Vanessa has held the roles of UK & European Delivery Director for a leading global executive recruitment firm along with General Manager of a national executive recruitment organisation. More recently, Vanessa held roles in strategic talent acquisition and change and program management, leading significant transformation initiatives and transactions from a people and change perspective, in addition to leading the design, development and delivery of strategic workforce plans.

Passionate about the delivery of exceptional results for clients and candidates alike, Vanessa approaches all searches and consulting engagements with commitment, precision, and professionalism.  Vanessa has experience spanning a broad range of industries and sectors and takes great pride and effort in understanding our clients’ needs and drivers along with truly partnering to achieve outstanding outcomes.

Vanessa holds the dual role of Head of Innovation with Johnson Partners, leading the firm’s evolution in terms of best practice enhancement, contemporary ways of working and leveraging technology to deliver ongoing process excellence across our practice.

Vanessa has a Bachelor of Arts degree (French major) from the University of New South Wales, in addition to various change and project management courses.