Mark Matehaere - Director
Mark is a Director and co-founder of Ellington Savage whose executive recruitment career spans more than twenty years, with a strong focus on the financial services sector. Prior to his recruitment career, Mark completed his Bachelor of Laws and MBA at the University of Otago in New Zealand before initial roles in sales and marketing in the manufacturing, travel and media sectors. Mark remains actively invloved in the completion of senior and complex search assignments for clients across a range of industries.

Paul Hannaford - Director
Paul is a Director of Ellington Savage and one of its two founders. Paul has over 20 years of recruitment experience, more than 17 of them with Ellington Savage. He concentrates on the more senior and complex assignments for clients in a diverse portfolio, typically using executive search, and manages a number of key client relationships. Prior to moving into recruitment, Paul served ten years in the finance sector, latterly in human resources.

Matthew Roome - Senior Consultant
Matthew has been a senior consultant with Ellington Savage since 2007, having previously been Head of Research for the business for more than seven years. Matthew has worked across the full range of assignments we have undertaken in that time, gaining exposure to an array of industries and disciplines. Prior to joining Ellington Savage Matthew was working with another Sydney-based recruiter, where he established a contact centre recruitment business. He started his career in direct marketing and contact centres in the United Kingdom before relocating to Sydney.

Matthew holds an Upper Second Class Honours in History & Political Science from the University of York, UK.

Amelia Arena - Senior Consultant
Amelia is a consultant within Ellington Savage. Since joining in 2006, Amelia has focused on Financial Services and she has led a number of successful appointments across a variety of disciplines including Sales, HR, Technology and Risk. Amelia commenced her career in the recruitment industry with a listed recruitment company as a consultant within the Banking and Finance practice. Prior to her career in recruitment, Amelia worked as an Analyst with ANZ’s Institutional Bank.

Amelia holds a Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology, Sydney.

Ellie Cantrell - Senior Consultant
Ellie has been working in recruitment since 2002 and has been recruiting in Sydney since 2007.  Before joining Ellington Savage, Ellie worked for a leading professional recruitment consultancy specialising in the property industry and built environment.  She has acted for a diverse range of clients including developers, investors, institutions, property companies, funds, banks and consultancies - indeed any organisation that occupies, owns, develops, finances or advises on property and construction.  Ellie has specialist technical expertise and has placed many senior level candidates in both the UK and Australasia.

Ellie joined Ellington Savage in early 2009 to add value to their already well established client base and provide them an international search function within the built environment, property and engineering disciplines for both existing and new clients. 

Sinead O'Neill - Senior Consultant
Sinead has been recruiting in the NSW built environment industry since 2005 and has a BA in Accountancy and Human Resource Management from Ireland. She has worked with a range of multinational, local private and public sector entities to deliver strategic recruitment solutions across projects and divisions of various sizes and disciplines. Sinead’s approach to delivering these recruitment solutions has earned her a strong network base and a highly regarded reputation among professionals in the local and wider built environment industry.

Sinead joined Ellington Savage in 2010 to further develop the success of the built environment team and to provide a wider selection of search solutions to clients on a national and international platform.

Sharon Barrera - Research
Sharon joined Ellington Savage in 2010 to add further depth to our research division. She brought more than a decade of experience in research across a broad range of industries. With an early focus in the property arena, Sharon then stepped into management consulting - rising to manage this capability for the Asia-Pacific region for a prominent global firm, and requiring coverage of both domestic and international markets.

Joe Lyons - Research
Joe joined the Ellington Savage Group early in 2008 after relocating from the UK. With a background in marketing, Joe brought an ideal skill set for research and also had the advantage of exposure to a variety of industries and sectors. A member of the Sydney-based research team, Joe plays a vital role supporting both the domestic and international elements to our search work, though his primary focus is on the identification and profiling of candidates in Australia and New Zealand.