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Speaker Profile - Liam Ovenden

 

Company Experience

Founder & Managing Director - RPO Group

Co-Founder & Managing Director – GOW Recruitment

Head of Banking Group – Robert Walters PLC

Manager, NSW Permanent – Robert Walters PLC

Senior Consultant – Robert Walters PLC

Senior Trading Pit Boss – Sydney Futures Exchange

2005 – Present

2000 – 2005

1998 – 1999

 

1997 – 1998

1996 – 1997

1992 – 1996

Professional Accomplishments

Liam founded RPO Group in 2005 in an international alliance with Capital Consulting, a UK-based pioneer in Recruitment Process Outsourcing with operations throughout Europe and Asia named in HRO Today’s Bakers Dozen of global RPO providers.

Under Liam’s leadership, RPO Group has 4 outsourced recruitment departments operating inside Australian corporates to compliment the 26 such arrangements that the alliance has globally.  Our clients range from Fortune 500 companies, international professional service firms, to ambitious and fast growing medium-sized enterprises.

Prior to this, Liam grew GOW Recruitment from inception to 60 professional staff across Sydney, Melbourne and Singapore and $30 million in annual fees before selling in 2005.  Working exclusively with Blue-Chip Banking and Financial Services firms, GOW is recognised as the leader in Banking recruitment in the region.

As a founding employee of Robert Walters PLC in Australia, Liam contributed to the growth of the Australian business in his time from 10 staff to more than 100, and establishing the strong Banking specialist division that was the company’s strength.

As both a business leader and an HR and recruitment specialist, Liam is a recognized thought leader in how to derive hard dollar benefits and enhanced corporate reputation by aligning metric-driven recruitment and retention activity to business objectives.

Education

•         Bachelor of Business (Banking & Finance), Queensland University of Technology

Affiliations

•         Member, Australian Human Resources Institute