Our Expert Headhunters

Geoff Curran has a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Western Australia and over twenty years experience as a specialist recruitment practitioner. During that time he has worked with organizations to secure talent at the middle and senior levels.

Geoff began his recruitment career in Perth in the early 1980s. After several years with a national management consulting firm, he joined Arthur Andersen & Co. to establish its executive recruitment division.

In 1989, Geoff moved to Sydney and at Morgan and Banks specialized in recruiting for accounting and finance. He then spent two years in London, further developing his skills in this field. He returned to Sydney in 1994 and joined Margot Davis and Company, a recruitment consultancy which specialized in marketing, advertising, and marketing communications. He subsequently became a shareholder and a director in said business.

Geoff established Curran + Associates in 1998. His approach to executive recruitment and search is founded on several basic principles: knowledge gained through specialization, being relevant to both clients and candidates, and delivering outcomes quickly and efficiently. In 2009, he started a business in the Philippines, this time focused on executive appointments to the BPO sector. In 2014, it became what is now known as Curran Daly & Associates.

Meg has ten years of recruitment experience within the BPO industry. She stayed with a top BPO company for eight years, leading her teams to the successful closure of heavy-volume hiring requirements. She was instrumental in the growth of existing clients and the successful launch and expansion of new businesses acquired.

In 2014, she joined Curran Daly & Associates, where she shifted to executive hiring. She is currently a Senior Consultant, specializing in the fields of human resources, process excellence, and operations.

Marian is a Licensed Psychometrician and Recruitment Consultant with over 5 years of progressive experience in end-to-end recruitment, specializing in IT/Technology, Data Science & Analytics, and BPO/Customer Service verticals. She started her career with Curran Daly in 2016 handling volume hiring for customer service roles, eventually moving to technical recruiting in 2017 which is now her area of expertise.

At present, she leads a growing team of Technical Recruitment Consultants and managing multiple client demands with focus on IT and Analytics roles, hiring specialist to executive levels for global companies across a variety of industries. She has been recognized by Curran Daly as employee of the quarter twice, in effect of her contribution to the business in terms of consistent and significant placements and revenue results, and notable client management in the past years. As she continues her career in the industry, she puts great importance on continuous learning and strengthening her network, with the mindset of always aiming to deliver quality and efficient service for candidates and clients alike.

Graeme Deegan earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of New South Wales while serving with the Royal Australian Navy.

After leaving the Navy, he spent many years working in technical roles in the oil & gas and mining sectors on every continent before heading back to Sydney to begin a career in executive search and selection.

Over the past 25 years, Graeme has worked with many local and international companies in Australia, Philippines, and other South East Asian countries. Providing search and selection services to engineering, construction, manufacturing, and resources clients, he is placing technical specialists, senior managers through to Managing Directors.