Meet our U.S executive leadership team 

David, a 21-year veteran of the staffing business, has been in charge of overseeing all US operations for Hays since 2018. Prior to leading Hays US, David held a number of positions in sales, sales management, and senior management. With his wife and three children, David resides in Atlanta and actively supports a number of regional non-profit organizations. 

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Shaun has over 30 years of staffing experience primarily in the Technology specialism. Prior to Hays, he worked at one of the largest staffing firms in the world where he held a number of sales and sales leadership positions.

Shaun is responsible for leading the Technology Sales business across the US with a focus on building our Temp/Contract business. His scope of leadership includes Business Development, Strategic Account Management and Account Management.

Born and raised in Tampa, Florida, Shaun currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee with his daughter.

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With 20 years of recruitment experience, Alex has managed businesses in the UK, New Zealand, Canada, and the U.S., having helped set up Hays in the latter three countries. Throughout his career, he has successfully led multi-discipline recruitment teams across various locations, specifically establishing our IT, Construction & Property, Life Sciences, Accounting & Finance, and Engineering businesses in the U.S.

Currently, Alex oversees the Construction & Property, Engineering, Accountancy & Finance, HR, and Life Sciences business streams across the U.S., with strategic oversight for our Construction & Property business in Canada.

His expertise spans both Temporary & Permanent staffing, utilizing both 360 and 180 recruitment models.

Alex graduated from Anglia University with a BA (Hons) in Business. Since 2012, he has lived in New York City with his wife and daughter. 

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Having worked for over 18 years in the recruitment and staffing industry, Bradley serves as Americas President for Enterprise Solutions.

Bradley focuses on identifying and developing talent while at the same time leveraging the Hays ‘Talent Forward’ approach to help organizations thrive. This includes leading the sales and delivery effort as well as maintaining senior client relationships to help them maintain a competitive advantage in talent acquisition utilizing Hays’ MSP, RPO, technology and modular services.

Bradley’s career has afforded him the opportunity to be an integral part of the rapid growth of the outsourced talent acquisition industry globally while serving in various capacities for a diverse clientele. Prior to re-joining Hays in March 2020, he managed Google’s technology ecosystem for its contingent workforce program.

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With nearly 20 years of IT experience in the staffing space, Salv is our Americas and Global Enterprise Solutions Technology lead. Passionate about the transformative impact of technology in enabling talented people to do great things, Salv has worked at Hays for more than 8 years, moving from our Sydney office to Tampa in 2023.

As head of our Front Office Systems, Infrastructure and Business Enabling Applications, Salv ensures our experts across the business have access to the tools they need to deliver for our clients.

When not at work, Salv can be found travelling the world with his family, notably France, where he hopes to retire one day.

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Neil is a Retired Army Officer with over 29 years of experience as a COO and CEO in cyber operations, international relations, leadership development and strategy creation. He has managed a $1.9 billion Cybersecurity budget, led a 16,500-person workforce at the U.S. Army Cyber Command and built the Army’s world-class cyber analytics lab that studied malware.

Neil leads the CISO Advisory solutions which includes helping organizations to protect their digital assets effectively to mitigate the damaging financial, reputational and operational impacts that can result from cyber attacks.

In 2016, Neil was awarded the Department of Defense's Chief Information Officer award for excellence in individual leadership and innovation, and selected by the Association of Asian Engineers as the Executive of the year 2023.

When he’s not safeguarding digital frontiers, Neil dedicates his time to the meticulous restoration of a historic building in Black Ville, where he lives with his wife and daughter.

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Travis joined Hays after holding various leadership roles elsewhere in the North American staffing industry. Initially joining Hays with a deep background in Technology, he holds extensive cross functional knowledge to provide clients with talent solutions in Financial Services, Energy, Mining, Manufacturing, Retail, and the Public Sector. 

In addition to his role as Chief Commercial Officer for the Americas, Travis is also President of our Canadian business. He has been featured in segments with BNN The Open, Fox 5 DC and other news outlets.

Travis is passionate about corporate social responsibility, avidly supports Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto, and mentors for Big Brothers Big Sisters. Outside of work, you’ll find him playing golf and spending time with his wife and two children. 

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Jessica has over 13 years of experience leading global teams across various human resource functions in tech companies like Amazon, AWS, & Meta. She has a BS in finance from Hampton University and a bilingual International MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain.

At Hays, Jess is the Chief People Officer.

Jess shares her birthplace with Elvis Presley: Tupelo, Mississippi, USA. She currently lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, Sergio, and their two kids. Fitness is one of Jess’s passions. She is a cardio dance fitness instructor in her free time and enjoys writing her blog “Leadership Lessons from Normal Life” where she finds lessons from leaders in everyday events, such as concerts, ski trips, and kid soccer games.

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Jonathan is an executive business leader with a diverse multinational background, encompassing all aspects of talent acquisition, engagement, and management. Over the past 21 years, he has undertaken a wide range of responsibilities, including strategy development and execution, sales leadership, end-to-end recruitment, people management, talent development, and corporate governance.

As President for Hays across Latin America, Jonathan is responsible for the overall strategy, leadership & direction across the region with six offices across Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Brazil.

In addition to LatAm, Jonathan is also responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership for the delivery teams across our recruiting centers throughout the US, Canada, Mexico and India.

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Sue is a two-time graduate of the University of Florida with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice and a Juris Doctor degree. She’s a Leadership Tampa Bay graduate, a member of the Association of Corporate Counsel, and has been a member of The Florida Bar for over 20 years, admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida.

With over 20 years of staffing industry experience, Sue leads the Legal & Compliance function for Hays’ North American operations.

Sue was named a Top Corporate Counsel finalist in 2015, 2018 and 2020 and received Hays U.S.’ top honor, Hays Hero, in 2020. She also served as a mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters for over a decade and currently volunteers with the Florida Bar mentorship program.

Outside of work, Sue likes to travel, spend time with her family, read and try new restaurants.

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Mirelle has held many roles in the Hays Global finance team, notably Financial Controller for the EMEA region along with several roles in Hays UK&I Finance. Most recently, she has been working as Finance Director at Frank Recruitment Group.

She supports our experienced country Finance Directors to deliver a best-in-class finance function and on building future-proof finance solutions to support our business.

Having been the Canadian Finance Director from 2019 until 2021, Mirelle brings her significant Hays Global experience, notably working with the Global Finance leadership team running ‘Project Magellan’ in 2021 and 2022.

She is an engaging, commercially minded, and thoughtful leader who is passionate about people development.

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With over a decade of experience in recruitment marketing, Laura heads up the Americas marketing team for Hays, covering US, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Chile.

With a proven track record of delivering strategic marketing programs for both our specialist recruitment business and workforce solutions division across global markets, Laura has experience across both B2B and B2C marketing, specializing in talent attraction & engagement trends and best practices.

Passionate about creating marketing experiences that engage and empower candidates and clients, she is also an avid reader and a sporadic social media poster, where she enjoys sharing her perspectives on the broad world of marketing.

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