My Journey from Traditional Recruitment to Search-Led Strategy
I didn’t step into recruitment with a grand vision—I learned through experience.
After graduating from Leeds University, I started my career in sales at Cadbury before moving into a medical device recruitment team in the UK. That role shaped my early expertise, giving me a front-row seat to how competitive and high-stakes hiring in MedTech could be.
A few years later, I took an opportunity to relocate to Sydney, where I built and led a medical device recruitment division at a growing executive search firm. Over 17 years, I partnered with some of the most well-known MedTech companies, placing top commercial, clinical, and leadership talent across the sector.
But the more I worked in contingency recruitment, the more I saw its limitations. Employers were stuck in reactive hiring cycles, scrambling when vacancies opened up. Candidates were left in the dark, relying on outdated processes that didn’t prioritise their career trajectory.
At first, I didn’t have all the answers. But when I stepped back from recruitment for a career break and re-entered the industry, it became impossible to ignore the deeper hiring problems that contingent models weren’t solving.
After a 70-day overland trip through Australia’s Top End & Gulf—a time of reset and perspective—I launched DukeMed, not because I had a pre-planned solution, but because I had seen first-hand what wasn’t working.
DukeMed is Different. Here’s How:
Our Search Approach is Different
MedTech is a specialised, competitive, and rapidly evolving industry.
Hiring the right people isn’t just about filling roles—it’s about aligning expertise with business strategy and ensuring long-term success
At DukeMed, we focus on:
✅ Executive Search & Commercial Talent – identifying the hidden leaders driving success behind the scenes.
✅ Proactive Talent Pipelining – building future-ready hiring strategies so companies aren’t left scrambling when critical roles open up.
✅ Market Insights & Strategic Recruitment – using data-driven talent intelligence to guide hiring decisions, not guesswork.
