Ben Stevens is Head of Talent Acquisition at Symbos, where he leads talent strategy across global markets. Operating at a senior leadership level, Ben is responsible for designing and scaling hiring frameworks that support growth, performance and workforce capability. With deep experience building high performing TA functions, he champions skills-based, evidence-led recruitment to improve quality of…
I love to attract great people to BOQ Group and have a genuinely good time doing it. A Kiwi turned Melbournian with two gorgeous kiddos and a highly talented musician husband, I’ve spent many moons growing and being curious in the ever changing world of Talent. At BOQ Group, I lead end to end recruitment…
Vadim Petrichenko is an experienced commercial and procurement leader with more than 20 years supporting major organisations across sectors such as IT, telecommunications, finance, retail, and infrastructure. Having partnered with multiple enterprise clients, he brings deep expertise in strategic sourcing, commercial negotiation, workforce models, and building governance frameworks that deliver both value and visibility. Alongside…
As the Strategic Workforce Innovations Manager at CXC, Ursula works with clients to identify opportunities for deploying holistic solutions in the non-permanent workforce space. She consults on how organisations can better manage their non-permanent workforce spend to ensure a return on investment. This includes delivering transparent, risk-managed solutions with multiple sourcing channels, enhancing efficiency, cost-effectiveness,…
Jane Hawkins has more than two decades of experience shaping large, complex workforces across financial services, higher education, and global organisations, and is recognised as one of Australia’s leading practitioners in strategic workforce planning and total workforce optimisation. Her career has centred on helping organisations make better, more commercially-savvy decisions about how they source, structure,…
Adam Buxton is a strategic talent acquisition leader known for transforming how large organisations attract, assess and deploy talent. With experience spanning financial services, tech, government and infrastructure, he’s led recruitment operations at a scale. He’s managed teams of up to 160 specialists and delivered upwards of 13,000 hires a year without losing sight of…
Bryan Marshman is a Product Specialist for AI Recruiting at Workday, driving the adoption of modern talent technology to deliver significant efficiencies for talent acquisition teams. With his background as a Co-founder of Pursuited (an APAC-based talent-matching platform) and extensive experience in senior leadership roles (at Insight Software, iSentia, Fairfax, and Bauer Media), Bryan offers…
Michael de Graaf is a Global Talent Acquisition Leader and currently serves as Senior Director, Talent Acquisition for Global Customer Experience at Workday, where he also acts as the regional lead for APAC and Japan. His focus is on building high-performing teams, aligning proactive talent strategies with business goals, enabling inclusive, skills-based talent practices at…
Kevin Varadian is the Global Head of Sales for Hiredscore AI at Workday. Having joined Workday following the HiredScore acquisition in April 2024, Kevin specialises in the application of AI in the hiring process, leading Workday’s AI recruiting client conversations globally. He has a deep understanding of the talent tech landscape, with prior senior leadership…