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Meet The Team

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Meet The Team

Julie Robinson

Managing Director

Jenny Finch

Managing Director

Looba Pirasteh

Director – USA & Canada

Deborah Whelan-Payne

Senior Recruitment Manager

Rick Coluccio

Bilingual Business Development Director

Emma Middlehurst

Marketing and Recruitment Consultant

Renee North

Recruiter

Looba Pirasteh

Director – USA & Canada

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With extensive experience in Talent Acquisition and Leadership, Looba has always had a passion and knack for encouraging strategic thinking, growth and development. She has built a reputation of being a strategic visionary and committed to driving a vision to completion. She believes in advocating for who an individual is and being a champion for who they can become, because after all, it is people who are the heart of a company’s success!

Rick Coluccio

Bilingual Business Development Director

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Rick has 6 years of Canadian staffing experience that he brings to Raymond George and now supports the US market, using his account management and candidate attraction experience to delight both customers and candidates. Fun fact, he is fluent in Canadian French and happily speaks very poor Italian.

Renee North

Recruiter

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Renee comes to Raymond George from experiences in suburban video stores, customer service across many verticals, rock n’roll bands, and a dedication to fabulous boots. She loves cooking, art, and drinking mimosas with breakfast because we all deserve a daily celebration.

Emma Middlehurst

Marketing and Recruitment Consultant

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Emma combines her experience in staffing & digital marketing to ensure our team is well-connected with the ever growing RGC network. She often collaborates from various corners of the world, due to her love of travel. As a STEM graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science & a Diploma in Accounting, Emma appreciates the opportunity to flex her more creative side and is always keen to find the best ways to connect great people with great roles. When she’s not on LinkedIn or Canva, you can find Emma playing field hockey, knitting, or brunching with friends.
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Deborah Whelan-Payne

Senior Recruitment Manager

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Debs is known as an expert in digital, social, and mobile recruiting. With over three decades of experience, she has recruited and led teams for leading international and domestic staffing agencies and corporate recruiting practices. Deborah is proud of her career but she is most proud of the positive impact she has made on job seekers and business’. This is what drives Deborah when she partners with her clients.

Julie Robinson

Managing Director

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Julie has been in the recruitment industry her whole career. She started as a temps consultant, and then has progressed through the ranks, to the level of Regional Director for an international creative recruitment agency. She has been responsible for multi millions in terms of revenues and profits, and has managed successful teams in UK, Canada and US. Julie brings with her a wealth of recruitment experience, someone that can see the wood through the trees and has an engaging and fun personality. She’s excited to launch and build the North American team after successfully building the UK business with Jenny. Julie is based in Toronto, Canada.

Jenny Finch

Managing Director

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Jenny brings to the table a wealth of recruitment experience, and is known most importantly for her positivity, honesty and upbeat disposition. During her recruitment career, she has successfully run multiple profitable business units across a variety of different sectors, as well as expanding her responsibilities when opening new business locations. Jenny knows what to look for from a candidate, she understands the huge impact on the person, the team and business of a poor hiring decision. She gets it, and has been in your shoes many times while building her own recruitment teams. She has hired, trained and developed many consultants to become highly performing team members.