ABOUT US

Tony Hall – Founder and Managing Director

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Navigator Consulting has a clear vision to help recruitment leaders and their staff to maximise the enjoyment and performance of their business so that they can provide outstanding recruitment services to clients and candidates.

 

Navigator's services help recruitment leaders with clarity and focus to maximise business performance and a practical succession or exit plan. 

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Founded in 1998, Tony brings diverse industry experience and a range of high-level management skills to head up the team at recruitment industry specialist Navigator Consulting.  His academic qualifications include a B.Ec (Acct), MBA and former CPA.

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Previously a senior management consultant at EY, Tony has sat on many boards, published several books and reports, speaks at conferences in Australia and overseas and is a well-known recruitment industry specialist. For seven years he researched and published the detailed annual Recruitment Industry Performance Report which provided firms with valuable benchmarks and date to achieve industry leadership. He also produced Best Practice Certification which prescribes actions to enable firms firms to stand out as the very best in the highly competitive recruitment industry.

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Tony draws on his 30 years in recruitment, research, senior sales, marketing and business analysis to oversee strategic planning, business development and research for Australia’s leading management consulting service to the recruitment industry.

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He has previously worked as a General Manager at IT People sold to Hudson Group and was an owner and director of Parker Bridge Australia acquired by Candle Australia in 2005. Tony also led the team at Experis ($100M professional and technical division of ManpowerGroup) and was CEO of leading Digital Recruitment firm S2M in Sydney and Melbourne.

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Tony now combines his 23+ years of owning, leading and consulting to recruitment companies of all sizes with a focus on monthly Advisory Boards for improvement and growth, The Recruitment Business Accelerator Progam for SME's looking for strong performance and the monthly Captain's Table forum which share value marketing intelligence. 

 

Navigator Consulting’s Services:

• Advisory Boards

• Succession and Exit Strategy Advice

• Captain’s Table Leaders Forum

• Recruitment Business Accelerator Program

• Best Practice Certification

• Client, Candidate and Staff Surveys

• Conference Keynote Speaking

• Recruitment Industry Research & Publishing

• Offshore resourcing advice to assist with faster local expansion

• Recruitment firm growth consulting

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Other Navigator Alliance Partners

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Maya Davis – CForce Global Alliance Partner

Maya has been in recruitment for over 10 years starting out as a sourcing specialist for US-based recruitment agencies.

During her career Maya has managed 2 international recruitment agencies in the Philippines, where she was hands-on in sourcing candidates and building client relationships. After migrating to Australia, she joined Melbourne-based recruitment agencies, assisting the top billers to source the best talent via targeted market mapping, database searching, networking, and headhunting.

Maya’s Specialisations:

• International & Local Candidate Sourcing

• Talent Market Mapping & Candidate Selection

• Candidate Development & Management

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Matt Fink – Director Of Marketing and Research

Former Head Of Marketing at US stationery giant Staples. Directs all Navigator's events marketing, technology innovation and research.

 

David Irwin – Head Of Research

Manages Navigator’s client and candidate research and product development research.

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We are also grateful for the ongoing Captain's Table support from DigitPro, William Buck, APositive, JobAdder and Ayers Group.

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