Meet the team
Recruitment is a people business which is why our team not only has broad sector experience but also a friendly approachable style. The result? An exceptional experience for our members, prospective members and stakeholders.
Ann Swain
Ann is founder and Global CEO of APSCo, an international trade body representing the professional recruitment sector with operations in the UK, Germany, Australia and across South East Asia.
She has over thirty years’ recruitment experience including time as UK Sales Director of multinational staffing firms and Managing Director of recruitment training company Learning Curve before establishing APSCo in 1999.
In 2009, she was honoured to receive a fellowship from the NSPCC and in 2018, received the prestigious Leadership Award from the Trade Association Forum. Ann currently features in the SIA ‘Global Power 50’ list of the most influential women in international recruitment. She is also one of the select recruitment sector leaders to have made the Staffing Industry Analysts Hall of Fame, which celebrates individuals in the recruitment field whose accomplishments, dedication and drive are making a difference to work today, and to what work will look like in the future.
Ann is an acknowledged thought leader and her articles feature regularly in the national and recruitment media. An award-winning business leader and inspirational keynote speaker, she is also the co-author of the best-selling ‘Professional Recruiter’s Handbook’.
- Twitter:
- @AnnAPSCo
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/annswain/
Samantha Hurley
As APSCo's Operations Director, Sam has responsibility for the development of APSCo’s presence and reputation within the UK. She ensures innovation, development and improved delivery of existing and new members services, resources, and engagement through the various delivery teams, and the continuing improvement and development of the operational running of the UK business.
Sam has over 30 years’ experience in the UK recruitment sector, and previously ran APSCo’s legal and public affairs offering. Prior to joining APSCo in May 2013, Sam owned and ran a legal services company and held senior management positions within the recruitment sector.
Moya Rylands
Moya leads both the new member and talent development teams for APSCo. This involves supporting the needs of recruitment firms across the UK in professional staffing sectors and communicating the ways in which APSCo can effectively provide representation and support. Through the talent development team, she is responsible for the ongoing design and delivery of innovative training to meet the evolving needs of members.
Moya brings a passion and enthusiasm for recruitment having spent 30 years in the sector in a variety of operational roles. Prior to joining APSCo in 2012 she ran her own training business
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/moyarylands/
Sushil Sidhu
Sushil joined APSCo in September 2023 as the Global Finance Director and is responsible for developing and implementing financial strategies, managing risks, ensuring compliance, and providing financial leadership to support overall success of the business.
Sushil is chartered accountant with over 16 years experience gained mostly in recruitment sector, having previously worked at ManpowerGroup, LHH (part of the Adecco group) and most recently Parallel Consulting. Sushil is also a returning employee of APSCo having previously worked for us as our Financial Controller between 2019 to 2022 where he helped improve internal financial controls, supported in the implementation of our current CRM and doubled up as our IT manager.
Stuart Feest
Stuart works with APSCo’s largest members and their executive teams to help them leverage the maximum benefit from the broad spectrum of APSCo services.
Stuart brings 22 years' of UK and international recruitment experience within the technology and engineering sectors. Prior to his appointment as Enterprise Director in 2019 Stuart was twice elected onto APSCo’s Representative Committee. The majority of Stuart’s career was spent with Gattaca Plc where he was a Managing Director. More recently Stuart was a main board director with an international quality management services organisation within Automotive and Aerospace
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartfeest/
Tania Bowers
Tania is the Global Public Policy Director. She is a solicitor who has worked exclusively in the professional staffing sector since 1999, joining APSCo in 2016.
As Global Public Policy Director Tania represents our members’ interests in meetings and communications with Government departments, ministers, MPs and other interested stakeholders. She is responsible for APSCo’s public affairs activity on a global basis representing APSCo members’ views to governments and contributing to the debate on the future of the global professional labour market.
Alina Lisiecka
Alina joined APSCo on a temporary contract late 2023 and became a permanent member of the UK Events team in 2024. She brings a wealth of experience in project management, operations and events coordination gained across multiple sectors including events, education, charity and construction.
With a background in Biotechnology and a passion for interpersonal relations she bringing different threads together making sure that things happen when they need to happen and all details are accounted for. She is responsible for the facilitation of all member events, bringing key members and Trusted Partners within the industry together to create memorable and valuable events.
Bazgha Sultana
Baz is an advocate for innovation and has over 8 years’ experience in project management, event management, building long-lasting strategic partnership and customer services roles. She has also achieved several awards such as “The British Citizen Award”, “Honorary Award” and “Excellence in Customer Engagement Award” for delivering commendable customer services and high-quality Virtual and face-to-face events.
At APSCo, Baz will be supporting the development, delivery of, and member engagement with, global and international services and events. In her previous role as Engagement and Events Manager, she has supported the development of a five-year customer strategy and grew company’s annual events programme substantially; incorporating international entertainment, reaching record numbers of engagement, and collaborating with key organisations to maximise value for money and reach.
Becky Condon
Becky joined APSCo in November 2019 as a dedicated Account Manager for the North of England and Scotland. Becky is responsible for ensuring APSCo Members are gaining the full value and benefits of membership including legal advice, training, member events with expert speakers, networking opportunities at our executive breakfasts, lunches and dinners, marketing, model contracts and much more.
Becky has over 14 years’ experience within the recruitment sector across the UK and Ireland and has been responsible for developing key accounts and strong working relationships throughout her career to date.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckycondon/
Beth Arnold
Beth has a BA degree in Journalism and has been working within marketing and communications for the past six years.
Beth is responsible for our inbound marketing strategies, including website, social media, blogs, and lead generation. Beth’s role is to manage APSCo’s UK editorial calendar and create engaging and valuable content for APSCo members.
Betty Verbaszi
Betty joined APSCo in 2022 to provide support to members in the Healthcare, Social Work and Education sector.
Betty has several years of international work experience and she brings her expertise from prestigious membership organisations. She worked as a Membership Development Manager at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) where she led the Membership Development team to grow the membership intake. She also worked as an Account Manager at the Chartered Intitute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) where she built closer relationship with CIPFA’s key accounts in the South East England region and in Central Government.
Charlie Stacey
Charlie is a dedicated marketer with a degree in Advertising & Marketing. He started at APSCo primarily as a member of the Global team, focusing on APSCo Asia’s development by procuring leads while managing Asia’s website and social media. He has since retained his Global duties while becoming a permanent member of the UK marketing team, supporting the launch of campaigns through website management, email marketing, and content creation, which has allowed his marketing skills and creative flair to flourish.
Hayley Williams
Hayley has worked for APSCo as an administrator since August 2006. Her role includes all aspects of account management administration. She is also responsible for scheduling and organising Trusted Partner audits and ensures that all members receive their annual membership certificate, code of conduct and membership rules.
Isabella Knight
Isabella is supporting the talent development team with their processes on both in-company and open course training programmes to ensure our members and those who use APSCO for their training receive the best service and satisfaction possible. Having a background in sales, Isabella has found her passion for the recruitment industry working across Rec2Rec and Tech markets across the UK and DACH.
Jackie Torr
Jackie began her recruitment career back in the early 90’s working for an Independent Generalist recruitment firm. After a successful 4 years in recruitment, she moved on and spent 15 years working in Event Management.
In 2016, Jackie returned to the recruitment world, heading up a recruitment network.
Jackie joined APSCo in 2024 APSCo, and is focused on delivering a high quality and innovative services portfolio to continue to enrich our Member experience.
Jimmy Stocker
Jimmy graduated in Law in France where he worked for a solicitor for 5 years before moving to London.
He worked as a sales for a recruitment company for 1.5 years before joining their legal department for 3 years handling contract negotiations, processes and trainings.
Joanna Rice
Joanna is responsible for ensuring that our Trusted Partners get the maximum return on their investment by helping them leverage the benefit of the products and services offered by APSCo.
Joanna has worked in recruitment for almost 20 years, initially in the care and international sectors, before moving into recruitment technology. She worked in a number of staffing companies and recruitment suppliers, including Oleeo PLC, iProfile and Pulse Staffing.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanna-r-01573022/
Jyoti Virdee
Jyoti is a self-taught marketer with a background in Behaviour Psychology. Jyoti has 5 years’ experience working within marketing and has spent some time freelancing, helping small businesses and influencers enhance their businesses through social media, email marketing and analytics.
Karran Danks
Karran is the Receptionist and a general administrator at APSCo. She has held a variety of roles before this including TEFL teacher in a remote part of Spain, Gallery Supervisor in a national museum, administrator for a busy community centre, and office manager for a health and safety company.
Kelly Nash
Kelly joined APSCo in April 2015 as an Events Co-Ordinator. She is responsible for the facilitation of all member events, bringing key members and Trusted Partners within the industry together. Kelly has over 7 years of experience in the event industry and brings her wealth of event organisation skills to the APSCo team. Kelly was promoted to Events Manager in January 2023.
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/nashkelly/
Linda Price
Linda joined the Talent Development team as Training Coordinator in August 2021 having spent many years in training and marketing roles within the professional training arena.
Her role is to ensure the learning journey is of the highest standard by working with delegates and trainers ahead of the training, producing all the training materials, organising training events, and capturing that all important feedback. Her passion for getting things right first time and supporting members and trainers ensures continuous improvement and a great experience.
Maxine Hart
MD of an independent recruitment business for 21 years. All my career has been spent providing great service to people. In the recruitment business, we also provided outplacement services, career coaching and peer discussion groups. My aim is to give people the information/service that will help them attain their goals.
As head of stakeholder engagement, it’s my role to ensure our Member meetings have relevant speakers that will draw a crowd. We aim to help our members network as much as possible. When a group of Recruitment Business owners are in the same room, there is so much expertise to learn from, as well as taking away updates/info from inspirational speakers.
Mike Dempsey
Mike has 15 years’ experience in the recruitment sector within business development and management roles. Having also worked within international labour relations across Europe, he also has experience in liaising with many trade unions representing employees’ rights for large international businesses. Prior to joining APSCo, Mike worked in both professional and general staffing andhas in depth experience of temporary, contract and permanent recruitment solutions and brings enthusiasm and knowledge of the recruitment market.
Based in the Frodsham office, Mike is responsible for developing relationships with new members in the North West, Wales and the Midlands to ensure members make the most of the extensive benefits that come with APSCo membership. Mike joined the team in February 2020.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-dempsey-01832923/
Mirian Pinto
I am a part-qualified ACCA accountant, with a master's degree in International Business and Finance with 6 years of experience as an Assistant Accountant. Currently, I assist the finance manager with day-to-day finance tasks including invoicing customers, dealing with customer payments and direct debits, and supplier invoices.
I am passionate about accounting and finance and is always looking to learn more. Currently studying for my ACCA qualification and is excited to take on new challenges.
Moya-Clare Moses
Moya joined APSCo in September 2016 in our Northern office and is responsible for the smooth onboarding of APSCo members, including quality checks and providing collateral to help set up new membership within their organisations. Moya is well known to our Northern members who will recognise her from coordinating logistics and welcoming members at regional events. She is also responsible for scheduling and organising all Compliance+ and umbrella company audits.
With more than 15 years’ experience within the recruitment sector, Moya has supported internally with payroll and HR issues for a number of recruitment organisations. She brings an enthusiastic nature and great sense of humour to the team.
Niamh Lewis
Niamh has a Bachelor of Laws Degree and varied experience in the financial services sector and social media marketing. She is responsible for scheduling and facilitating member events and liaising with members and trusted partners regarding event queries.
Nicola Fisher
Nikki has worked in the professional recruitment sector for over 20 years predominantly in South Africa. She joined the APSCo Talent Development team in April 2022 working in a number of different roles and is now responsible for Trusted Partners ensuring our Partners get the maximum return on their investment by helping them leverage the benefit of the products and services offered by APSCo.
Oliver Roberts
Oliver is a dedicated professional with a background in physics. He began his journey at APSCo as a Talent Administrator in the Talent Development department. Leveraging his analytical skills, Oliver transitioned to the role of Data and Systems Coordinator, where he now optimises data to support APSCo's initiatives and system builds.
Patsy Cornwell
Patsy joined APSCo in May 2017 and is the dedicated PA to Ann Swain CEO. Prior to joining APSCo Patsy worked within the Financial Services Sector (UBS) for 17 years. Patsy brings with her a breadth of experience working at a board and executive level as a PA. This together with her key office management skills ensures the CEO’s office is run highly efficiently in servicing our APSCo Members.
Phil Cohen
Phil started his recruitment career in the pharma sector, then moved to Adecco to help launch the Business Solutions function for their national accounts. Since then he has run his own recruitment business and also worked with talent tech firms helping their corporate clients leverage ATS technology to attract candidates and manage the relationship with their external recruitment agencies.
Phil’s role as an Account Manager is to ensure that APSCo members gain the full value and benefits of membership to help their business succeed. He brings his passion and experience of all things recruitment, and is always willing to go that extra mile to support our members.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipcohen2/
Poseidonia Brazier
Poseidonia (or Pos) joined APSCo in April 2019 as Marketing Executive and became a Marketing Manager in April 2020. She is responsible for overseeing the marketing strategy and implementation for APSCo UK, APSCo Deutschland, APSCo Global and APSCo Asia. The key focus areas of her role are project management, stakeholder management, website development and management, email marketing and social media.
Her background includes 7 years of experience across the full marketing mix and a Master of Psychology in Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.
Rajia Miah
Rajia joined APSCo in September 2019 as a Legal Advisor.
She is a graduate in Law from the University of Westminster and comes with experience providing legal advice within the recruitment sector.
Her position at APSCo involves advising members and affiliates on legal and compliance issues and supports the Legal Team to deliver a variety of legal services from model contracts and guidance, to training and the Legal Helpdesk.
The training was very engaging and collaborative throughout. Trainers made sure we understood the content fully and to clarify when necessary.
Rina Durban
Rina has been part of the APSCo team for over a decade, working in a number of different member-facing roles and is now responsible for introducing new members to APSCo both in the UK and internationally.
Rina is an enthusiastic champion of APSCo, committed to promoting its aims and objectives and passionate about growing its membership. She has a detailed knowledge of APSCo products and services and how they can add tangible value to recruitment businesses of all sizes.
Before joining APSCo, Rina gained valuable experience working for leading trade bodies in other sectors.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/rinadurbanapsco/
Sarah Wincott
As Head of Marketing, Sarah is responsible for the strategic planning and execution of brand, marketing and PR campaigns across APSCo.
Sarah is passionate about blending marketing creativity and channels with result-driven campagns. Prior to joining APSCo she gained extensive B2B marketing experience, previously working in global marketing across a variety of industries.
Scott Orr
I have over 16 year’s experience within the recruitment sector with extensive experience in Business Development and Management roles.
I have worked across many professional staffing sectors with experience of supplying both temporary and permanent staffing to SME’s and Large Enterprises.
Shazia Imtiaz
Shazia is General Counsel and manages the Legal and Compliance team, joining APSCo in 2021. Shazia is a UK qualified lawyer with over 15 years extensive international expertise gained in both private practice and in house. She has worked across diverse industries including the recruitment sector, overseeing corporate, commercial and employment law matters.
Shazia provides expert guidance to members and trusted partners on legal issues and regulatory changes affecting the industry, overseeing our members’ and trusted partners’ adherence to our codes of conduct, and delivering legal services to members including model documents, precedents, legal updates, and the legal helpdesk. She works alongside Tania Bowers on APSCo's public affairs, representing our members’ interests in consultations with the government and other bodies on regulatory change.
Really enjoyed the course, very interactive and the trainers made it fun. Thank you.
The training was very engaging and collaborative throughout. Trainers made sure we understood the content fully and to clarify when necessary.
Teri Etherington
Teri has spent over 20 years in and around the recruitment sector and absolutely loves it. She spent ten years in front line recruitment followed by 6 years at Recruitment International as Country Manager. Teri joined the APSCo team in 2018 as Partner Success Manager. Since this time, Teri has been supported through an Executive MBA programme before joining the Talent Development team in February 2022 and being promoted to head up the team in January 2023.
Teri is passionate about the recruitment industry and believes the amazing individuals are a big part of what makes it so special. Throughout her recent studies, Teri has gained a new understanding and respect for the important role continued training and development play in bringing out the best in all of us. Teri’s role is to ensure the APSCo Talent Development offering is front of mind and best in class when it comes to professional training within the recruitment professional.
- Twitter:
- @Teri_APSCo
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/terietherington/
Tina Holt
Tina is the HR Consultant for APSCo, dealing with all people matters as directed by the Company.
Tina has worked in HR supporting people in recruitment for over 20 years. Prior to setting up her own HR Consultancy in 2019, Tina was a Global HR Director working for almost 18 years in Companies within the technical recruitment engineering sector and the Oil & Gas recruitment sector.
Wayne Ellis
Wayne joined APSCo in August 2022 as a dedicated Account Manager for the Midlands & South West. Wayne is responsible for ensuring APSCo members are gaining the full value and benefits of membership including legal advice, training, member events with expert speakers, networking opportunities at our executive breakfasts, lunches and dinners, marketing model contracts and much more.
Wayne has over 12 years’ experience within the recruitment sector across both private and public sectors within the UK, Germany and Singapore. This has been with Rolls-Royce (Aerospace), Royal Mail, the NHS and Bentley Motors. He also has over 22 years’ experience of training within British Army. He has been responsible for developing key accounts, building strong working relationships, designing, implementing and delivering training throughout his career to date.