GOUGH RECRUITMENT AUSTRALIA - Key Persons


Aaron Piscopo Talent

Job Titles:
  • Manager - Real Estate
  • Talent Manager - Real Estate
Having worked in the residential real estate industry for over 3 years, Aaron is able to understand both client and candidate requirements, and is able to provide seamless matches. Aaron brings a positive attitude and can easily interact professionally with people from all backgrounds. Bringing a mature, affirmative and energetic approach to customer relations.

Adam Sevimli Temp

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Temp Consultant
Adam joins Gough recruitment after working as a Property Manager for almost 4 years. Adam's role at Gough is to look after the Temp desk in Melbourne. Passionate about helping people succeed, he brings in a wealth of industry knowledge and strives to build strong relationships with candidates and clients.

Alicia Meharg

Job Titles:
  • Principal Consultant - Property
Alicia has a long career at Gough of sourcing quality candidates and advising candidates on career growth and future career opportunities within the Property Industry. She has a strong track record in successful placements as well as developing a quality database of candidates looking for career opportunities with our clients. Her processes allows for top talent to be placed with our clients quickly and prior to their competitors being able to reach them.

Brooke Munten

Job Titles:
  • Talent Manager - Real Estate
Brooke joined Gough Recruitment as a Residential Talent Manager and she is focusing on sourcing talent in Real Estate. ...

Carmen Zaccone

Job Titles:
  • HR & Operations Coordinator
Carmen's primary role is to assist the talent managers and consultants with all their administrative needs. With an extensive background in retail and administration, I have a passion for delivering first-class customer service. Carmen's keen attention to detail has encouraged positive relationships with both new candidates and clients.

Celine Abi-Haila

Job Titles:
  • Gough As a Talent Manager
  • Talent Manager - Property
Celine has joined Gough as a Talent Manager specialising in the Retail Property, Commercial Property, Development and Co...

Chantel Gomes-Knight - CMO

Job Titles:
  • Head of Marketing
Chantel started her career in Marketing in 2014 in South Africa, she specialises in digital marketing and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to Gough Recruitment.

Courtney Mitchell Talent

Job Titles:
  • Manager - Real Estate
  • Talent Manager - Real Estate
Courtney is a Talent Manager within the Property team, primarily focused on sourcing high-quality talent for our clients in WA. Before joining Gough, Courtney worked in Real Estate and has a profound understanding of the industry helping her to quickly match top candidates and employers. She brings in a genuine passion for recruitment and a strong focus on delivering great results.

Darren Gorrel

Job Titles:
  • Director - Property
Darren is responsible for the management of our developer client base with the main goal being to identify and deliver t...

Ebony Benson Talent

Job Titles:
  • Gough As a Residential Talent Manager Sourcing Quality
  • Manager - Real Estate
  • Talent Manager - Real Estate
Ebony joined Gough as a Residential Talent Manager sourcing quality candidates across South-East Queensland and managing them through the recruitment process. Previously working as Leasing Consultant and Property Manager, Ebony has a good understanding of the industry and is able to apply her knowledge to the role.

Eden Playford

Job Titles:
  • Talent Manager - Real Estate
Eden joined Gough Recruitment as a Residential Talent Manager with a driven attitude for seeking talent in the Real Estate Industry. Cultivating 7 years of customer service and sales experience in Gyms and team-based building programs, Eden applies a vibrant and positive focus to the table. Eden is excited to use these transferable skills in her role as Talent Manager, focusing on finding talent across the real estate market in NSW. She is motivated by creating first-class customer service experience and delivering results.

Elise Gander

Job Titles:
  • Team Leader - Real Estate
Elise's enthusiasm, dedication and knowledge of the Real Estate market in Sydney is unparalleled as she quickly becomes one of the ‘go to' recruitment consultants for clients and candidates. This is echoed through her referral and repeat business and her ability to respond to market demands quickly and effectively.

Ella Toohey

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director - Real Estate
Ella's strengths stem from a long career in talent management with strong skills in identifying the roles that support career goals, resulting in an enviable high level of job satisfaction and, importantly for our clients, motivation and retention. After being promoted into the role of Real Estate & Property Consultant, where she offers her clients a highly professional service, backed by an intimate understanding of talent within the market, she continues to deliver strong results and is highly successful.

Emily Chown

Job Titles:
  • Receptionist
Emily joins Gough with an extensive background in customer service and administration and handles all the office and back-end support for our Perth branch. Emily enjoys interacting with our candidates and clients and strives to deliver the best possible service. With a keen interest in recruitment, it is her hope that she will progress with Gough and take on more responsibility in the near future.

Fraser Neale

Job Titles:
  • Principal Consultant
  • Team Leader
Fraser is a diligent and pragmatic property professional, with knowledge and experience across the Industrial, Residential and Commercial sectors in Brisbane. Fraser specialises in Property Development recruitment across the Queensland region. Fraser's personal experience, expertise and market knowledge within the property development sector provides him with the ability to advisedly connect and service all clients and candidates.

Georgia Barton

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director - Real Estate
Georgia is a Recruitment Consultant for Gough Recruitment in the Sydney office. Georgia's role is to source quality, experienced candidates within the Real Estate industry and manage them through the process of securing their new role.

Georgia Bird

Job Titles:
  • Director - Real Estate
Georgia brings over 2 years in recruitment consultant experience. Having previously worked in fashion, she has a strong, bubbly personality and extensive customer service experience. She is passionate about providing the best quality services and building strong relationships with both candidates and clients.

Hannah Shaw Temp

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Temp Consultant
Hannah comes to Gough with 10 years Property Management experience behind her. Hannah prides herself on building and maintaining meaningful relationships with her clients while achieving great results for both clients and candidates.

Helen Wang

Job Titles:
  • Financial Accountant

Holly Jannaway

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director - Real Estate
Holly holds a Bachelor in Business from QUT and had a career in Residential Property before moving into recruitment. She has been with Gough since 2015 and worked across Temporary and Permanent Recruitment. She specialises in Real Estate Recruitment across residential, commercial & strata management focusing on Sydney CBD, St George, Sutherland Shire, South West and Wollongong. Holly is passionate about matching the right candidate with the right employer.

Holly Priest

Job Titles:
  • Senior Consultant
Holly has worked in the Real Estate and Property industry since 2010. Having worked in the industry herself, Holly under...

Isabella Limnatitis

Job Titles:
  • Talent Manager - Property
Isabella joined the Gough Recruitment team as a Talent Manager sourcing talent within Residential Real Estate. She has b...

Isabelle Bourgeois

Job Titles:
  • Talent Manager - Real Estate
Isabelle joined Gough Recruitment as a Residential Talent Manager with a major focus on sourcing talent within the Real Estate Industry. Coming from a Residential Real Estate background, she has a wealth of industry knowledge and a strong interest in both property and people. As a Talent Manager, Isabelle closely works with candidates and helps them throughout their job-seeking journey. Born and bred on the North Shore of Sydney, she has gained a very strong knowledge of the Sydney Market. Isabelle's warm and bubbly personality makes her very easy to deal with!

James Newman

Job Titles:
  • Regional Director
James has over 8 years' experience in Retail and Commercial property recruitment. Working with exceptional customers within the property sector, his primary focus is to partner with candidates and clients, using the depth and breadth of his expertise and market knowledge to ensure we make the unique match that makes individuals, companies and industries flourish.

Jarryd Knight

Job Titles:
  • Recruitment Consultant - Construction
Jarryd holds a Masters in Architecture and has 10 years of industry experience behind him before moving into the world of Recruitment. He joins Gough Recruitment with robust industry knowledge, specialising in recruiting within the Construction sector and is a great resource for both experienced and graduate candidates. His personable approach eagerness, and technical skill set complements his ability to mentor candidates and understand the value they can provide to his clients and industry.

Jennie Hoang

Job Titles:
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Associate Director - Real Estate
Jennie has been a licensed Real Estate Agent since 2008, specialising in Property Management in the Inner Eastern Melbourne. She brings immense Real Estate experience to the Gough Melbourne team, accompanied by market knowledge, effective communication and negotiating skills. Jennie works closely with clients and candidates, understanding their needs and achieving the best possible outcomes.

Jessica Shiels

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director - Talent Manager
Jessica is responsible for sourcing talent for our commercial and retail division and has successfully placed hundreds of candidates since joining Gough's Perth team in 2012. Coming from the industry herself, Jessica is passionate about delivering a top-class experience for those who are actively seeking a new role or those seeking career advice. Communication and ethics are a big focus when it comes to assisting candidates in their job search. Jess believes this has contributed to her successful reputation in the WA property market.

Joel Barbuto - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
Joel joined Gough Recruitment in 2003, previously been in Residential Sales & Property Management for 6 years. Joel became Director of Gough Recruitment in 2006 and transitioned to group CEO responsible for the overall strategy and delivery of growth, recruitment & training. Today, Gough Recruitment operate across Australia, Singapore & Hong Kong employing over 65 talented individuals across three Countries.

Justine Buhrmann

Job Titles:
  • Director ( VIC ) / Real Estate & Property Recruitment Consultant
With a background in Real Estate, Justine, an owner and Director of GOUGH in Melbourne, has a long career in developing long term and mutually beneficial relationships with Real Estate and Property clients and candidates across Melbourne and Victoria. She is the building block of the Melbourne office, having worked at Gough for over 15 years, her passion for recruitment is evident through her strong repeat and referral business.

Justine Walker

Job Titles:
  • Regional Director
Justine has a long career with Gough, opening the Perth office and continuing to be its' beating heart in Real Estate recruitment. She has not only developed a strong client base and a quality database of candidates for the Perth market, she has continually delivered successful outcomes in all market conditions. Her dedication and hard work to build the business and then create exceptional service through a strong team has been paramount to its success.

Katrina Rackley

Job Titles:
  • PA & Administrator
Katrina started working in the Real Estate industry in 2018 in New Zealand, Relocating to Brisbane in September 2019. Katrina has joined the Gough Recruitment QLD team to assist with the smooth running of the business. Katrina's primary role is Administration to support both consultants and talent managers on a day-to-day basis.

Krystal Smithers

Job Titles:
  • Principal Consultant - Real Estate and Strata
Driven by a life-long passion for real estate, Krystal has been in the Real Estate and Property industry since 2014. This allows Krystal to have an understanding of her client's needs drawn from personal experiences. Her experience, combined with the completion of a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Sunshine Coast (Double Major), gives her extensive well-rounded knowledge to match the right skill set.

Laura Leonardi

Job Titles:
  • Director - Real Estate
Laura brings a passionate and enthusiastic energy to the Sydney team. With 7 years of knowledge from residential real es...

Lauren Sangrigoli

Job Titles:
  • Recruitment Consultant
  • Associate Director - Real Estate
Lauren is a recruitment consultant specialising in Real Estate. Lauren started as Perth's receptionist and after 1 mon...

Levi Burns

Job Titles:
  • Recruitment Consultant - Real Estate
Levi is a focused and determined recruiter with a background in Real Estate. Relationships are key in Levi's eyes - this means ensuring candidates and clients have all their boxes ticked! With a friendly approach and a skip in his step, Levi strives for perfection. With passion, Levi wants to help you kick start your Real Estate career.

Liz Murphy

Job Titles:
  • Regional Director
Liz brings long and strong recruitment experience across recruitment-to-recruitment, property, real estate, construction and sales.

Luke McGrath Temp

Job Titles:
  • Consultant / Talent Manager
  • Temp Consultant / Talent Manager
Luke is a Talent Manager specialising in residential real estate, as well as managing the temp consultant desk. Luke has over 10 years of extensive hospitality and residential Concierge experience. With An avid passion for the property and real estate industries, Luke is a dedicated people person.

Luke Sorensen

Job Titles:
  • Recruitment Consultant - Property Development
Luke is a motivated and passionate recruiter, he believes in going above and beyond to ensure his candidates and clients are looked out for. He enjoys building rapport and strong relationships. As a Recruitment Consultant in Gough Melbourne, Luke brings 2.5 years of Software Development recruitment experience and is excited about starting his journey in Property and Construction.

Madeleine Hatfield

Job Titles:
  • Recruitment Consultant - Real Estate
Madeleine is our Real Estate & Property Consultant focusing on Regional areas of NSW and the ACT. Bringing with her over four years of Real Estate and Business Development experience, Madeleine has gained an in-depth knowledge of the industry whilst building and maintaining relationships. Madeleine is a passionate and diligent consultant, who strives to achieve excellence for her clients and candidates.

Mallory Perkins

Job Titles:
  • Recruitment Consultant
  • Recruitment Consultant - Property
Mallory is a recruitment consultant specialising in Commercial, Retail, and industrial Property. She was in Property Management for three years before beginning recruitment, so she was able to bring her industry knowledge to her new role. Mallory takes pride in her ability to hold great candidate and client relationships and ensures the recruitment process is smooth and efficient.

Maria Joubert Temp

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Temp Consultant
Maria handles our Temp contracting desk in the Perth office. Maria's role is to source quality, experienced candidates within the Real Estate and Property industry, and manage them through the process of securing temporary contracts. Maria has more than five years of experience working in Real Estate in a variety of different roles. She is excited for her next challenge being recruitment and looks forward to speaking to you whether you are a client or candidate.

Matthew Franke

Job Titles:
  • Director - Real Estate
Matthew comes from a military background having spent 6 years in the Navy & travelling the world he decided to go all in and become a Real Estate Sales Consultant after buying his 1st home whilst still posted in Western Australia. After 7 ½ years working in Real Estate it was time to make the decision to move back to East Coast to be closer to family, start a family with his wife and join Gough Recruitment in Melbourne. A decision he never regrets. After 5 years with Gough as a Residential Real Estate Consultant, Matthew still loves helping juniors get a start in real estate as he once did 13 years ago!

Michael Garcia

Job Titles:
  • Recruitment Consultant - Real Estate & Property
Michael focuses on Real Estate recruitment in South Australia, Northern Territory and regional Western Australia. Having run his own short term rental business in the past, he will utilise his experience and drive to pair the right candidates to the right clients.

Michelle Dang

Job Titles:
  • Finance Manager

Milli Hargreaves

Job Titles:
  • Recruitment Consultant - Retail Property
Milli is an action oriented and knowledgeable Recruitment Consultant specialising in Retail Property throughout the Queensland region. Milli's role within the Brisbane team is to work collaboratively as a business partner to clients and source quality candidates within the industry and manage them through the process of securing their next career opportunity. Having worked within both retail property and property development for over 7 years Milli understands both client and candidate requirements and is able to provide seamless matches.

Molly Lynch

Job Titles:
  • Recruitment Consultant
  • Recruitment Consultant - Property
Molly is a Recruitment Consultant specialising in the Retail Property, Commercial Property, Development and Construction industries. Molly's role within the Melbourne team is to source quality and experienced candidates within these sectors and manage them through the process of securing their next career opportunity.

Naome Chbib Talent

Job Titles:
  • Manager
  • Talent Manager
Eden joined Gough Recruitment as a Residential Talent Manager with a driven attitude for seeking talent in the Real Esta... With over 7 years of experience in Real Estate across Property Management and Sales, Naome brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise, allowing her to align quality candidates with the clients' requirements. Bringing a warm and bubbly attitude to the team, Naome is driven in providing the best recruitment experience for her candidates and achieving great results for the clients.

Naomi Vilar

Job Titles:
  • Recruitment Consultant - Property
Naomi brings an extensive knowledge of commercial property to the Sydney team. With 6 years of being an office leasing agent in a tier 1 agency, Naomi's understanding of her clients' requirements and candidates' skills allows her to pair them together naturally. Naomi looks after the commercial property portfolio and is passionate about recruitment.

Nikki White

Job Titles:
  • Recruitment Consultant - Real Estate
  • Recruitment Consultant at the Perth
Nikki is the Recruitment Consultant at the Perth office specialising within the Residential Real Estate sector sourcing quality & experienced candidates. Working alongside and supporting the Residential Team, Nikki delivers outstanding customer service, with a friendly and professional approach, she has built long lasting trusting relationships with her candidates. Bringing over 10+ years' experience within the Real Estate industry her knowledge is next to none.

Owen Shier - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Finance
  • Leader
Owen is an experienced finance leader who has worked within high performing multinational listed and private equity organisations, including over 10 years within the recruitment sector. Bringing a wealth of strategic, operational, and commercial focus to support our exciting growth objectives. Owen is a chartered management accountant who is passionate about delivering excellent outcomes for Gough, our clients and candidates whilst supporting the wider community & sustainability objectives.

Prerana Tamrakar

Job Titles:
  • Accounts Officer

Renee Bengston

Job Titles:
  • Recruitment Consultant
Renee provides astute advice to both clients and candidates with an ability to develop rapport and high-quality working ...

Rhiannon Cook

Job Titles:
  • Director - Real Estate
Rhiannon had a career in Property Management before joining Gough, during which time she developed a thorough understand...

Ruby Marks

Job Titles:
  • Recruitment Consultant - Residential
Ruby is our Recruitment Consultant in the Residential area. Bringing with her over 5.5 years of property management expe...

Ryan Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Principal Consultant - Property
Ryan has extensive experience in Property within the Perth market having worked in Property Recruitment for over a decad...

Sam Di Natale

Job Titles:
  • Principal Consultant - Property
Following a successful career working in business development and managerial roles in the Real Estate industry, Sam brin...

Sandrene Mirador

Job Titles:
  • Junior Accountant

Sarah Fisher

Job Titles:
  • Recruitment Consultant - Property
Sarah comes from a strong recruitment background of 3+ years. She works with the NSW Property portfolio bringing a tenac...

Sarah Jacobson

Job Titles:
  • Talent Manager - Real Estate
Sarah is a Talent Manager specialising in residential recruitment - sourcing quality candid...

Sebastian Leeder

Job Titles:
  • Director - Construction
An extensive recruitment career across the broader development and construction sectors, Sebastian has a real passion fo...

Sharna O'Brien

Job Titles:
  • Director - Real Estate
Sharna is our Director - Real Estate who specialises in real estate recruitment across the Brisbane region....

Sorayah Menzie

Job Titles:
  • Receptionist
Sorayah is a passionate and organised worker with previous experience in hospitality and administration. During her care...

Stephanie Desa Pesic

Job Titles:
  • Team Administrator
Early in her career, Stephanie worked in the property and real estate industry, later on going overseas to take up a sal...

Stephanie Wright

Job Titles:
  • Head of HR & Operations
Stephanie has strong general management experience developed across various industries, with key strengths in human reso...

Tiffany Jolly

Job Titles:
  • Senior Consultant - Property
Tiffany has been working in the property industry for around 10 years, holding various roles in property management and ...