Meet The Team

meet the team
Meet the team

Ambitious, focused, and Driven to be our best

Our team works hard to achieve collective goals while always finding the time for a laugh along the way. Our mission is to be the best at what we do, which ultimately makes the lives of each of our clients and candidates that much better.

Besides the official stuff, we love to support charities, partake in marathons and fitness activities, and go out for team events together as often as we can.

Team Members

From the experienced, to the super experienced, each member of our team make up the driven culture of TheDriveGroup.

Meet our team below.

James Sullivan

James Sullivan

Director - Technology

One of the founders of TDG! James is a big advocate for the relaxed, collaborative culture that he has helped shape, and loves coming to the office and watching the team grow and succeed.

John Ross

John Ross

Director - Data & Technology

With more than 10 years under his belt, John is a fountain of knowledge when it comes to recruitment and scaling teams. Despite managing the daily operations and looking after his own clients and pipeline,

Paulina Girke

Paulina Girke

Senior People & Operations Manager

Paulina is our Senior Manager around all things People & Operations and our organisational superstar! She wears many hats, keeps the wheels spinning, juggles all the tasks, and supports the team on their quest for world domination.

Holly Taylor

Holly Taylor

Marketing Coordinator

Holly is our steller Marketing Coordinator! She is our guru on all things social media, email, and supports the team with anything they need.

Bonnie Pullen

Bonnie Pullen

Client Service Account Manager

Bonnie is our passionate Client Service Account Manager! She holds a wealth of experience in client services, data administration, sales and customer experience, always upholding a great quality of service.

Jamie Dryburgh

Jamie Dryburgh

Lead Principal Consultant - .NET Development

After competing against Jamie and admiring his work for almost 5 years we were ecstatic to finally have him join the .NET Dream Team here @ TheDriveGroup.

Simon O’Rourke

Simon O’Rourke

Senior Principal Consultant - Project Services & Digital Transformation

Principal by name but not by nature, Simon loves a bit of office banter. He is one of our more experienced recruiters responsible for hiring strategies, but he also loves getting stuck into placements and helping to support the team.

Caoimhe Sheahan

Caoimhe Sheahan

Team Lead - JavaScript Development

Caoimhe is our dedicated JavaScript Recruiter! Her name is pronounced kwee-va and comes from the Irish caomh meaning “dear”, which truly describes Caoimhe’s nature. Caoimhe is an experienced recruiter and has a knack for building relationships

Kyra Blake

Kyra Blake

Senior Consultant - JavaScript Development

Kyra is a Senior Consultant, experienced in connecting both Front End and Full Stack Javascript engineers with the right roles. Candidates who have worked with Kyra commend her dedicated and transparent approach to recruitment.

Angus Williams

Angus Williams

Lead Principal Consultant - Software Development

Angus is one of TDG’s legends in both recruitment and in the many TDG office sports. What Angus enjoys most about his role is the ability to add direction to his candidate’s career paths, and the support he receives from the rest of the TDG team.

Natalie Townson

Natalie Townson

Consultant - Infrastructure & Service Delivery

Meet Natalie – Who looks after everything across Infrastructure and Service Delivery here at TheDriveGroup. When she isn’t headhunting the very best tech talent for our clients, you will find Natalie at her Crossfit Gym

Luis Garratt

Luis Garratt

Senior Consultant - Mobile Engineering & QA / Testing

Full of energy, enthusiasm, and eagerness – Luis is our mobile market whiz! He has helped build mobile squads all over the UK and Australia and loves to see the people he works with bring their ideas to life via the mobile applications we all use

Kim Bell

Kim Bell

Senior Principal Consultant - Marketing, Design & Digital

Kim leads our Marketing, Design & Digital Team here at TheDriveGroup. She has many years of recruitment experience and a very outgoing personality so has been a fantastic addition to our team!

Samantha George

Samantha George

Principal Consultant - UX, Product & Content Design

With tons of experience in the Australian market, Sam has joined our team to cover everything UX, Product and Content Design.

Farid Ahmed

Farid Ahmed

Senior Principal Consultant - Cloud & Embedded Technology

Farid aka Faz is our energetic allrounder who loves to get stuck into all things Cloud and Embedded Technology! As a highly experienced recruiter moving to Sydney he decided to jump headfirst into the tech industry and he hasn’t looked back since!

Jayden Milat

Jayden Milat

Principal Consultant - Cloud, DevOps & SRE

Meet Jayden, our Principal Consultant for Cloud, DevOps & SRE. With his perfect mix of technical and business-focused recruitment knowledge, Jayden is an invaluable member of our experienced team of consultants.

Laura Nailard

Laura Nailard

Senior Principal Consultant - Data & Analytics

Introducing Laura – our Senior Principal Consult for Data and Analytics! Laura has a deep depth of knowledge in this field coming on board with six years of experience in data recruitment.

Andrew de Roos

Andrew de Roos

Senior Consultant - Data & Analytics

Meet Andrew – one of our go-to Data & Analytics consultants. Andrew grew up dreaming he would become an Australian Cricketer, but fortunately for us, he switched careers and decided Tech Recruitment was the place to be!

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Creating a More Sustainable Future Together

At TheDriveGroup, we are dedicated to leaving a positive imprint on the communities we support, the people we connect with, and the world we share.Through our Sustainability Strategy, we aim to extend our responsibility beyond ourselves to inspire positive change by 2030.

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