James is an award-winning business consultant, advisor and entrepreneur, with an international board level background in the staffing and recruitment sector, ultimately as GM within one of the largest HR and Recruitment service providers in Australia. As Chairman of The Recruitment Network, James works with recruitment business leaders, helping them to achieve significant growth, performance improvement and competitive advantages acting as a Non-Executive Director, consultant, trainer and strategist for numerous fast-growth recruitment businesses.

Gordon is a business coach, speaker and trainer with a proven track record in business, team and individual transformation. Over 15 years, Gordon has helped businesses within the recruitment sector and beyond to achieve their potential, enjoy profitable growth and outperform the market through a focus on customer experience and leadership. Gordon spent 10 years transforming his family business from a regional player into the UK’s largest privately owned food distribution business, turning over £200m and employing over 1,200 people prior to a successful trade sale.

Toni is an inspiring and widely respected recruitment leader. She has been recognised with multiple business and recruitment awards including E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year and Outstanding Contribution to the Recruitment Industry. Founder of IT and managed service specialist DP Connect, Toni ran the company for 27 years until a recent MBO in 2017. A role model for women in business, Toni has instigated campaigns to attract and retain women in IT and to promote IT careers to schools and universities.

Mike Gawthorne led ARM/Serocor from its early inception as a single brand (ARM) employing 4 people to being VC backed multi-branded group (Serocor) and through to a successful MBO in 2020 by the leadership team that he led. On leaving the business, the Serocor Group peaked at a turnover of £120m employing over 200 staff, with offices in the UK, Germany and the US, and an outsourced team of 35 in India. The Group provide Talent Solutions, Perm and Contract recruitment, L&D, MSP, RPO and Project Services.

With more than twenty years of main board experience in the Telecoms and Networking, IT and Recruitment markets, Simon is a focused sales and business leader who believes that the true measure of success in any enterprise is establishing mutually beneficial inter-dependent relationships with customers and suppliers. In his time Simon has initiated, planned and implemented organisational change, re-skilling and re-focusing sales and business development initiatives in three LSE listed staffing companies.

Tony Goodwin is the Group CEO & Chairman of Antal International, a global management and executive recruitment company and one of the fastest growing business service organisations in emerging markets such as China, Eastern Europe and India. Antal now has more than 120 offices in over 30 countries around the world and celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2013. Tony has won numerous awards including Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 at the London Loves Excellence Awards and Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2011.

Samantha Maxwell-Reed is joining the TRN team of strategic business advisors to support, coach, advise and mentor TRN members. As a successful recruitment entrepreneur who founded, grew (and recently exited in 2021 via an MBO) the multi award winning Expand Executive Search, Sam is a brilliant addition to the team.

Gary is the Commercial Director of The Global Recruiter, the world’s largest recruitment specific magazine, focusing on editorial for those involved in supplying staffing solutions both globally and within their regions. The Global recruiter is distributed to UK and Ireland, Northern Europe, Asia Pacific, Australia, Middle East, North and South America and China and was the first publisher in the staffing industry to deliver a multimedia platform across all mobile devices as an app.

Graham Palfery-Smith has been involved in the recruitment industry for over 35 years. He is an accomplished and highly experienced strategic senior manager who has run a wide range of specialist recruitment businesses internationally, including HW Group, Robert Walters, Faro and FiveTen Group. A highly effective communicator and a team creator, Graham brings an energetic, enthusiastic and passionate approach, international contacts and an excellent market intelligence network.

Jonathan is an Investor, NED and Strategic Advisor to the recruitment industry with 25 years of international experience in both PLC and Start Up/Scale Up environments operating in specialist STEM markets including Tech, Engineering, Life sciences, Financial Services and Built Environment. He spent 17 years working for SThree PLC (pre & post IPO) in a variety of senior EMEA board-level leadership roles scaling its operations internationally across Benelux, France and most notably the DACH region where he oversaw as a Country/Managing Director.

Kate began her career working for a large innovation company, providing extensive management and support to the lead inventors. She worked across a number of sectors ranging from hospitality to FMCG and on a variety of projects developing new brands, products and business models. Since joining Innergy in 2010 she continues to utilise her project management skills and is now responsible for the running of the company’s operations.

Jonathan is a Chairman and non-executive director to a portfolio of growth businesses in the Recruitment & Human Capital industry as well as a speaker on growth management. Drawing on 30 years of experience in the sector clients engage Jonathan to help them drive growth and to achieve an exit event or to raise development capital; he now has over 30 successful transactions under his belt. His transactions have realised over £350m for shareholders.

Dawn is an experienced contingent recruitment director, with significant experience building contract business who offers business consultancy, personal development, leadership training and coaching & mentoring. Dawn's 'do better, be better' philosophy in all her work helps businesses of all sizes to accomplish their goals and instil invaluable leadership skills in managers. As a strategic advisor, Dawn will be conducting TRN Club member business reviews, coaching and advising members, sharing insights, best practice and her experience and expertise. After a hugely successful career at companies such as S3 and Phaidon International, Dawns experience of building teams, delivering growth, contract recruitment and leadership coaching will add massive value to the decision making, strategic thinking and strategy implementation of TRN members.

Marc Cohen is an industry leader with over 20 years experience in managing, building and exiting recruitment businesses. Most recently sold ConSol Partners, an award winning technology staffing company he co-founded and led to over $180m in sales with placements in over 40 countries. Having formerly resided in and led operations in the UK, Europe, Australia and USA, Marc develops a global approach to ideas from his base in Los Angeles, California with a focus on advanced recruiting solutions. Marc brings energy and true market knowledge with a passion for learning, strategy, innovation and ability to look at the details behind a business.

Ashley spent 10 years at Hays building and developing high-performing teams as a Manager and Director. He left Hays in 2012 to become the MD at JCW a niche risk and governance recruiter where he spent 5 years. The last 5 years have been spent building capability in leadership teams at growth recruitment and tech businesses. He is currently working with CEOS/owners and managers of 11 recruitment businesses ranging in size from 15 - 250 heads.

Keith has over 30 years of experience in the recruitment industry, the bulk of which was with Gattaca PLC growing their 6 brands across the engineering, technology, professional staffing and training markets, within the UK and internationally. Key positions were MD of the Matchtech brand, and COO of the Group, driving years of organic growth in the UK before four subsequent acquisitions which strengthened the UK position and established footprints in overseas markets. Since 2019 he has acted in an advisory capacity to a handful of recruitment companies, as well as one of the UK’s leading compliance and services platforms for freelancers and their hirers. His experience focuses on scalable, sustainable and profitable growth by working with managers, leaders and owners via defined plans and strategies.

Jon Coldridge founded several recruitment businesses focussing on IT, Digital and Change. The next phase of his career is setting up Perpetual Equity. They exist to help owners of small and medium-sized companies exit their businesses to pursue new projects or retire

Ed is responsible for attracting and consulting with new members, he has an extensive recruitment background having spent 12 years in the industry prior to joining TRN. He is passionate about helping new members get involved and has been working for TRN since 2018.

Theo brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the role. With a strong background in business development, Theo is dedicated to attracting and consulting with new members, striving to foster their engagement within the TRN community.

Eloise is an enthusiastic member of the Sales and Marketing Team. She is all about using creativity and positivity to assist in exciting new projects within the team.

Menaka is an integral part of the Marketing Team. She is all about creativity and strategy, taking TRN's marketing to new heights through branding, social media and her keen eye for digital design.

Jahisha has brought a new take to the TRN Marketing Team. In addition to managing the TRN website, email campaigns and podcast, she strategizes to implement new marketing campaigns, events and converts new content into different forms of media accessible to the community.

Heidi is responsible for the financial management within TRN, ensuring everything runs smoothly for our members and partners within the community. As part of the TRN team for over 4 years, Heidi works hard to provide a seamless experience for our recruitment industry professionals.

Emma's main focus at TRN is driving projects that positively impact the value members receive from TRN World in terms of both the quality of content on offer and the user experience of members and their teams. Emma has previously worked in software support, customer experience and product development so always takes a customer centric approach when developing TRN World and content strategies.

Natalie has been with TRN for over 5 years. As a long standing employee of our Member Support Team, she has now turned her focus to work with our Plus community. Natalie is all about customer service and bringing in new initiatives to make our Plus experience the best it can be!

Georgina is responsible for looking after our Plus community, ensuring all member queries are met as well as onboarding new members and making them feel apart of the TRN community immediately.

Adele works within the Member Support Team and looks after our Club Members. She uses her positive and approachable attitude to ensure our Club Members are given all the support and advice they need. Adele is always willing to help point a member in the direction of relevant content and events. Her Customer Service experience means she is always going above and beyond to engage members and give them an excellent experience.

Lauren is an integral part of the Member Support Team and TRN, responsible for maintaining a seamless experience within our team of Strategic Advisors, Club members and is responsible for our Senior Leadership Club. With a real focus on being friendly, approachable and proactive, Lauren is always striving to give 100% to clients and colleagues.

Jadene works within the Member Support Team, ensuring our Club Members are looked after and always receive a positive TRN experience. Jadene is also responsible for the Club WhatsApp group and heads up the TRN Charity's. All done with the brightest attitude and a constant smile.

Ashley is part of the Member Support team. She ensures all Club members have a direct and personal point of contact, that they receive the guidance they require and is always ready to assist with any other tasks that need be tackled during the week.

Kelly is our Head of Data and Insights and is responsible for all things data within our business whether it be for internal use or finding the best insights to give our members. Having come from an operations background she understands the importance of getting the best for our members and making sure what is needed is delivered 100%. In her spare time she likes doing arts and crafts and going on trips with her son.

Marianne is the Events and Operations Manager within TRN. She has 25 years of experience in event, travel, and project management, She has the privilege of working in both the public and private sectors. Throughout her career, she has worked for renowned organizations such as De Beers, Anglo American, Pfizer, the University of Kent, Canterbury Cathedral, and many reputable hotel chains.

Rachel has been with TRN for nearly 2 years, starting in Member Support, before moving on to work as the Partnership Manager. Rachel is responsible for looking after all the TRN Partners, being an advocate, assisting with queries and being the connection between members and Partners. Rachel does it all with her unique sense of humour and passion for TRN at the heart of it.

Jordan is responsible for finding new partners that bring value to TRN members. From marketing agencies to CRM platforms, Jordan sources the best in class suppliers to the recruitment industry. His passions in life are cricket, horology and his lion head rabbit, Ted.

Ashton has been with TRN for 1 year and looks after the company CRM, ensuring member and non-member data is always up to date and accurate. Her main responsibilities involve pulling our monthly TRN business dashboard, creating, and sending out comms and producing adhoc reports on request. Her contributions are essential in managing a well-organised CRM system and supporting all departments within the business.

Anita plays a significant role in ensuring the TRN calendar is full of amazing and relevant events in her role as Events Executive. With extensive experience in the hospitality sector, Anita brings her keen sense of organisation and attention to detail to each event TRN.

Paul is the Owner & Director of 3 businesses: Aristar Consulting provides accounting & finance support to recruitment companies that have no internal finance function. Aspiring FDs helps accelerate the route to being an effective recruitment FD for people running a finance team in an SME recruitment business. Recruitment FDs is the network for heads of finance in recruitment & staffing; providing members with regular events, a partner directory and the most relevant quarterly bench-marking report in the industry.

Lucy is the Managing Director of Cognitive Law Limited, and a practising solicitor. She has over 24 years of financial and contractual dispute resolution, 20 of those years as a qualified Solicitor. As well as running the business on a day to day basis, Lucy specialises in providing commercial legal services to the recruitment sector. She assists recruitment companies in maximising their business potential and their position in the market place.

Rhonda is the founder of Mida Consultancy, creator of Titanic Thinking and accredited performance coach. Rhonda is the Mindset and Mental Health (MMH) recruitment industry champion, renowned for her work helping owners, leaders and managers embrace and develop an authentic approach to mindset within their organisations. She has co-developed the TRN Recruiter Resilience programme to support and celebrate mental, emotional and physical wellbeing in the recruitment sector.

Jennie is a passionate talent leader with over 18 years experience in the creative communications industry. Her specialties are diversity and inclusion, executive search, international recruitment strategy, employer branding and career coaching. She is an avid sailor and yacht racer in her spare time.