Brad McMahon
Managing Director
Brad is the Owner and Director of Optimum Consulting Group. Founding the company in 2003
Ben Walsh
General Manager - Recruitment
Ben commenced his recruitment career in Brisbane in 1998 before working internationally in Canada and Ireland…
Alicia Sumich
Group Manager - Business Development
Alicia is a seasoned Recruitment Consultant with over 15 years’ experience in the Brisbane market.
Stephen Cushion
General Manager - Consulting
Stephen joined Optimum in 2015 as the General Manager of the Consulting practice based in Brisbane…
Jason Buchanan
General Manager - Insights & Innovation
Jason joined Optimum Consulting in 2012 to head up our Insights & Innovation division bringing almost 20 years of cross-industry…
Marianne Savas
Divisional Manager - Qld
As an ex-Accountant by trade, Marianne started her career in recruitment, initially working for Hays in their accounting support division…
Rutherford Kennedy
Senior Consultant
Rutherford joined the team at Optimum in September 2022 with a background in law and customer service…
Maidlin Mistry
Divisional Manager
Maidlin, has worked in the recruitment industry for over 20 years with both boutique firms and listed multi-nationals…
Mikahla Smith
Executive Consultant
Mikahla began her career working for a small business consulting firm before joining Optimum Consulting in 2010 as a Consultant…
Rob Kyte
National Relationship Manager
Robert Kyte has been a Recruitment Consultant specialising in financial services for twenty – seven years…
Maddi Carroll
Team Leader
With 9 years of experience in the service industry, I have developed a comprehensive understanding of HVAC…
Alex Taubert
Recruitment Consultant
After a rewarding career in the property industry, I made a dynamic shift to recruitment, driven by my passion for customer service…
Jennifer Hamilton
Office Manager/PA
Jenny joined the Optimum team in September 2018 after 11 years of being a stay at home mother. Prior to this…
Rob Lucas
Finance & Administration Manager
An opportunity to join Optimum Consulting in September 2011 was too good to ignore providing…
Sarah Linder
Operations Manager
In November 2024, my husband, two daughters and I packed up our lives and made the big move from the UK to sunny Brisbane, Australia…
Leanne McMahon
Group Assistant
Gavin joined Optimum Consulting in June 2021 as the Operations Manager – Corporate Services as part…
Mia Newbold
Associate Consultant
Mia joined the Optimum Consulting Team in April 2025 a Candidate Consultant (Primarily working with Rutherford and Alicia)…
Ben Sciacca
Associate Consultant
Ben joined the Optimum Consulting Team in February 2022 to help out with resourcing and interviewing of our candidates…
Grace Anne Mendoza
Resourcing Specialist
Grace started with Optimum Consulting in July 2019 as an IT resourcing specialist. She is part of…
Pauline Zantua
Resourcing Specialist
Pauline joined Optimum Consulting in February 2021, supporting the Technical Services portfolio….
Marian Gianine Busa
Resourcing Specialist
Marian is a Bachelor’s Degree holder in Psychology , with 10 years working experience in Human Resources…
Van Silvano
Resourcing Specialist
Gavin joined Optimum Consulting in June 2021 as the Operations Manager – Corporate Services as part…
Sheena Calansingin
Resourcing Specialist
Sheena joined the team in October 2024 as a Resourcing Specialist, bringing over 11 years…
Katharine Torre
Support Consultant
Marian is a Bachelor’s Degree holder in Psychology , with 10 years working experience in Human Resources…
Louise Lumapas
Full Stack Developer
Working as a front-end developer for the past four years, I recently joined Ryan’s team as a full-stack developer…
Michael Gaerlan
QA Analyst
Michael started with Optimum Consulting on December 2013 as quality assurance (QA) analyst for the various…
Jessica Burgos
Front End Developer
Jessica joined Optimum Consulting in May 2022 as a Front End Developer. Working in our Technical Development…
Bianca de Barros
Corporate Services Consultant
Bianca joined Optimum Consulting Group as a Corporate Services Consultant (Remote) as part of the Optimum acquisition…
Ryan
Chief Technology Officer
Ryan joined us in 2014, and whilst he already had a few years software development experience…
