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About US

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Oaktree Talent Group is a premium Management Consulting recruitment firm catering for the exclusive Strategy and Transformation market. Combining over thirty years of executive recruitment experience in this community, Oaktree Talent is spearheaded by two of the most highly regarded, professional and sought-after executive recruitment experts in Australia. Many of our clients and candidates stem from the pre-eminent consulting firms such a McKinsey & Co, Bain & Co and The Boston Consulting Group.

MEET YOUR experienced recruiters

The Partners at Oaktree Talent Group have established relationships with both clients and candidates over many years and are seen as career partners to many professionals in Australia. This meeting of minds is welcomed by the market, with many citing that their combined 30 years of Strategy & Transformation recruitment experience and consultative approach will offer their clients a one stop solution for consulting and strategy talent. 

Ilan Leshetz

Ilan Leshetz

Partner

Ilan Leshetz was a former Partner at Ethos Corporation, leading their Strategy practice where he was also one of the highest performing consultants most years. He was then head-hunted into Partners in Performance as Executive Manager Talent Acquisition to help attract senior Strategy talent from around the globe. In 2015 he set up Oaktree Talent Partners and has been placing Strategy and Transformation talent successfully for both Industry and Consulting clients alike.

Ilan is qualified CA and has worked in business at Financial Controller level before changing his career into Executive Recruitment. He later completed a Masters in NLP and as such is excellent at reading people and matching personalities to role profiles. He also holds a Masters in Coaching Psychology and prides himself on using this skill to deeply understand his contacts, their drivers and ultimately their needs at a granular level.

Anika Stokes

Anika Stokes

Partner

Anika Stokes has been excelling in the Strategy & Transformation consulting space for over 20 years.  The last eleven of which have been based in Sydney, Australia.  Anika set up Morgan McKinley’s Strategy division in 2010 and established herself as a leader in the market, growing the team year on year and taking out the award for top performing permanent consultant every year since the award was established. 

Anika is known for being an expert at spotting talent and understanding exactly which environment they will thrive in, as well as for creating and building genuine, long-standing relationships with both candidates and clients.  

Anika is a creative and authentic leader who loves to inspire those around her by leading from the front, as a business entrepreneur, leading executive recruiter and a qualified Zumba instructor. 

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Asha Walsh

Associate Partner

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Asha started her career in a boutique financial services organisation before moving to London for three years. Back in Australia, Asha joined Macquarie Bank where she spent seven years specialising in corporate broking services. Since then, Asha has specialised in Strategy recruitment across all areas of Financial Services, more recently Commerce and Industry where she has helped grow numerous internal strategy teams, finding the highest quality candidates by taking the time to truly understand her clients’ culture and requirements. Asha has built her reputation through authenticity, commitment and prides herself on supporting her client and candidate relationships, always being there to provide consultative advice whenever they need it.
Asha is a fitness enthusiast, enjoying outdoor adventures and finding new places to explore. She has climbed Everest base camp, completed 100km Oxfam walk as well as several ultra-marathons.

Amy has over 15 years in recruitment and comes with a broad knowledge and extensive experience recruiting in financial services and commercial sectors. Amy’s career spans both the Australian market and overseas where she played a key part in launching the Dublin office of a well-known global recruitment agency before returning to Sydney in 2010 to work with a boutique agency.  

Amy’s most recent role has been working on-site with Westpac recruiting senior roles across finance and transformation. Amy’s strengths are in her ability to build trusted and lasting relationships with both clients and candidates alike by focusing on creating a long term partnership and providing support and guidance to people throughout their careers. 

Amy also holds a degree in Nutritional Medicine and is a qualified Nutritionist with a passion for health and wellbeing.

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Amy Savage

Associate Partner

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Rebecca Grainger

Associate Partner

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A seasoned executive recruitment professional and startup founder in HRTech, Rebecca has led senior placements across the spectrum of contracting, interim, and statement of work programs. As an Associate Partner at Future State Consulting, she leads strategic placements of transformation and strategy executives who can drive organisational excellence. She has a proven track record of delivering successful engagements that create career growth for candidates and a seamless, value-driven experience for clients.

Rebecca believes that genuine human connection is the cornerstone of thriving workplaces. In today’s digital landscape, organisations play a pivotal role in nurturing their talent from onboarding to retirement. She believes that a holistic approach profoundly influences productivity, organisational culture, and the bottom line.

our approach

FOR OUR CANDIDATES

The advantage of partnering with Oaktree Talent Group is that we work uniquely by acting as coach, career mentor and consultant to assist global Strategy & Transformation talent in making the right move at the right time. We do this whilst balancing career ambition, motivation and personal circumstances at the same time. It is this authentic, genuine and highly consultative approach to recruitment that sets us apart when partnering on talent solutions.

FOR OUR CLIENTS

It is no secret the Strategy & Transformation market is talent-short, however with our vast global network, deep relationships and unique blended-approach to recruitment, clients are confident to partner with Oaktree because we bring what the recruitment industry aspires for but seldom achieves, “sticky” placements, resulting in both engaged employees and clients that can boast a better recruitment ROI than their competition.

IN GENERAL:

Oaktree Talent Group work predominantly on an exclusive basis with clients to secure the best talent the industry has to offer. We achieve this by drawing upon our deep, loyal and unrivalled global network of top-tier consulting talent which provides assurance for our client partners locally. We also operate as a strategic partner for our large network of senior executive candidates, many of whom we have coached and helped navigate complex career moves over the years.

testimonials

Hear what our network has to say about us!

Hulusi Sogutlu

“Ilan is a brilliant executive head hunter and career advisor who cares for his clients deeply. He ensured I was kept informed every step of the way and provided me all the support required to be successful. He also distinguishes himself as a genuine people leader and coach, who adds incredible value beyond the engagement. I would highly recommend working with him.”

McKinsey & Company

Management Consultant

Thomas Roets

 “I’ve worked with both these amazing individuals independently with fantastic results. Together they are going to be a formidable unstoppable team.”

Thomas Roets

EGM Wholesale Product & Supply at NBN Co.

Alex Macoun

“This pairing will be a powerful blend of two of Australia’s best recruiters in this space, bar none” 

Alex Macoun

GM Customer Data at Commonwealth Bank

Andrew Chanmugam

”In a world that’s ever changing and fiercely competitive, every organisation is trying to find a competitive advantage. This new offering will allow organisations like ourselves to unlock our human potential by securing the best talent into key executive-level business Strategy and Transformation roles to ensure that our businesses continue to thrive, evolve and remain competitive and suitably structured to drive further innovation in our industry in Australia.”

Andrew Chanmugam

EGM CX at Bankwest

COO

“Anika took the time to understand our requirements, and brought us great candidates Anika also recruited me into my current role and from a candidate perspective she was equally professional. I highly recommend her. “

COO

Start Up

Company Director

“Ilan is genuinely interested in each individual, no matter if you are a client, a potential candidate or just a business associate. He has the capacity to identify drivers of a person’s growth and communicate it in a pleasant yet honest way. This capability helps him recruit good candidates. It has been a refreshing and pleasant experience working with Ilan”

Company Director

Investment Managment

Head of Strategy

“I find Anika to be a real leader in her field. She has a very intelligent and thorough approach to her work and also has a genuine interest in her clients. I understand why she is so highly regarded within the Strategy network and by her industry peers. I would highly recommend working with her.”

Head of Strategy

FMCG

EGM Strategy

“I have been engaging with Ilan for some years now and really appreciated the long term perspective Ilan has always adopted, either when it comes to supporting me thinking about my own career trajectory or when it comes to finding a suitable candidate for my team. Ilan focuses not only on finding a good candidate but will also think about how the candidate will fit with the team and supports the overall objectives.”

EGM Strategy

Ex McKinsey

GM Strategy

“Anika is a true professional in her field, fantastic at making “the right fit” connections. She takes the time and has the ability to truly understand the individuals, the business needs, and the company culture, and ensures an effective process end-to-end across her vast network.”

GM Strategy

Ex McKinsey

Principal and Partner Elect

“Ilan is an outstanding executive search professional, especially for senior talent. Passion, knowledge, integrity, professionalism and hard work are all ‘givens’ with Ilan – you get those day in and day out when you work with him. What really sets him apart is how deeply he cares about both his clients and the executives he places. He measures himself not only on making successful matches between firms and people, but also on the long term results of those matches.”

Principal and Partner Elect

Management Consulting

EGM Strategy

“In a world that’s ever changing and fiercely competitive, every organisation is trying to find a competitive advantage. This new offering will allow organisations like ourselves to unlock our human potential by securing the best talent into key executive-level business Strategy and Transformation roles to ensure that our businesses continue to thrive, evolve and remain competitive and suitably structured to drive further innovation in our industry in Australia.”

EGM Strategy

Financial Institution

GM Customer Strategy

“This pairing will be a powerful blend of two of Australia’s best recruiters in this space, bar none.”

GM Customer Strategy

Ex BCG

Principal

“I have worked with Ilan several times to source senior strategy specialists and leaders. He has consistently delivered strong candidates and we have made several successful placements with his help. He maintains a high integrity in his interactions with both me as hiring manager as well as with candidates and he is very good at profiling and matching candidates to job & culture requirements. I will keep working with Ilan and would recommend him to anyone aiming to source senior strategy professionals in the Sydney market”

Principal

Strategy Consulting Firm

Strategy Director

“Anika is an exceptional recruiter – she is professional, caring and skilled in the art of placing senior people at leadership/ executive level. She has a great network and practical words of advice. To me Anika has not only been a great recruiter, but she has also been a thought partner and has connected me with leaders in the financial services industry, enabling me to find the right match”

Strategy Director

Ex McKinsey

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