Executive Team

Paul Barbaro

Executive General Manager - Alliance

Paul Barbaro has over 15 years’ recruitment experience and is Executive General Manager of the Alliance division of Clarius Group.

Paul was responsible for the integration of the Alliance Business Support, Parker Bridge and Freeman Adams divisions into the national Alliance division during 2006. He has overseen growth within the newly formed business since this integration.

Prior to Clarius, Paul spent 5 years as the National Sales Manager for Adecco Australia where he was responsible for the management of a team of sales professionals and the acquisition of numerous large scale accounts both in Australia and the Asia Pacific Region. He grew sales by more than 23% each year and grew the team from 3 people to 15 people throughout Asia.

His operational management experience includes being Regional Director of Ajilon Professional Staffing and Jonathan Wren for 5 years, divisions of the worldwide Adecco Group. He was responsible for the Financial, Accounting and Administrative Recruitment practices and achieving annual sales and profits growth of over 15%. He also grew the number of offices throughout Australia to include both regional and further capital city operations.

Paul holds degrees in Education, Psychology and Business.

Alf Chown

Executive General Manager – Lloyd Morgan Asia

Alfred Chown is the Executive General Manager for Lloyd Morgan Asia.

Alf established executive recruitment firm E.L Consult Hong Kong Ltd in 1988 and oversaw its development as one of Asia’s largest recruitment companies through to its recent merger with Lloyd Morgan.

With extensive business experience across a wide spectrum of industries, Alf is especially well-versed in manufacturing, having also founded Dulhunty Engineering Ltd, a manufacturer of transmission and distribution line hardware used in the electricity supply industry.

Alf is a former Chairman of the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and former Member of the Professional Services Committee of the Coalition of Service Industries. In 1994, he was involved in drawing up the Code of Ethics and Operating Guidelines for the Executive Search Industry of Hong Kong on behalf of the Coalition.

Alf currently sits on the board of Dulhunty Power Ltd and is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors. Alf holds a Bachelor of Economics from Australia’s Monash University.

David Marshall

Chief Financial Officer

David Marshall has over 20 years’ financial experience and is the Chief Financial Officer for the Clarius Group. As CFO, David has full responsibility for the financial strategy and reporting, treasury, legal, commercial and risk management, IT and the business systems development of the Group. Immediately prior to joining the Clarius Group, David was CFO for Mincom Limited, Australia’s largest developer and exporter of commercial software, during a period of unprecedented organic global growth and record profit achievements. These included a number of technology related acquisitions from various regions around the globe culminating in Mincom Limited being wholly acquired by a US based IT private equity firm.

David has extensive experience as a Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of Australian ASX-listed, high-growth, technology-based companies which involved corporate transactions such as mergers, acquisitions and initial public offerings. David holds a Bachelor of Economics from Macquarie University and is a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.

Kym Quick

Executive General Manager - People, FutureForce and Acquisitions
Acting Executive General Manager - Candle ICT and The One Umbrella

Kym Quick has over 11 years in the recruitment industry and is Executive General Manager - People, FutureForce and Acquisitions and Acting Executive General Manager - Candle ICT and The One Umbrella . She has responsibility for the integration and development of new and future acquisitions within the Group.

Prior to recruitment, Kym was an accountant with KPMG and subsequently Ansett and Rothmans of Pall Mall. She began her recruitment career specialising in the recruitment of professional accounting staff. Kym then joined two former colleagues in their own business which went on to become Alliance Recruitment. Kym was active in the dramatic organic growth of the Alliance business in Melbourne working in both the temporary and permanent business support and professional accounting markets.

Kym has worked with the Clarius Group since 2001 when she joined as part of the acquisition of the Alliance business. In June 2005 Kym was appointed as National Manager of the Alliance business and responsible for the merging of Workskills Professionals and Premier Personnel into the Alliance brand.

Greg Smith

Executive General Manager  – Lloyd Morgan Australia

Greg has over 8 years strategic Human Resources Consulting experience and over 18 years senior management experience, combined with a powerful track record in leading business turnarounds and delivering sustainable profitable growth.

Prior to joining Lloyd Morgan Greg held several senior management positions with Hudson Global Resources including Director, Consumer Sector Australia and Australasian Practice Manager, Assessment and Development where he led numerous large scale projects involving recruitment and assessment. During this time Greg revitalised key lines of business and delivered strong organic revenue and profit growth across Hudson’s executive and non-executive recruitment and talent management practices.

Greg held a number of senior executive appointments within AMCOR Ltd and North Ltd including Chief Executive and Group General Manager, AMCOR Merchanting and Trading. In this role, Greg successfully led major organisational change that delivered significant market share, revenue and profit growth in a highly competitive environment through the implementation of innovative organisation and channel management strategies.

Greg holds a Master of Career Development together with tertiary qualifications in Marketing. Greg is also an academic staff member and unit coordinator of Advanced Career Studies at ECU.