of the Financial Services Operations & Specialist team in 2010, partnering with a broad range of clients across Banking, Private Wealth Management, Funds Management, Superannuation and Insurance.

Tom Brown

Over 15 years of recruitment experience in Accounting for the Financial Services with an established network of senior and mid-level candidates and strong track record of success. I have always aimed to provide honest and helpful feedback even if that meant missing out on an opportunity, many of my clients have worked with me for a number of years and know that they will always get unbiased and well educated advice from me.

Will Reep

With over 10 years experience within the Sydney IT Recruitment market placing candidates at all levels, I place a massive emphasis on working with customers in an open and honest manner to provide a consultative approach to recruitment.

Hayden Lines

Prior to commencing with Profusion Group, I worked in the Funds Management industry in Luxembourg, UK and Australia. After a period of globe-trotting, I migrated to Australia permanently and joined Profusion Group where I now lead the Business Projects team.

Sam Holliday

In 2007, I joined Profusion Group as a Senior Consultant specialising in Funds Management recruitment. Partnering with a broad range of clients I have enjoyed working with the big global through to the start-up organisations.

David Ashton

Prior to Profusion Group, I recruited in the Business Projects space for Robert Half and Four Quarters, and as such my network and depth of understanding is extensive.

Tom Mangan

I have five years industry experience working in Compliance and Operational Risk for OCBC London. In addition I have six years’ experience in recruiting Risk, Compliance, Policy, Governance and Regulatory staff across both Private and Public Sectors.

Vasil Spassov

I am a global executive search researcher experienced in identifying diverse, top talent for Executive, and senior management roles across a wide range of industries

Edua Potor

As a local Australian 360° recruiter with over 11 years IT experience, I’ve been extremely privileged to have worked with some really impressive clients who are at the top of their game. Recruitment for me, is a passion. I enjoy placing local and international stand out candidates within Technology and Digital roles in Melbourne across a wide variety of Technology sectors.

David Marshall

Having spent the past 19 years in financial markets, across a variety of organisations and roles, I have had the opportunity to develop a broad range of skills and knowledge. This coupled with my extensive network across a variety of specialist areas, I can provide a client with a very deep level of understanding of candidates and industry trends/intel, while offering guidance on the future direction of staffing within our market.

Philip McLean

Originally from Wales in the UK, I relocated to Sydney in 2007, and joined the recruitment world, specialising in Information Technology and Projects within Banking and Financial Services. I progressed to Manage a small IT Recruitment team, before moving into internal Recruitment with a large Global insurer, leading a National team whilst remaining hands-on in heading up the IT Recruitment portfolio.

Jonny Jameson

I moved to Melbourne in 2011, initially working in the insurance industry before taking an internal recruitment role with Australia Post. I started my agency recruitment career in 2013 working with a national Recruitment Firm specialising in Banking & Financial services across Victoria.
I joined the Profusion Group in 2014. I am responsible for recruitment solutions to a wide range of Financial Services Organisations across Melbourne and wider Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and West Australia, specialising in Wealth Management and Financial Planning.

Steve Kelly

A complete tailored approach, I have operated in this segment of Advice for close to 5 years in the Sydney market.

Aaron Davies

While studying my Bachelor of Social Science majoring in Human Resources and Industrial Relations I worked part time as a Sales Consultant within the construction industry, before relocating to Sydney in 2013. My first job in Australia was with QPL Recruitment in a hybrid role before quickly being promoted into a Consultant position, and then joined Profusion Group in January 2014. For both companies I have specialised within Wealth Management Recruitment, enabling me to build a very strong network within this niche market.

Kimberley Wenn

Having commenced my recruitment career in London in 2005, I have gained over a decade of experience with 8 of these years dedicated to the Financial Services sector in Melbourne.

Rachel Camilleri

Since 2013 I’ve always been involved in the Banking and Financial Services Sector across the UK and Sydney, starting my career as an advisor and lending specialist before making the move into Banking Recruitment.

In 2015 prior to Profusion I was the lead Business Analyst Consultant for Huxley Banking Associates, who are the Banking and Finance arm of SThree. During my career with Huxley I worked with multiple banking clients across different industries including Insurance, Retail Banking, Superannuation and Wealth. The exposure across these industries really helped build my market knowledge which I provide as a service to my clients, new or existing.

April of 2017 I joined an incredible growing Life Insurance team at Profusion as the Lead consultant for the Claims and Underwriting Market in Sydney.

Over the last 2 Years I have developed a very strong network across the Sydney Banking market (Client and Candidate) which I have been able to bring to Profusion. With my ability and drive to add value to clients at the highest level, I’m very excited and looking forward to growing our Sydney presence in the Insurance space

Dominic Sheppard

I offer hard work and dedication to deliver a high volume of quality candidates, consistency, respect and honesty.

Sarah McGuinness

I have 8 years of recruitment experience, out of which 5 years were in Australia and 3 years were in Singapore. I have covered roles in Australia (ANZ), Asia (Singapore, New Zealand, China, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia) and US.

Michelle Tan

I have worked in Technology recruitment for the past 3 years placing IT professionals into positions within the Banking & Financial Services industry. Having lived abroad in multiple countries, I offer an upfront and empathetic approach to both my clients and candidates.

Jet Sim

I have a keen interest in financial services, recruitment and technology. Over the past five years, I have been recruiting technical roles across software development and application support.

Chris Gray

I have worked with technology based recruitment since 2014, predominantly recruiting Developers.

Matt Kirk

Originally from Nelson New Zealand, I relocated to Sydney in June 2016 to take up a position in recruitment as a Recruitment Resourcer within financial services Information technology. Here I was taught the foundations of recruitment initially being more candidate facing with my purpose being to connecting expert talent in the market with high calibre clients. In mid-2017 I was lucky enough to be offered the opportunity to join Profusion Group as a Consultant, where I am now able to continue building on my knowledge and experience in the business projects space. Throughout my introduction to recruitment I have found a passion in talking with professional candidates and helping them find there next life changing career move. Whether that be in a permanent position, or a long term contract in the project transformation space.

Taylor Scott

I began my recruitment career on a working holiday visa in the UK. Working across the Compliance and Internal Audit space within the London insurance market I developed my interest in financial services and recruitment. Upon returning home to Sydney I was given the opportunity to join the Business Projects team here at Profusion.

Jillian Hunter

Edem offer’s clients a personalised experience, each client relationship she forms is as unique as the client themselves. She doesn’t believe in a one size fits all approach, but she tailors every part of her processes to suit the clients needs and personality.

Edem Dokli

I commenced my recruitment career in 2016 specialising in NSW Government and white-collar Construction markets where I covered business support, HR and finance roles.

Krystle Priddis

With more than 10 years’ experience in customer-focused roles, I bring a consultative approach to recruitment and a focus on providing an exceptional candidate experience.

Leah Windley

I am an outgoing and personable professional with a strong educational background. A proactive problem-solver, I possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills with an ability to build strong client relationships at all levels. I can offer both my candidates and clients a consultative, flexible and consistent experience.

Claudia Murphy

I started my recruitment career when I was living in London. Upon returning to Sydney I was given the opportunity to work with Profusion in the Banking and Insurance team, where I look to build strong relationships and offer a tailored service to every candidate and client.

Bat-Elle Kaplan

I have 6 years’ experience in the Recruitment industry in the UK, this has been spent across different industries but with a primary focus on the IT sector.

Lewis Ball

Currently a Resourcing Consultant, I work on a variety of roles across Wealth Services, Financial Planning, as well as Banking & Credit.

Hagan Noronha

As a Resourcing Consultant with Profusion Group, I currently work on a variety of roles across business-facing projects – Business Analysts, Project Managers, Change Managers and PMO professionals.

Buwani Piyasiri

A qualified Chartered Accountant with extensive, diversified work experience gained over more than a decade. Having joined Profusion in 2008 as Finance Manager, the role has provided me exposure and knowledge of the business framework in the recruitment industry.

Kaizad Variava

I joined Profusion Group in October 2017 supporting the Finance Manager on a part time basis.

Julie Nash

After 10 year’s experience within the Recruitment Industry with roles ranging from Resourcer to Consultant I joined Profusion Group in March 2014 to take on the role of Corporate Support Manager. This role offers both variety and continued development and sees me mainly supporting the business from an Administration perspective, managing the Support function and looking after the overall office environment.

Kelli Bates

My current position with Profusion working in the Corporate Support Team has me being the first point of contact for clients and candidates alike, making them feel welcome upon arrival and providing a great first impression and introduction into to our fantastic business. Working closely alongside the office Manager, each day brings something new and exciting to the table, whether it being planning our next exciting corporate event or supporting the ever bustling Recruitment team, there’s never a dull moment.

Tia Jordan

Simone Darmanin

Rebecca Johnston

I have almost a decade of experience in Account Management and Business Development roles, offering a consultative approach

Mhairi Beaton

My drive is to help people to perform under pressure while retaining a sense of control and composure. Having worked on international and Australian Leadership programs, I co-founded The Missing Peace with the aim of enabling Sustainable High Performance over the long term. We developed our approaches in response to consistently observing overwhelm, high levels of stress and anxiety and people struggling with each other and 24/7 availability.

Kimberley Hannagan

My passion is to enable people to perform at their best under pressure. I have had the privilege to work with top performers in a number of different areas.

Kell Tremayne