CIMA Australasia Recruitment Panel Discussion 2021

Meet the Panelists:

Cheryl Koller – Director Conquest Group

Cheryl is the Director and founder of Conquest Recruitment Group. Her career started at University wanting to be a Mathematics teacher, having a love for Calculus. Considering future employment options and possible financial rewards, saw her take a change in direction to become a qualified Accountant. After industry-based accounting work she found she wanted to be her own boss. Since then, she has had the privilege of knowing some amazing individuals – talented, highly skilled professionals who inspired her to continue learning. Conquest Recruitment just turned 25 years old.

Geoff Balmer – Director of Richard Lloyd

Geoff has worked in Recruitment since 1998 and in 2008 he established Richard Lloyd Accounting Recruitment with David Landau. Richard Lloyd Recruitment recruits Accountants for many leading employers across commerce, financial services and the not-for-profit sector. Geoff has interviewed over 6,000 people throughout his career and has placed over 1,200 Accountants in his career from transactional positions to CFO positions. Geoff has been a regular presenter at many industry forums and has presented to ACCA, CPA and CIMA members over the last few years. Geoff regularly runs interview training workshops for clients and candidates and he is a passionate crusader to help companies hire the right people.

Oli Sanford-Scutt Oli has spent the last 13 years specialising in accounting and finance recruitment across the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Oli currently oversees the accounting & finance division at Consult Recruitment, New Zealand adding value to finance functions throughout the country.