MEET THE TEAM
GREG WRIGHT
MANAGING PARTNER
A foodie through and through. If he's not finding great talent, he's in the kitchen cooking up a storm. 10+ years experience in talent acquisition across the Middle East, UK and Australia. Passionate about adding value to the industry as a whole and sharing insight to support the future of food.
ZEINA KARRIT
SENIOR CONSULTANT
Arabic speaker with 6+ years executive search experience and proven track record delivering commercial and technical projects across the MENA region. Full of energy, drive and has a passion for food. Enjoys writing, traveling and when she's not finding great talent she's playing PlayStation!
BARBARA MEDER
CONSULTANT
A techie by nature and a foodie at heart. She has more than 10 years of recruitment experience.
After relocating to Dubai 5 years ago, she discovered her love for food and started exploring different flavours and cuisines that this region has to offer.
She’s into E-sports, cooking, documentaries and plays Dota 2 on her free time.
LUKE TRUIN
MANAGING PARTNER
Loves finding top industry talent great career opportunities. If he wasn’t in the talent solutions industry, he would most likely be a burger taster. 10+ years of experience representing food and beverage professionals globally. Beginner level Arabic speaker that's visited Saudi Arabia 53 times and counting.
EMMA BEDFORD
TALENT ACQUISITION SPECIALIST
Previous regular visitor to the Middle East and took the plunge to relocate permanently 2 years ago. Has a love of matching skills and talents to career opportunities so people can be at their best. Being from the North of England has great empathy, a sense of humour and a love of more than fish and chips!
SARAH KABBARAH
RPO ACCOUNT MANAGER
A yogi with a passion to help people find their next opportunity to grow.
8 years of HR and recruitment experience across the Middle East and Australia and experienced in both in-house and agency recruitment across various industries.
Multilingual “ English, French and Arabic”.
GINA PADILLA
RPO RESEARCHER
Gina has 15+ years experience in recruitment and talent acquisition in both technical and non-technical across different industries. She is new to F&B but loves it already!
Massively likes burgers and fries, loves to cross-stitching, playing Farmville and has a cat called Sean.