AMBITION GROUP - Key Persons


Amanda Teng

Job Titles:
  • Accountant
I'm in the Finance Team as an Accountant. My general duties include reconciling invoices and payments (perm and contracting staff), posting of journals and closing the AU books during month-end. Favourite part of my job is the company's culture, working alongside my colleagues, work-life balance. Outside of work I like to...

Asveni Rajendran

Job Titles:
  • Admin
  • Assistant
Asveni Rajendran Team Assistant, Admin Support (AU) I am a part of the Corporate Services team, working as a Team Assistant. I support both Melbourne and Sydney consultants with all admin tasks such as formatting CV's, creating engagement letters, ordering candidate background checks, checking placement compliance, approving placements and change requests and setting contractors up on t...

Cat Harris

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Executive
​I work within our marketing team, focusing on graphic design and video production. I love design and the power design has to help us communicate and connect to an idea. I enjoy working with our team to bring their ideas to life, and the journey each project takes from conception to completion. I spend my time staring too closely at th...

Charlie Fitzroy

Job Titles:
  • Principal Consultant - Funds Management - Sydney
My background:I work across the banking and financial services sector within Sydney CBD and city fringe locations. I joined Ambition in 2011 and built an in-depth knowledge of wealth management, fund administration and financial market operations. Acting as an integral member of the banking and financial services team, I have be...

Chloe Siah

Job Titles:
  • Accounts Payable Officer

Chris Crolla

Job Titles:
  • Director - Sydney
As the Director of the Sydney business at Ambition & AccountAbility I provide our consultants and team leaders with unequivocal support, guidance, coaching and direction. I lead all of our Sydney teams including accounting support, qualified finance, technology & ...

Himali Gurung

Job Titles:
  • Senior Consultant - Finance & Commercial - Sydney
​My background: I've been recruiting in the Sydney finance market since 2017, specialising with clients in the commerce and industry space. Before joining Ambition in 2024, I gained recruitment experience with a large global recruitment firm and a boutique firm in Sydney, covering both perm and temp markets. At Ambition,...

James Cameron

Job Titles:
  • Group CFO
Joining the Ambition Group at the closure of 2019, little did we all know what was looming on our doorstep. "What to do? Where do we go? What happens next?"Well, Ambition used this as an opportunity to make positive improvements to our culture, health and wellbeing, flexibility, connecting teams globally, and personal growth. With a fa...

Jane Waterson

Job Titles:
  • Change Manager and Consultant

Jasmin Dearing

Job Titles:
  • Senior Consultant - Infrastructure, Cloud and DevOps - Sydney
​​My background:I started recruiting in technology four years ago and have experience working in both the UK and US markets, contract and permanent. Through my experience, I bring knowledge of various recruiting methods and market knowledge. After making the move to Sydney this year, I work in the Infra...

Jessica Gahang

Job Titles:
  • Consultant - Senior Finance - Melbourne
My background:​After graduating from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Laws and Commerce, I worked as a state taxes litigator, and then at a large accounting firm as a State Taxes Adviser to some of Victoria's largest property and development clients. After six years, I decided it was time for a career change. I ch...

Julian Soames

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Finance - Banking & Financial Services
My background:After starting my recruitment career in the UK, I joined Ambition in Melbourne in 2010. My clients span domestic start-up funds to global investment banks, and I specialise in placing candidates from graduate to executive level across the front, middle and back office.I have a genuine passion for recruitment...

Katheryn McNee

Job Titles:
  • Finance Business Partner - Australia
I asked my manager if he knew any formulas in excel. He said: "Yeah, sum." This is what I spend most of my time doing at Ambition. My head in an excel spreadsheet! I'm the Finance Business Partner for Australia and I'm based in the Sydney office. I started my Ambition journey in 2010, I love it so much… I'm still here today! I w...

Katie Rutter

Job Titles:
  • Divisional Lead - Technology - Sydney
My background:​Having come over to Australia for a ‘3-month holiday' following graduating from university in 2014, the rest is history and here I am 10 years later! I started my recruitment career in 2016 and, at the same time began recruiting into the IT Infrastructure market, before joining the Ambition Sydney team in mid-2017...

Kay Choo

Job Titles:
  • Senior Payroll Officer
​Hello from the Senior Payroll Officer, part of the Finance Team! I handle both contracting and perm payroll, making sure that the contractors and employees are paid on time! Besides that, I'm also responsible for some month-end tasks such as posting journals and payroll related reconciliations and lodgements. What I love about ...

Kylie Blackwell

Job Titles:
  • Director - Melbourne
​I am a hands-on leader who thrives on bringing the best out in people. Having commenced my recruitment career in 2002, I spent most of my career recruiting senior finance executives into the commercial industry and leading large teams across multiple disciplines.As the Director of Ambition Victoria and a key member of the executive le...

Lee Margerum

Job Titles:
  • Client Engagement Director - Ambition & AccountAbility
I'm responsible for all things related to client engagement and delivery across our Sydney & Melbourne offices. It's my job to ensure you are getting the best and most enjoyable service possible! My educational background is in Mechatronics (Mechanical, Electronic & Embedd...

Linda McEvilly

Job Titles:
  • Head of People & Culture - Ambition Group, Australia
​​Since joining Ambition in 2012 I have grown within the company from a Contractor Care consultant to my current position as Head of People & Culture.The Ambition Group has provided a great place to work, with great flexibility and opportunity for growth. At Ambition & AccountAbility we're looking to expand our team, if you're ...

Louise Campbell

Job Titles:
  • Senior Consultant - Finance & Commercial - Sydney
My background:​I graduated college with a bachelor's degree in business, majoring in Accounting & Finance in 2019. Upon graduating I worked in audit and assurance in the big 4 and from there made a pivot into the recruitment industry in 2021! I love to focus on helping both candidates and clients find the right match...

Mae Alvar

Job Titles:
  • Senior Consultant - Finance & Commercial - Sydney
​My background:I'm a passionate recruiter who is a genuine advocate of adding the "human touch" to human resourcing.I'm an accountant by profession and worked for global automobile and IT companies. Moving to Sydney, I wanted to use my accounting technical knowledge and have the avenue to change people's lives, and recrui...

Meghan Darmody

Job Titles:
  • Principal Consultant - Commercial & Industry - Sydney
My background:​I graduated college and started in a business support role with a recruitment consultancy in 2017, since then I have progressed in my recruitment career to a senior level. At the start of 2024, I relocated to Sydney from Dublin and that's when I accepted a role with Ambition! I love working with people...

Melbourne CBD

Job Titles:
  • Business Analyst - Cyber Security
  • Enterprise Application Architect - Based in Any Capital City
  • Project Manager - Cyber Security
  • Senior Cyber Security Architect

Michael McGhee

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director - AccountAbility & Ambition Finance
​My background:After graduating with a higher diploma in business back in 2014 at the National University of Galway Ireland, I made the brave move to relocate to Melbourne. My recruitment career began back in May 2016 when I started my first role as an Associate Consultant. This was a 360-role recruiting Accounting & ...

Ming Cheung

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director - Technology & Business Transformation
​My background:My career to date has been dedicated to technology recruitment. Initially working in the United Kingdom, I married an Australian and migrated to Melbourne in 1998. I have established and developed high performing teams in both start-up and established businesses. Throughout my career, I have remained ...

Owen Marquis

Job Titles:
  • Senior Consultant - Data & Analytics - Melbourne
​My background:After graduating with a Bachelor of Marketing at Deakin University in 2017, I moved to London and this is where my passion for recruitment was formed. I worked for a search firm that specialised in business transformation and change recruitment. This was one of the drivers that really got me passionate about recru...

Paul McCann

Job Titles:
  • Divisional Lead - Business Transformation & Projects
  • Expert
My background:I am an experienced senior recruiter who heads up Ambition's Sydney-based Business Transformation & Projects practice. I was born in Belgium and moved to England when I was 5, growing up in North London. I joined Ambition in February 2016 after 12 months travelling in South America and...

Sam Harley

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Executive
I am part of the Marketing team within Corporate Services, working on content and automation for our consultants, candidates, and clients. I've had the privilege of working with incredible marketing systems that help shape the way we manage relationships with our clients and candidates. My favourite part about this job is definitely ...

SAP FICO

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
Ambition are currently recruiting a 3 month SAP FICO consultant role with an established retail client. Role will be based in the Sydney CBD, with hybrid working. Candidates mus...

Seamie Hanafin

Job Titles:
  • Senior Consultant
Seamie Hanafin Senior Consultant - Software Development - Sydney My background:​Having graduated from college in 2019 with a Business degree I was keen to explore a career that focused on interacting with people and building relationships, which made recruitment the perfect fit. I began my career recruiting in the Tech market in Ireland, in particular in the areas of Software Developm...

Sophie Hirst

Job Titles:
  • Operations Manager
I am a part of the Corporate Services team looking after the Admin and Operations space. I work in a fairly multifaceted role being the Operations Manager. I work closely with both the front and back office to make sure things are running smoothly, whether it be looking after contractor care or payroll services, overseeing the admin su...

Terra Wang

Job Titles:
  • Junior Accountant
I work as a Junior Accountant in the Finance Team within Corporate Services. My general duties include reconciling invoices and payments, posting of journals, assisting with closing the Asia books during month-end, reviewing AU and Asia suppliers' payments, bank reconciliation, petty cash and overseeing staff expense claims...

Thomas Strickland

Job Titles:
  • Consultant - Infrastructure & Support - Melbourne
​My background:​My recruitment career started when I was a government contractor for a recruitment agency in Brisbane in 2017. As my contract was coming to an end, I received a call from my recruitment consultant asking if I would be interested in an ‘internal role' with the agency. Confused by this, I went along to the intervie...

Yiing Shyuan Lian

Job Titles:
  • Senior Accounts Receivable Officer
Yiing Shyuan Lian Senior Accounts Receivable Officer I'm in the Finance Team as a Senior Accounts Receivable Officer. My job mainly is related to payment collection - submitting invoices to customers and making sure customers pay on time to minimize bad debts and improve cash flow for the company. My Favourite part of the job is viewing the bank statement every morning to check on...

Yolande Maritz

Job Titles:
  • Principal Consultant - Finance & Commercial - Sydney
My background:​I am a senior Finance and Accounting recruiter who has been actively recruiting in this space over the last 15 years in both South Africa and Australia.I started my recruitment career in 2009 in South Africa just as the global financial crisis hit - and I survived! I love the thrill of the chase and talking...