Helen Lovering

I am a motivated and collaborative people leader who is genuinely passionate about the space that myself and my team work within. My goal is to support, encourage and inspire happy and motivated teams who are also the highest performing Transformation and Technology teams in the Asia Pacific region.

Specialist Area

Myself and the team specialise in working in partnership with key clients and business professionals within the IT & Business Transformation and Technology spaces.

My Advice

Be honest, be intuitive and be thorough. Take time to prepare and plan. Ensure you are able to explain your CV and experience in detail, clients will want to know what specific projects you have worked on / been involved in and at what point of the project you became involved. They will also want to know what you have been responsible for delivering and how you deal with challenging stakeholders. It is also important for you to ask questions to understand that it is a piece of work that you will enjoy working on and to ensure there are no hidden surprises when you start the role.

My Background

I have approaching 20 years’ experience working within Financial Services, making this an area of expertise and something that I am still extremely passionate about...geeky I know!

I pride myself on forming and maintaining strong client and candidate relationships and am proud to be one of the top suppliers to a number of different organisations, which sit in Financial Services, as well as Commerce & Industry.

I have been part of the Transformation team since 2014 and have worked across all roles types predominantly in the Financial Services space. Within the team we have specialist Consultants working across Program & Project Delivery, Business Analysis and Change Management. In October 2019 myself and Jonty Plewes, whom I run the divisions with, also took up the joint leadership of the Technology team where we specialise in Developers / Software Engineers and IT Leadership roles. This is an exciting new challenge for us which has seen us grow and develop the team. Aside from recruitment delivery, a key strength of mine and Jontys’ is growing and developing teams, we find people are most successful when they specialise in niche verticals and become experts in their domain.

I also enjoy travelling and experiencing different cultures, which has driven me to work in the London, Singapore and Sydney markets.
I am passionate about the environment and ‘giving back’ so am part of the MMK CSR team, currently we are partnering with Dignity https://dignity.org.au/ and run various events throughout the year to raise money for this great cause.