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Lesley has had a long relationship with the global recruitment sector dating back to her capacity as Owner of Recruitment Extra magazine which was founded over 20 years ago.

Lesley is well respected as having an incredible knowledge of the recruitment sector, maintaining a reputation for being at the forefront of current issues through her management of multiple publications relating to the sector and as founder of the Recruitment Excellence Awards (REA’s) in 2008. She joined APSCo in 2019 as Managing Director and has since taken the Association through a transformation that has led to significant member growth, the launch of a series of successful content channels and a growing reputation for excellence in compliance and operational information across the professional recruitment market.

With more than 20 years’ experience in the workforce solutions industry, Charles’ experience spans across economics, advocacy, risk management, lobbying, compliance and professional standards.

Before taking on the role of Chief Executive at RCSA, Charles was a Partner with Australia’s largest dedicated workplace legal and consulting firm, prior to which he established and grew his own professional consulting firm which specialised in workplace law and risk management. He gained invaluable experience working with one of Australia’s most established recruitment firms, where he was the Workplace Relations and Safety Manager as well as 7 years working as an Advisor and Advocate for Australian Industry Group (Ai Group). In addition to his successful professional services career, Charles was the founder of a tech start-up, in 2006, which continues to successfully support employers and workers across Australia almost twenty years later.

Charles joined RCSA as Chief Executive in May 2016, and is a passionate promoter of the value of professional labour market intermediaries and advisers. He identifies the ‘creation of a genuinely caring, accountable and collaborative community of business people across RCSA’ as his defining achievement.

Jessica is an agency owner and recruitment trainer with over 17 years recruitment experience generating $20M in fees throughout her career.

Her expertise lies in helping Recruiters with Lead Generation, End-to-End Business Development, and LinkedIn Personal Branding – the essential pillars to bring in new business, and nurture existing relationships.

Elouise kicked off her career in recruitment ops before getting lumped (ahem, strategically assigned) into working with a third-party marketing agency. Cue lightbulb moment: recruiters needed marketers who actually understood them. Fast forward a few years, and she’s now the founder of Three Sixty Digital – a marketing agency that gets recruitment.

With a team of seasoned pros by her side, Elouise helps make recruitment agencies unmissable to clients, candidates and consultants. Based in Australia and working across NZ and the UK, she’s all about real results, bold ideas, and marketing that actually moves the needle.

John Bourke is the founder of RecView, a product initially built internally for his recruitment agency Start In Recruitment as a way to showcase their candidates in a video first format. Raising a seed round through tiny seed last year has seen the product pivot to be an AI meeting assistant that captures data across, video, phone and in person meetings – all synced directly back to Jobadder.

John became interested in automation and later AI as a way to streamline his recruitment business and increase profitability per head. It’s this interest that lead to the creation of RecView which is now used by over 50 agencies worldwide. You can reach him directly on linkedin!

Nicole Clarke is the Co-Founder and CEO of Shazamme, the world’s leading recruitment website and marketing technology platform, powering innovative recruitment agencies. With over a decade of experience in recruitment tech, marketing and now AI, Nicole drives many cutting edge strategies and solutions in the industry.

She’s known for her bold thinking, no-BS approach, and passion for helping businesses use technology to scale smarter and faster. Nicole has worked with and advised many of the world’s leading recruitment brands to help them revolutionise and future-proof their businesses.

Nicole blends business acumen and sass with marketing expertise to deliver tangible results and an energy that is nothing short of electric.

With 14 years of recruitment experience, Paris is well-respected in the sector for his dedication to giving back. He is the Managing Director of Healthii People, a national healthcare recruitment firm who specialise in placing professionals across various healthcare specialties in temporary, contract, and permanent roles both nationally and internationally.

Throughout his career, Paris has consistently demonstrated a talent for successfully launching and growing recruitment agencies, with Healthii People being his latest successful venture.

His leadership is marked by a commitment to mentoring and supporting his teams, ensuring consultants receive the respect, resources, and guidance needed to achieve both personal and professional success.

Abbie White is one of the most sought-after keynote speakers on sales, growth, and go-to-market strategies. She specialises in actionable approaches to future-proofing your business now. The founder and CEO of Sales Redefined, her superpower is igniting teams into action with an infectious energy and highly practical, engaging style.

She lives and breathes high-performance sales, has been called the marriage counsellor for sales and marketing (and a crazy book lady!), and is obsessed with uncovering untapped potential for growth in business.

Prior to founding Sales Redefined, she held the position of National Sales Manager at IBM overseeing a $100M AUD portfolio and transforming the sales performance of her team. Abbie is a sought-after thought leader, Forbes Australia Contributor, and LinkedIn Sales Insider. Her background in Business Management, Positive Psychology, and Emotional Intelligence creates the perfect blend of business and personal development for your teams.