Paul

In 2007 Paul co-founded Balance Recruitment and has acted as joint Managing Director for the last 3 years. Paul has more than a decade of recruitment experience covering all areas of service delivery, relationship management and general management.

Paul is immensely proud of the acheivements made by Balance Recruitment and the consistently level of service we have delivered to our clients and candidates. Paul continues to recruit roles on a daily basis. He feels he achieves the best results when clients engage him as an extension of their business.

Simon

Simon co-founded Balance Recruitment with Paul Foster in September of 2007. He has a history of building highly successful and collaborative teams within some of Australia's largest IT recruitment companies. Well known for his straight forward, pragmatic and honest approach, Simon has managed to build a strong and loyal following, at both a client and candidate level.

Having worked in IT recruitment for the past 12 years, Simon has the depth of experience and expert knowledge of the Australian IT landscape that can make a crucial difference to the success of any recruitment project.

Greg

Greg Pankhurst is a seasoned IT recruiter, who has spent the last 5 years working in the Sydney market.  During this time he has placed some 250 candidates, and he prides himself in being able to source candidates with hard-to-find skill sets. Greg is a specialist in ERP packages, though he also has an excellent understanding of both infrastructure and development, and he has an broad network of both clients and candidates.

Greg’s clients and candidates alike  appreciate his consultative style and down to earth, straightforward nature. He also has quite an interesting background – before getting into recruitment, Greg worked as a scientist doing research into heart disease. He might be the only recruiter in Sydney with a PhD in Biochemistry!

When he’s not recruiting, Greg’s typically spends his time fly fishing, watching the football and fixing whatever his kids have just broken.

Ben

After studying for a Bachelor of Software Engineering at Dublin City University, Ben decided on a career change and entered the recruitment industry in 2002. Utilising his deep understanding of technology, Ben joined a leading European Recruitment firm and quickly became a leading member of the team, culminating in being named Recruiter of the Year in 2006.

In 2007, Ben relocated to Australia to tackle new career challenges and has since quickly established his presence in the local market, having built numerous partnerships with some of the Australia’s most well renowned organisations. Ben understands the importance of consolidating a strong network and proactively keeps abreast of current projects, upcoming developments, deployments and implementations. Combined with his university background, Ben's technical expertise and industry knowledge, enables him to engage clients and candidates from a technical and business perspective. He prides himself on his ability to understand their needs and produce great results.

Silvia

After obtaining an Advanced Degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures in Italy, Silvia moved to Australia in 1989 to start a career in IT Recruitment.

During her career, Silvia has worked for some the largest and more recognised IT recruitment companies in Australia. She personally managed numerous key accounts in both the enterprise and systems integration/vendor space.

After moving into a management role, Silvia decided to focus her career on IT senior and executive appointments, placing CIO’s, Managing Directors, General Managers, Project Managers as well as IT Sales Directors/Managers, and Business Development Managers.

Silvia joined Balance Recruitment in early 2010 – her professionalism and understanding of her clients along with a focus on getting the right skills and cultural match has earned her the respect of clients and candidates alike.