Profiler Recruitment People


Lynne Payne | Director

Bachelor of Arts University of Adelaide
Post Grad Dip Public Relations RMIT
Post Grad Dip Marketing Monash University

Profiler Recruitment was established in 2005 and is owned by Director Lynne Payne.

Lynne has held Marketing and Public Relations management positions across financial services, professional services, consulting and advertising companies before working as a Senior Recruitment Consultant and Account Manager for a series of global recruitment organisations. Post graduate qualified in marketing and public relations, as well as a member of the Public Relations Institute of Australia, Lynne has extensive ‘hands on’ experience in delivering successful marketing and public relations strategies working with SME’s and multinational corporations across press, web, television and radio.

Passionate about Getting People Noticed using her skills in marketing and public relations Lynne enjoys promoting people so they can enjoy the career they deserve. Lynne has taken personal delight over the years in seeing the candidates she has placed to go on to take on new challenges and grow with the organisations they have joined.

Profiler Recruitment is supported by a fantastic team of Consultants and Administration Support staff working nationally with consultants in Sydney, Melbourne and all major capital cities across Asia including Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Vietnam and Jakarta.

Em. lynne@profilerrecruitment.com


Chris Savides | Principal IT Division

Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) University of Melbourne
Certificate of Landscape Design Burnley College.

Christine is Principal of the IT Division of Profiler Recruitment Melbourne.

With over 20 years experience in the IT industry in roles which include IT Project Management, IT and Management Consulting, Resourcing and Recruitment, Account Management, Outsourcing, Project Office Delivery and System Delivery Practice Management.

During her career, Christine has worked in the Business and IT units of major organisations including ANZ, State Government, Transport Accident Commission, National Australia Bank, Fujitsu Australia, DMR Consulting, Telstra and Utilities.

Christine is a qualified auditor in Quality Management Systems to AS3901 and has successfully conducted Internal Audits on several projects. Chris has a reputation for the successful delivery of projects for major stakeholders on time and on budgets always!

Her resourcing of large scale projects, bringing teams together and liaising at Board and senior management level will ensure your strategic needs are understood through building strong relationships. It is her range of experience that will fast track delivery of our service.

Em. chris@profilerrecruitment.com


Alison Maidment | Director

Bachelor of Education London University

Alison is both joint owner and senior consultant for Profiler Recruitment Sydney. With extensive experience in search and selection and recruitment outsourcing Alison’s expertise spans the UK and Europe and for the last eight years the Australasian market place. She has established and led specialist HR recruitment businesses in both London and Sydney and has successfully delivered senior assignments with clients across a broad range of industries. Previous assignments have included:

  • General Manager Human Resources for world renowned Racing organization
  • Human Resources Director, Asia Pacific for technology software and solutions business
  • Talent Acquisition Director for global hardware and services business
  • Organisational Development Practice Partner for Australian management consulting firm
  • Head of Solution Services for major telecommunications and systems integration organization
  • General Manager for CRM software sales organisation

Before moving into a career in executive search Alison spent 6 years working in HR Management for a large retail organization in the UK. She also has a passion for helping create sustainable businesses through the placement of HR leaders who will positively impact the business they partner with. Alison is also on the board of a Sydney based not-for-profit Caretakers Cottage and a committee member for 4Change a new political party whose focus is on developing a sustainable Australia. She also regularly speaks at HR and other industry forums, supports a number of “women in business” initiatives and is a self confessed rugby union “tragic”. A Mum and half marathon runner are also other balls she juggles!

Em. alison@profilerrecruitment.com


Libby Williamson | Senior Consultant

Bachelor of Science University of Melbourne
Post Graduate Diploma of Marketing Monash University

Libby Williamson is a qualified marketing professional and senior recruitment consultant with over 15 years corporate marketing experience within financial services (AXA & GE Capital), telecommunications (Telstra) and health (Mayne) and over six years experience in recruitment at Morgan & Banks and Profiler Recruitment.  Libby has skills and expertise in strategic marketing planning and implementation, executive recruitment and selection, business development, loyalty marketing, reward and recognition and employee benefits program development, public relations and national/international event management.  She has a Bachelor of Science, with a major in Psychology, and a Post Graduate Diploma of Marketing.

Em. libby@profilerrecruitment.com


Celeste Brack | Senior Consultant

Bachelor of Arts Deakin University
Post Graduate Diploma Management Studies
The Robert Gordon University (UK)

Celeste Brack joins Profiler Recruitment with over ten years experience as a Recruitment Specialist.

With expertise in both the corporate sector (WMC Resources, SKM, BHP Billiton) and consulting roles for global and national agencies. Celeste brings highly developed Account Management skills and a flexible approach. Her background includes the recruitment of middle to senior level corporate roles across a range of discipline areas as well as extensive work on remote mine sites within the mining & resources sector.

Celeste has previously held Consulting roles specialising in Human Resources recruitment across the permanent and contract markets. Her particular strengths and experience include Executive Recruitment, Strategic Resourcing, Talent Pool Management, Recruitment Start-up, and Graduate Recruitment campaigns.

Em. celeste@profilerrecruitment.com