
Meet our global team
STAFFING SPECIALISTS WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT YOUR WORLD.
We specialise in recruiting top talent for automation, manufacturing, and advanced technology. With a global team of experts, we connect the best candidates with leading opportunities, backed by deep industry knowledge and integrity.

Georgia Lanch
Managing Director
As Managing Director, Georgia brings extensive experience in people management and recruitment. She leads with a strategic approach, ensuring exceptional results for clients while fostering a supportive and dynamic team environment.

Dan Charters
Client Engagement Director - Manufacturing
With over 17 years of experience in engineering and manufacturing recruitment, Dan excels at understanding client needs, navigating industry trends, and building lasting relationships. Combining traditional methods with innovative strategies, he delivers tailored solutions that adapt to evolving market demands.

Charlotte Wilson
Operations Manager - Advanced Technology
Since joining in 2018, Charlotte has specialized in the automotive and battery sector across the UK and Europe. She oversees operations, manages multi-geographical teams, and nurtures client partnerships. Passionate about process improvement, she helps clients navigate challenges and uncover growth opportunities in battery technology and future mobility solutions.

Chris Aherne
Account Director & Executive Relationship Manager
With over 20 years in financial services and Service Delivery Management, Chris transitioned into recruitment to focus on Robotics, Software, and Advanced Technology. Passionate about exceptional customer experiences, he thrives in the fast-evolving AI and tech space.

Nick Shepherd
Lead Relationship Manager - Automation
With nearly a decade of recruitment experience, Nick specialises in connecting top talent with intralogistics, warehouse distribution, and airport automation projects. As a Lead Relationship Manager at Proactive Global, he helps businesses secure the best professionals for automation, material handling, and robotics roles. By understanding industry challenges and project demands, Nick provides tailored recruitment solutions that drive success for both clients and candidates.

Nathan Woakes
Executive Relationship Manager - Automation
Having over 20 years recruitment including 10 + years within Proactive I have progressed to Executive Relationship Manager and team leader of the Staines office within the Manufacturing division. My focus is the development and growth of my customers by providing top level service, understanding my customers needs and “pain points” and consulting with them on growth plans, full lifecycle recruitment, offering market insights including benchmarking and different solutions to my customers leading to vast growth and a much more in depth service to my customers.

Andy Powell
Senior Relationship Manager - Automation
With five years in recruitment, Andy specializes in the automation, parcel distribution, and baggage sectors. He's passionate about connecting great people with the right opportunities, helping both clients and candidates achieve their goals. By understanding each business’s needs and every candidate’s aspirations, he ensures the perfect match. Whether sourcing top technical talent or guiding candidates to ideal roles, his focus is on making the recruitment process smooth, rewarding, and successful for all.

Isaac Griffith
Client Manager
Isaac is able to quickly adapt to the ever changing intralogistics market and portray strategic, operational and market knowledge to senior stakeholders from global businesses.

Oksana Rodionova
Lead Relationship Manager - Automation
Oksana has made an indelible mark in the recruitment industry as a dedicated team leader. Oksana is known for her exceptional people management skills and her ability to recognize and nurture the potential in her team members. Her focus is in automation and helping businesses find the best engineering talent globally.

Ligia Serwinowska
Senior Relationship Manager – Advanced Technology
With over 8 years of experience in Tech/IT recruitment, Ligia specializes in Software, Hardware, AI and Robotics areas. Passionate about new technologies – she is constantly trying to help clients build the best and most valued engineering teams.

Gerard Hegney
Global Client Engagement Director
A global recruitment expert in automation and robotics engineering, Gerard has over 16 years of experience solving complex staffing challenges for niche technical roles. He partners with leading organizations, offering tailored solutions—including Contingent, Retained, RPO, MSP, Interim, and New Site launches—to ensure clients find the best talent.

Michelle Frey
Relationship Manager - Automation
Based in North America in the Austin, Texas region, Michelle works with some of the largest online retailers and manufacturers in the United States. Specifically, she and her team find placement for engineering professionals including maintenance engineers, robotics technicians, controls engineers, as well as various management roles. Delivering a positive candidate experience and creating strategic partnerships with our clients are two constant focus points in Michelle's role as Relationship Manager.

Tron Thornton
Delivery Manager - Maintenance Engineering
Tron Thornton is a results-driven recruitment leader with seven years in automation and robotics. At Proactive Global, he builds lasting client relationships, mentors high-performing teams, and was named Ngage Talent’s Best Account Manager of the Year (2022). A proud Iraq War veteran, his leadership is shaped by resilience and a mission-driven mindset.

Carla Perez
Relationship Manager - Warehouse Automation
Focused on the USA market within the warehouse automation industry, Carla specializes in supporting the growth of key accounts. As a Relationship Manager, her role is to ensure that clients access the top talent in the market, empowering their next phase of expansion.

Robbie D’Agostino
Lead Consultant - Project Support and Maintenance
With over 10 years in sales and 5 years in recruitment, Robbie specializes in placing top talent in Maintenance & Service roles across APAC. He focuses on connecting the right people with opportunities at top companies and growing SMEs. His dedication to asking tough questions ensures candidates find roles that align with their skills, ambitions, and values. Beyond placements, he prioritizes building lasting relationships based on trust and understanding, benefiting clients, candidates, and colleagues alike.

Tarek Zahraman
Consultant - Project Support and Maintenance
With 8+ years as an Automation Specialist, Tarek excels in connecting skilled installation and maintenance professionals with leading companies in Victoria, South Australia, and New Zealand. Specializing in automated warehousing, intralogistics, and more, his focus is on deep, culture-fit matches that foster long-term career growth.