
Mikahla Smith
Executive Consultant
Mikahla began her career working for a small business consulting firm before joining Optimum Consulting in 2010 as a Consultant. She has since gained over 10 years’ experience in the industry and over this time has held a number of leadership roles (both onshore and offshore) and is currently an Executive Consultant – Group Solutions.
Mikahla’s role as Executive Consultant, Group Solutions encompasses three main avenues of Optimum Consulting’s business including Talent Acquisition and Advisory, HR Consulting and Employee Engagement and End to End Recruitment including Key Account Management. She provides these services to a broad range of industry sectors and clients (From large publicly listed businesses to numerous SME’S) and works closely with our specialist team to help her clients not only attract the right staff, but also retain, engage and develop those staff.
Outside of work Mikahla enjoys being outdoors, keeping fit and spending time with family and friends.
About Optimum Consulting
In a fiercely competitive business environment, there is one constant: Talent is essential to business success. The ability to attract, engage, retain and develop the best talent represents a significant competitive advantage.
Since our first office opened in Brisbane in January 2003, Optimum Consulting has been focused on people and performance in the workplace. Still to this day, at least 90% of our business is repeat business and over 70% of our placed candidates are referred to us.
Our Recruitment Services
Optimum Consulting have been providing temporary and contract staff to clients. Since we’ve opened, we have placed thousands of contract staff and have placed a healthy percentage of these multiple-times. In particular, we are specialists in:
- Executive Search
- Engineering & Construction
- Supply Chain, Logistics, & Manufacturing
- Accounting
- Financial Service
- IT & Digital
- Administration & Office Support
- Professional Services
- Capability Assessments
We passionately believe the strategic use of contract staff and interim talent is becoming more of a differentiator, elevating top performing organisations above the pack. Contracting is also becoming a career choice for many candidates who enjoy the benefits of working on an assignment by assignment basis.

