Experience

Argyll Scott

• Hong Kong
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Associate Director - HR & Legal

  • Feb 2021 - Present

  Argyll Scott is a specialist recruitment consultancy managing permanent and temporary appointments across a wide range of functions and industries at mid to senior management levels. The opportunities we focus on vary from those in small entrepreneurial enterprises to large multinational companies across commerce and industry, professional services and financial services. Argyll Scott has specialist teams in the areas of:Accounting & Finance | Advanced Analytics & Data Science | Business Transformation | CorporateGovernance | Digital & e-Commerce | Financial Services | Human Resources | Insurance | Legal | Life Sciences | Manufacturing & Engineering | Retail Projects | Sales & Marketing | Strategy | Supply Chain & Procurement | Technology



Griffith University

• Australia
• Education Management
• 700 & Above Employee

• Full Time Study

  • Mar 2019 - Feb 2021



Monroe Consulting Group, Asia

• Division Head - Professional Services

  • Mar 2017 - Mar 2019

  Monroe Consulting Group is an executive level recruitment specialist boasting a network of offices throughout South East Asia to include Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and The Philippines. Recently we have expanded our network to include China, Chile and Mexico. Being one of SE Asia's premium Executive Search agencies, we only work with the areas most prominent and successful companies, who in turn only look for the very best candidates around. Being part of the Empresaria Group (www.empresaria.com), a company with over 150 offices in over 20 countries, we are well positioned to offer our clients and candidates the very best executive search service available. AWARD WINNINGIn the last 5 years, Monroe Consulting Group has received 22 international industry awards to include being voted Best Recruitment Company APAC 3 times and Best Overseas Operation twice and Best In House Trainer (Global Recruiter Awards). We have also been voted Best Consultancy at The Thailand Expat Awards and Best SME at the Thailand Entrepreneur Now Awards. We have also been voted one of the top 250 recruitment firms in the world by Recruitment International.



Carmichael Fisher APAC

• Principal

  • Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

  Carmichael Fisher is a retained international executive search and talent management firm with a regional and global reach. Neil is the specialist practice lead for the Legal and Governance Practice. His depth of knowledge and networks enables him to provide high level advice beyond recruitment. Neil delivers outstanding results and from there builds trusted and long term partnerships with clients and candidates.Neil's experience includes Executive Search & Selection, Leadership assessment and benchmarking, strategic talent management, market mapping and competitor intelligence.



Hudson

• Movies, Videos, and Sound
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Director - Legal, Compliance and HR

  • Jul 2013 - Dec 2015

  Working as part of the Victorian Leadership team, Neil was responsible for the Legal and HR function.Legal Neil was retained by leading organisations on senior level search assignments. He successfully placed lawyers with corporations, SMEs, Law Firms and Local government bodies. These assignments ranged from Head of Legal/General Counsel, Company Secretary, Head of Compliance and Senior Counsel roles.Neil assists clients with strategic team and lateral partner acquisitions and mergers. In addition to the top tier practices, Neil works with boutique and small-mid sized. He specialises in high calibre and difficult-to-access partners.Neil has successfully placed lawyers in Australia, New Zealand UK, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Neil has an extensive international network and has been responsible for many significant in-bound and out-bound career moves.Human ResourcesNeil successfully placed Senior Human Resources practitioners with corporations, SMEs and Local government bodies at both a domestic and global level. These assignments ranged from HR Director, Head of Recruitment, HR Managers and senior roles across Remuneration/Benefits,Talent Management .



AdventBalance

• Wellness and Fitness Services

• Head of Client Solutions, Melbourne

  • Aug 2011 - Jul 2013

  AdventBalance is not your traditional law firm. We have re-engineered the practice of law and offer a fresh, more adaptable and fixed price alternative that delivers a win-win outcome for both lawyers and clients. A firm that combines the expertise of outside counsel with the best qualities of a sophisticated in-house team. Experienced lawyers integrated with your business and operating cost effectively. At the core of our vision are highly motivated lawyers who provide high quality legal and commercial outcomes for our clients when they need them most. Despite all the talk, few firms deliver genuine innovation. With a whole new business model - we do.Neil's provided strategic legal services and workplace planning advice regarding structures of in house legal teams across a wide range of commercial sectors



Taylor Root

• Staffing and Recruiting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Associate Director - Legal, Risk & Compliance

  • Jan 2007 - Jul 2011

  As Associate Director of Legal, Neil was responsible for the creation, on going strategic, and operational activities of the In-House Legal team. Working closely with the wider management team, he was actively involved in developing Taylor Root's brand across global companies both in Melbourne and on a wider regional basis. Neil was responsible for leading his team to deliver on recruitment campaigns effectively and creatively, generating new business wins, as well as expanding the Legal brand and presence. He was a hands-on, operational leader with a vast legal network built through repeat success, strong relationship management and delivery.Neil's team covered both In-House Legal and Compliance/Governance recruitment. Neil's practice regularly worked on contingent and retained roles across a number of sectors from FMCG, Retail, Pharmaceuticals, Technology/E-commerce, Media and Telecommunications to Energy and Infrastructure and Financial Services.



Mahlab

• Australia
• Executive Search Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Consultant

  • Apr 2002 - Jul 2007