The Team at Sports Recruitment International

Our Team

Our London Team

Will Banbury

Will has been with Sports Recruitment International since 2005. Since joining, he set up and developed our leading Broadcast and New Media division as well as overseeing the development of SRI throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
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Paul Barker

Paul joined Sports Recruitment Group in February 2013. He currently works in the London Agency Division sourcing and placing mid-level candidates across a variety of roles in sponsorship, marketing, PR and hospitality.
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Jim Chaplin

Jim heads up Sport Recruitment International’s professional services division, working on appointments in the legal, financial, human resources and information technology areas.
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Paul Chidley

Paul joined Sports Recruitment International in 2011 and currently looks after the Agency division as well as sourcing PR andCommunications candidates across multiple sectors. His focus lies in placing mid-level candidates into events, hospitality, marketing and sponsorship roles.
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Ed Foster

Ed joined Sports Recruitment Group in early 2013 focusing on mid-senior level management assignments with UK clubs, federations and governing bodies.
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Jo Gardener

Jo joined Sports Recruitment Group in early 2013, after graduating from Loughborough University with 1st Class Sports degree. She specialises in attracting and assessing recent graduates, as well as promoting our online service.
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Chris Jordan

Chris became part of the Sports Recruitment International team in 2010 having spent the last 5 years working within the recruitment industry for both a leading international recruitment consultancy and an executive search agency.

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Chris King

Chris co-founded Sports Recruitment International in early 2001 and has managed a wide and diverse selection of assignments for clients in the sports business.
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Alistair Milner

Alistair Milner joined Sports Recruitment in March 2010 working within the Public Sport Sector, managing senior appointments across elite performance and participation.
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Kevin O'Reilly

Kevin O’Reilly joined SR Group in August 2012 to strengthen the Group's core sports execution capabilities, with a specific focus on the development of the betting and gaming practice.
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Michael Squires

Michael has been an executive search consultant since 1982; he has personally led well over 300 senior executive search assignments across most sectors, industries and functions. He was an early pioneer of executive search specifically in the sports industry.
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Our Switzerland Team

Patrick Albrecht

Patrick joined Sports Recruitment International in 2012 having spent 10 years in the recruitment industry in Switzerland and Australia. He is in charge of our activities in Switzerland, Germany and Austria and based in our Lausanne office.
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Michael Platen

Michael joined Sports Recruitment International in July 2010 and runs our Lausanne offices, managing all level appointments through the region and worldwide.
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Martin Schoenenweid

Based in our Lausanne office, Martin assists with all search assignments for Rights Holders, Agencies and the Sporting Goods Industry.
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Our Singapore Team

Bob Gattie

With previous experience in the U.K., the US, Europe and West Africa, Bob has been in Singapore since 1989 and now has more than thirty years experience in senior level retained executive search.
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Helen Soulsby

With 15+ years experience across sport and recruitment, Helen is well placed to lead the team in Asia. Early in her career she held sport marketing and product development roles at adidas in the UK.
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Zhang Ting

Zhang Ting joined Sports Recruitment International’s Singapore Office towards the end of 2010, joining as a Research Associate. She assists with all search assignments and administrative functions for this regional office.
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Our Australia Team

Patrick Boyd

After overseeing the redevelopment and launch of sportsrecruitment.com and m.sportsrecruitment.com, and managing SR Group's digital marketing, communications and partnerships, Patrick now operates as a specialist contractor to the Group, overseeing social media and various web-based projects.
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Tyrone Burnet

Tyrone is responsible for providing support to the Australia & New Zealand business across all facets of SR Group; SR Partners, Sports Recruitment International and SR Digital.
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Jonathan Harris

Jonathan Harris was appointed to run the Sports Recruitment International Australasian practice based in Sydney which commenced operation at the end of 2009. He has over 13 years experience in Search and Selection.
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Josie Lahey

After spending 10 years working in Australia, Josie moved to London and joined Sports Recruitment International in 2008 to concentrate on recruiting across the sporting goods industry.
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