Judith Beck
Managing Director

Judith is the Founder and Managing Director of Financial Recruitment Group, and has extensive experience in Executive Search within the financial services industry for the past 18 years, along with ten years experience within Banking and Finance. Judith held several management positions within major financial institutions in Australia and overseas.

Judith has successfully placed hundreds of candidates over the years at Senior to MD level. Judith has a high profile in the industry and has been a mentor to some of Australia's most successful executives.

Judith has completed her MBA in Human Resource Management and is also a member of the Financial Planning Association.

Lena Coates
National Manager, Research & Consulting

Lena has been with Financial Recruitment Group since 1995. Lena is responsible nationally for the research, and heads up the teams in both Melbourne and Sydney. Lena's extensive experience covers conducting specialist assignments at senior level recruitment. Lena has placed a cross-section of financial service professionals within the financial services industry on a national basis. Since joining Financial Recruitment Group, Lena has developed and grown her extensive industry networks and contacts, and has a solid reputation in the recruitment industry for delivering high quality solutions to her financial services clients.

Lena holds a Diploma of Business Administration. As part of continuing professional development, Lena also attends selected education and networking forums.

Conor Donoghue
State Manager, NSW

Conor joined Financial Recruitment Group in 2004 and has been recruiting within the financial services industry in Australia since 1999. As a professional Executive Search Consultant he has gained substantial experience in sourcing and recruiting a broad range of professionals across funds and asset management, as well as wealth management within New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.

Specific areas of speciality include:

• Business Development Managers
• Key Account Managers
• National Distribution Managers
• Practice Development Managers
• Compliance & Professional Standards
• Technical & Paraplanning Managers
• State & National Managers
• Product Development.

Prior to working within Executive Search, Conor was involved in financial services sales into Europe & the USA, as well as training and relationship management positions.

Conor holds a BA (Hons) Human Resource Management as well as a Higher National Diploma in Business Studies, and is a member of the Financial Planning Association.