Executive Team

Kym Quick

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer - Clarius Group

Kym Quick has over 19 years in the recruitment industry and is Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for the Clarius Group, responsible for the overall performance of the business.

Prior to recruitment, Kym was an accountant with KPMG and subsequently Ansett and Rothmans of Pall Mall. She began her recruitment career specialising in the recruitment of professional accounting staff. Kym then joined two former colleagues in their own business which went on to become Alliance Recruitment. Kym was active in the organic growth of the Alliance business in Melbourne working in both the temporary and permanent business support and professional accounting markets.

Kym has worked with the Clarius Group since 2001 when she joined as part of the acquisition of the Alliance business. In June 2005 Kym was appointed as National Manager of the Alliance business and responsible for the merging of Workskills Professionals and Premier Personnel into the Alliance brand.

In 2007 she moved into a role that saw her overseeing the Shared Services division for the Clarius Group. This was a new role that was responsible for the consolidation and integration of all the services supporting the brands. Kym took on the role of Chief Operating Officer in October 2010 and this saw her overseeing all of the recruitment brands in Australia and New Zealand and was promoted to CEO in November 2011.  She currently sits on the Board of Directors for Clarius.

Anne Bastock

Chief Financial Officer - Clarius Group

As Chief Financial Officer, Anne is responsible for managing the financial risks, financial planning and reporting for the Clarius Group.

Anne brings with her extensive experience in senior finance roles and most recently with CSC where she spent over 16 years in various positions.  Anne is particularly strong in respect to systems implementation and change management.

Paul Barbaro

Executive General Manager - Alliance Recruitment, Lloyd Morgan, SouthTech and Ignite

Paul Barbaro has over 15 years’ recruitment experience and is Executive General Manager of Alliance Recruitment, Lloyd Morgan, SouthTech and Ignite divisions of Clarius Group.

Paul was responsible for the integration of the Alliance Business Support, Parker Bridge and Freeman Adams divisions into the national Alliance division during 2006. He has overseen growth within the newly formed business since this integration.

Prior to Clarius, Paul spent 5 years as the National Sales Manager for Adecco Australia where he was responsible for the management of a team of sales professionals and the acquisition of numerous large scale accounts both in Australia and the Asia Pacific Region. He grew sales by more than 23% each year and grew the team from 3 people to 15 people throughout Asia.

His operational management experience includes being Regional Director of Ajilon Professional Staffing and Jonathan Wren for 5 years, divisions of the worldwide Adecco Group. He was responsible for the Financial, Accounting and Administrative Recruitment practices and achieving annual sales and profits growth of over 15%. He also grew the number of offices throughout Australia to include both regional and further capital city operations.

Paul holds degrees in Education, Psychology and Business.

Linda Trevor has 19 years recruitment experience and is Executive General Manager of the Candle and The One Umbrella divisions of the Clarius Group. Starting her recruitment career on an office support temporary desk in early 1992 first with Trinity People and then Alectus Personnel (part of the Morgan and Banks Group),  Linda then moved into a start up Director’s role for Robert Half International , setting up their first OfficeTeam divisions in Sydney and Melbourne.

Linda’s first General Management role was with the Credit Recruitment Specialists in 2002, before running the Major Accounts Centre for Adecco Australia in Sydney. Prior to joining Candle, Linda spent the last 4 years as General Manager for Sirius Technology where she successfully expanded their IT recruitment business into a multi branded business that became the Sirius Group of companies. Linda’s strengths lie in motivating sales teams and driving profitability and growth. Linda also holds a degree in music.