Greg Savage, International CEO, Aquent
With a career spanning thirty years, Greg is an icon in the Australian recruitment industry and a regular keynote speaker at staffing and recruitment conferences across the globe.
Often described as an “inspirational leader”, Recruitment Extra, a leading Australian publication featured an article on Greg declaring that …“love him or hate him, it’s virtually impossible to ignore that he has perhaps done more single-handedly for our industry than anyone else …”
Having joined Aquent in April 2001 as Asia Pacific CEO, Greg was promoted in 2005 to Aquent International CEO, assuming responsibility for all Aquent’s markets outside of North America, which today includes 25 offices across Europe, the United Kingdom, India, Asia, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
Back in the eighties Greg managed the London office of the United Kingdom’s largest accounting recruiter for two years before returning to Australia and being invited to join the board of directors at age 27.
Along with two colleagues, Greg founded Recruitment Solutions in 1987 and built the company to sales of $60,000,000 per annum, staff of close to 200 and with 8 offices around Australia. In July 1998 Recruitment Solutions was successfully listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, with Greg as both Executive Director and COO
In recognition of his contribution to the Australian recruitment industry, in 2004 Greg was made an Honorary Life Member of the RCSA – the Recruitment and Consulting Services Association.
To contact Greg please email: gsavage@aquent.com
Read an in-depth interview with Greg on RecruitingBlogs.com
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