1. Focus Knowledge Partnership
Ellington Savage was founded in 1993 to
focus on solving the senior and complex
recruitment needs of sophisticated
clients. Now celebrating two decades of
growth in reach and reputation, we have
evolved to become a group of recruitment
practices serving clients more broadly.
While Ellington Savage lends its name to
the Group, our practices are branded
separately so that target markets can
more easily identify with their areas of
focus.
Collectively, we can resolve your
recruitment needs from executive level
right through to mid-management and
office administration roles. And all within
the context of one client-focused
relationship.
We look forward to working with you.
E L L I N G TO N S AVAG E G R O U P
Level 3, 2 Barrack Street Sydney NSW 2000
+612 8234 0200
mail@ellingtonsavage.com
www.ellingtonsavage.com

2. The Ellington Savage Group operates an integrated recruitment model
through specialised practices. We serve the same clients with equal passion
and commitment. Founded as a specialist recruiter to financial services, this
sector remains our long suit, although we now consult to a much broader
range of industries. Across our practices we share intelligence, resources
and infrastructure and have a disciplined approach to account
management.
What binds us is an unshakeable commitment to professional conduct and
excellence of service. Honesty, trust and commitment are the foundations to
our business partnerships. The careful construction of our client portfolio is
designed to minimise any potential for conflict of interest. It also means that
our success depends upon growing and retaining key clients and this focus
shows in everything that we do.
Our practices in overview:
Ellington Savage is an executive search firm serving clients’ senior
recruitment needs. Operationally agile, we partner with a select portfolio of
companies to resolve their executive recruitment needs across an incredibly
diverse range of disciplines.
ESperille is a mezzanine level recruitment organisation offering permanent,
temporary and contract recruitment services. The practice operates across
all core corporate disciplines and provides valuable support at mid
management tiers.
EScalibre focuses on the recruitment of EA’s, PA’s, Office Managers and
related administration functions for both permanent and contract roles.
“Our clients enjoy relationships where they have our clear focus, rather than
being lost among a number of competing options...”

3. Ellington Savage Group is included on the panels of prestigious
organisations because we provide expertise and service that augment the
services of more mainstream recruiters. Some include us because of our
proven track record in completing difficult or specialised assignments;
others simply choose to work with an organisation that believes in
partnerships and operates accordingly.
Our People
We attract and retain experienced, knowledgeable and mature consultants
with proven track records. No recruitment company can be better than the
people delivering the service, and we have some of the best in the business.
Our people are capable of understanding, interpreting and delivering on a
brief – not simply submitting resumes. And with our high staff retention
rate, the understanding and intelligence acquired remains with the
business.
Mark Matehaere is Executive Director and
co-founder of Ellington Savage Group whose
executive recruitment career spans more than
twenty five years. 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 involved in the completion of
senior and complex search assignments for clients
across a range of industries.
Paul Hannaford is Executive Director of Ellington
Savage Group and one of its two founders. Paul has
over twenty four years of recruitment experience,
nearly twenty of them with Ellington Savage. Like
Mark, he takes umbrella responsibility for the
operation of the business. As a recruiter, he
concentrates on senior 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, most recently in human
resources.

4. TEAM AND PRACTICE LEADERS
Matthew Roome has been a senior consultant with
Ellington Savage Executive Search since 2007, having
previously been Head of Research for more than seven
years. Matthew has worked across the full range of
assignments undertaken in that time, gaining exposure to
an array of industries and disciplines. Prior to joining
Ellington Savage, Matthew worked with another
Sydney-based recruiter to establish a contact centre
recruitment business.
Matthew started his career in direct marketing and contact centres in the
United Kingdom before relocating to Sydney. He holds an Upper Second Class
Honours Degree in History & Political Science from the University of York, UK.
Gareth Jones joined us in 2009, bringing with him a decade
of recruitment experience from the UK and Australia. Prior
to relocating to Australia in 2005, Gareth spent five years
honing his consulting skills in London where he built highly
successful relationships with a number of top tier
organisations. He worked a further four years recruiting
senior professionals within the Sydney finance market
before joining ESperille to strengthen the reach and
capability of our permanent team.
Gareth has risen to become manager of ESperille’s permanent recruitment
team.
Lisa Macbeth joined ESperille in 2011 and now leads its
contracting team. Originally from Scotland, Lisa is now an
experienced recruiter within the local financial services
market. Since 2007 she has partnered with tier-one local
and international banks, wealth management and
insurance companies to resolve a range of recruitment
issues, but with some focus on roles in Accounting &
Finance and Marketing & Communications.
Before moving into recruitment, Lisa had an extensive
career in sales. She holds a BA (Hons) in Business & Management, specialising
in Marketing.

5. Breda Holden joined the Ellington Savage Group as Office
Manager in 2002 and took up her current role leading our
EA and Office Support recruitment practice (EScalibre) in
2004. With a Diploma in Legal Studies in Ireland, Breda
worked for a time as a legal secretary before moving to
London where she undertook a Diploma in Secretarial
Studies and a Teachers' Diploma - ultimately becoming a
Secretarial Instructor in England and Ireland.
Breda moved to Sydney in 1993 and worked as an Executive
Assistant in the finance industry and as Office Manager with an
Olympics-related marketing initiative. Equipped with her first-hand
knowledge as an Executive Assistant and Office Manager, Breda brings
credibility and insight to this specialised area of professional recruitment.
Sara Marshall is Head of Research for Ellington Savage and
drives the management and delivery of intelligence that
underpins every executive search assignment. She
presently leads a team of three professionals in this critical
foundation to our capabilities.
Sara joined the Ellington Savage Group in 2000 and has
been managing our research function since 2010. She has
worked across a wide range of projects and disciplines
within Australia and internationally, as a Consultant and
Researcher. Before moving to Australia Sara gained over 10
years recruitment and training experience in London, working for both a
leading recruitment company and a US investment bank where she ran the
European graduate recruitment and training programmes.
Sara has a MA Hons in History and Modern Languages from the University of
Oxford.
ELLINGTON SAVAGE GROUP