We have outstanding people

Meet our team

We are a people business. That means we take just as much care recruiting our own people as helping you recruit and employ yours.

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Nathan Ward

CEO
Nathan has overseen our growth as a successful global business. He leads on our strategic direction and operational management and on building and maintaining our positive, collaborative culture. He enjoys travelling around Europe in his motorhome.

Mark Cunliffe

Group Finance Director
With experience in both fast-paced SME businesses and PLC finance, Mark brings a wealth of experience to managing our group finances. Outside work, he enjoys family time and eclectic music – from Adele to Shania Twain.

Simon Duff

Director
Simon has overseen the global growth of our contract recruitment and expansion service lines. Outside work, he enjoys experimenting with cooking international dishes.

Ben Harden

Director
With 19 years’ experience helping to build our workforce management solution, Ben delivers compliant contractor solutions across multiple continents. When he’s not keeping over 500 global contractors happy, he enjoys kickboxing and running.

Sean Traynor

IT and Data Director
Sean takes care of all things IT at Leap29, focusing on cyber security and compliance and making sure that the data we hold is safe. Unsurprisingly maybe, he unwinds by playing video games.

Andrea Mason

Head of People & Talent
Andrea advises on all people-related matters, coaching our leaders and creating strategies to nurture talent so we maintain our high performance culture. She enjoys new challenges too – from skydiving to learning how to surf.

Leanne Gilson-McGrath

Marketing Manager
Leanne has played a key role in shaping our brand presence and outreach strategies. She oversees our marketing initiatives, making sure they’re aligned with our business aims. She loves taking photos of her foreign travels.

Rory Adamson

Director, Global Solutions
Rory helps our clients develop the best expansion solution for each country, drawing on senior management roles at PwC, BDO, Lloyds Banking Group and ED & F Man. Outside work, he bakes bread and directs plays.

Tony Birdwell

VP of Sales
Tony develops new business for our Expansion solutions, drawing on a proven track record in mentoring teams. When he’s not growing client relationships, you’ll find him grilling up a storm or cheering on the Detroit Lions.

Maguelone Toulet

Client Success Manager
With 20 years’ experience in managing client relationships, Maguelone loves supporting clients in their global expansion journey. When she’s not lightening the load of employing talent abroad, you’ll find her outside with her partner and dogs.

Samera Dewan

Director
With 16 years’ dedicated experience in engineering recruitment, Samera leads our specialist team in this dynamic sector, while also juggling the demands of a busy family life. Outside work, she enjoys international cuisines.

Rob Day

Director
Rob heads one of our recruitment teams, supporting our biggest clients and also leading the smooth running of our workforce management solution. Outside of work, he’s a big Man Utd fan—but don't hold that against him!

Rob Byrom

Senior Associate Director
Rob oversees our renewable energy and power recruitment team, and brings a wealth of global experience, delivering on mandates from manager and project level roles to Director and executive-level hires. He’s also a keen international traveller.

Ben Quinn

Head of Tech Recruitment
Ben leads our specialist tech recruiters, focusing on skillsets in digital and development; cloud and infrastructure; cyber security; and data and analytics. He also finds time for fishing and is a sponsored Carp Angler.