Lee Fox

• Appointed to lead group-wide transformation across recruitment operations, people
performance and delivery governance, supporting international growth and commercial
performance
• Lead multi-country recruitment operations across sourcing, screening, interview
coordination, processing and deployment
• Drive recruiter productivity, delivery quality and operational efficiency through KPI-led
governance, SOPs and performance frameworks (20-30% productivity uplift)
• Designed and implemented real-time recruitment performance dashboards and balanced
scorecards for leadership visibility
• Align recruitment delivery with live job orders, client timelines and commercial priorities in
partnership with BD and Operations leaders
• Built performance-linked incentive and commission structures aligned to quality,
conversion and successful deployment
• Standardised recruitment and performance processes across 16 offices, improving
consistency, scalability and risk control
• Act as senior escalation point for delivery risk, underperformance and client-critical issues
• Coach and develop recruitment leaders, embedding a high-performance, results-driven
culture

• Led enterprise-wide Talent Acquisition for a high-growth, multi-brand organisation,
working closely with the CEO and Board.
• Built and scaled a best-in-class TA function, introducing structured governance, KPIs and
digital workflows
• Designed and implemented end-to-end requisition, approval and offer processes, reducing
time-to-hire by 20-25%
• Delivered large-scale hiring, onboarding 500+ operational and corporate employees in Q4
2023
• Owned all senior and business-critical hires, acting as trusted advisor to executive
leadership
• Re-engineered onboarding and candidate experience, streamlining documentation and
accelerating readiness
• Launched employee referral programme, reducing agency reliance and improving pipeline
quality

• Engaged by a European organisation to support regional talent initiatives, including talent
mapping, succession planning and senior leadership hiring.
• Delivered talent mapping and succession frameworks aligned to upcoming contract
requirements
• Led executive and senior-level hiring across MENA to build leadership capability and
delivery readiness

• Regional accountability for Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development and Capability
Strategy across corporate and retail populations.
• Established the TA function from the ground up, implementing ATS and launching the first
careers platform
• Implemented digital assessment tools to support hiring, promotion and talent review
decisions
• Designed and launched the Damas Academy and digital learning ecosystem, significantly
increasing learning participation
• Implemented performance management and talent mapping frameworks to support
succession and leadership pipeline visibility
• Owned senior and business-critical recruitment across the region, partnering with
executive stakeholders

• Led high-volume and corporate Talent Acquisition teams within one of the regions largest
employers.
• Accountable for annual hiring volumes of 1, 800 volume roles and 250 corporate hires
• Implemented assessment centres and digital hiring tools, improving selection ratios and
reducing cost-per-hire
• Programme lead for TA transformation initiatives, delivering 40+ improvement projects
within 12 weeks
• Partnered with business leaders on manpower planning and talent pipeline development
• Supported UAE Nationalisation initiatives in partnership with National Recruitment teams

• Delivered executive search, recruitment advisory and people transformation projects
across Retail, FMCG and Services sectors.
• Retained executive search at C-suite and senior leadership level
• Supported organisational restructuring and leadership development initiatives
• Delivered recruitment and people capability projects for regional clients

• Provided senior TA leadership across a complex, multi-business enterprise
• Introduced KPI-driven TA reporting and executive dashboards
• Supported executive talent mapping, succession planning and recognition initiatives

• Partnered with CEO and Executive team on regional talent strategy and succession
planning
• Led engagement, leadership development and assessment centre initiatives
• Managed recruitment delivery across Defence, Education, Facilities and Aviation portfolios

• Led UAE recruitment operations for a multi-brand retail and hospitality group
• Implemented ATS adoption and KPI-led recruitment governance
• Reduced time-to-hire and early attrition while improving hiring quality

• Established Performance Management function and implemented Oracle-based PM system
• Led large-scale recruitment campaigns supporting terminal launch (1, 000+ hires)
• Delivered assessment centres, leadership workshops and nationalisation initiatives