MARBLE - Key Persons


Adil Rehman - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Member of the Board
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Adil serves as the COO and board member. Adil joined What Digital in 2019 after 20 years as the Managing Director of Gigajob, the German job search giant acquired by Indeed in 2018. His success with Gigajob caught the attention of What Digital, and he was invited to join forces with Shane and Alexander to create a global brand with WhatJobs.com. Adil is based in Bangalore, India.

Alex McDowell

Job Titles:
  • Global Partnership Director
Known for his reliability, problem-solving and quick thinking, Alex is a core part of the WhatJobs team and is responsible for year-on-year traffic growth. He is passionate about his client base and strives to deliver only the best service possible.

Alex Paterson - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Alexander serves as the Global CEO and board member of What Digital. He is also a founder member with Shane McGourty. Alexander started his career within the recruitment industry in early 2005 by creating check4jobs.com, one of the first job search aggregators in the world. In 2011 he rebranded the business to AdView.Online. Eight years later, he co-founded WhatJobs.com to take the brand mainstream. Alexander is based in London, England.

Brandon East

Job Titles:
  • Design Lead
Brandon East Design Lead Brandon manages the design team and works with other members of the business to analyze, plan and design new web interfaces to meet business requirements or provide visual aesthetics and assets for Web and Print.

Clare Magness

Job Titles:
  • UK & India Coordinator
After a long career in the city of London, moving between and combining roles in network administration, HR, Finance and Project Management, Clare took some time out and traveled. With her wide-ranging skills and prior knowledge of living in India she was a perfect fit to act as the UK and India Coordinator.

Geeta Borikar

Job Titles:
  • Senior Commercial and Sales Leader
Geeta Borikar is the Senior Commercial and Sales Leader and brings over a decade's experience working for companies like Thomson Reuters, Talent.com and Andela in HR tech, recruitment, SAAS, job boards markets, and talent marketplace. She enjoys working with startups and taking businesses to the next level.

Heiko Zeutschner - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Whatjobs.Com As Chairman of the Board
Heiko started his career in 1995 by creating and optimizing e-commerce solutions and web platforms. Since 1996 job boards have become his main work focus. He founded the German job site Gigajob which grew to 110 countries worldwide over a period of 20 years. Heiko joined Whatjobs.com as Chairman of the Board to share his knowledge and experience. Heiko still lives in Germany but often travels globally for business and pleasure.

Hugh Fort

Job Titles:
  • Head
  • Head of Content and News
Hugh Fort joined the team as the Head Of Content in January 2022, adding 17 years of experience as a senior reporter with Reach Plc. Hugh looks after the news, career advice, employers' advice, and social media.

Jeremy Roberts

Job Titles:
  • Global Agency Sales Director
  • WhatJobs' Global Agency Sales Director
Jeremy is WhatJobs' Global Agency Sales Director. He has worked in recruitment advertising for more than 18 years at companies like Trinity Mirror/Reach, CV-Library, Jobsites, and Totaljobs. He is also Treasurer of the Small Circle networking events and a long-suffering season ticket holder at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium.

Lauren Yates

Job Titles:
  • Sales Director, Dublin
Lauren has extensive experience in Sales and Business Development, with over four-and-a-half years experience growing and developing companies. Lauren has gained experience in management and has previously worked as the Managing Director for The Helpling Group. She has also worked for a number of other businesses such as Point Cash By Brinks , Quark software and FleetConnect. At WhatJobs Lauren is employed as Sales Director and is based in our Dublin office.

Mamatha Kudlur Shadaksharappa

Job Titles:
  • HR Manager
  • HR Manager at What Digital Technologies
Mamatha serves as an HR Manager at What Digital Technologies and has 10 years of experience in the HR Domain. She is a committed person in Human Resources has strong experience in HR Functions as an HR Manager, Key Account Manager, Client Manager, and Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, Organization Development, Compensation & Benefits, Performance Management, HR Processes and Policies, HR Operations, HRIS, and Employee Relations.

Matt Simpson

Job Titles:
  • Business Development Manager, North America
Matt has over a decade of experience in the recruitment industry, having held prominent industry roles at College Recruiter and Jobg8 where he contributed to aggressive growth, developed strong partnerships, and helped introduce and grow the brands in North America.

Oxana Fomina

Job Titles:
  • Global Partnership Manager
Graduate and digital marketing expert, Oxana has recently joined WhatJobs team and is responsible for global traffic partnership. Proactive, determined and driven, Oxana makes sure that she exceeds expectations. She is passionate about account management and delivering best possible customer service while building new and exciting partnerships across the globe."

Robin Thomas

Job Titles:
  • International Sales Manager
Robin has extensive experience in Sales, Marketing and Business Development, with over 2 decades of experience in Multi-national Corporations, Enterprises and Start-ups across diverse domains - Online Domain Sales, Electronics & Engineering Products & Services, and Telecom & Internet Sales. Robin has 20 years experience in Management and has worked with Naukri.com which is a leading Indian and Internationally recognised job board. He has also worked for a number of other businesses such as Reliance Communications, Elcoteq SE and L&T.

Shane McGourty

Job Titles:
  • Global Managing Director
  • Member of the Board
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Shane serves as the Global Managing Director and board member. Shane co-founded WhatJobs.com with Alexander Paterson in 2019. He is passionate about customer care and oversees sales, marketing, and finance to product development.

Sudakar Gunaseelan - CTO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Technology Officer
  • Member of the Leadership Team
Sudhakar serves as the CTO and board member. Sudhakar joined What Digital in 2019 after 20 years as the Technical Director of Netzmarkt India. Sudi has led teams on various job search and advertising projects in 110 countries covering every primary language. His ability to deliver on a global scale caught the eye of What Digital, and he was invited to join the board in April 2019. Sudhakar is based in Bangalore, India.