David Molt

Managing Director

After founding Strictly alongside Paul in 2010, David led the firm to become the top recruiting entity for the Legal industry, analysing the market trends at Strictly to see where the growth areas are in the market, leading to us placing more than 2000 candidates in 8 years of operation.

David is the sensible head at Strictly, the perfect ying to Paul’s yang.  He looks after all the finances and budgets within the business to make sure Paul’s crazy (but brilliant) ideas make sense and are affordable.

David is passionate in his goal of surpassing his client’s expectations and assisting them with the market information to improve their talent acquisition and employee retention strategies.

David’s proudest work achievement was being shortlisted for Best Client Service and Best Professional Services agency at the Recruiter Awards in 2018.

Outside of work David has a very busy family life. When he’s not acting as Dad cabs for his 3 kids, it’s safe to say he’ll be found on the golf course keeping his single figure handicap competitive!

Paul Kelly

Chief Operating Officer

After working in recruitment for 10 years, Paul witnessed a complete change in how business was being conducted in the sector. This shift lead to him come up with the bold idea of starting a new agency that approached things differently to everyone else. Coming up with crazy ideas was nothing new to Paul, and like most of them, this one chipped away in his head and just wouldn’t go away. Two years later, a simple phone call to his longstanding colleague David Molt went like this:

PK “Hey, keep this to yourself, but how’d you fancy going it alone and setting up our own agency?”

DM ”Yep, lets sort it out tomorrow after work, I’ll come to yours”.

The following night, over a stodgy Domino’s and a few beers in Paul’s garden, Strictly Recruitment was born.

Over the years, Paul’s role in the business has evolved and his main focus is now growing the business and identifying growth areas. He is a mentor to our wonderful team and is widely recognised as ‘the face’ of Strictly. Given his deep-rooted client relationships, Paul still holds a limited client base knowing the Strictly team can deliver the best possible service.

Paul says: “Professionally I look back at my career with immense pride at some of the things we’ve achieved: growing a business from two people to where we are now; hosting the only awards ceremony of its kind; all the exclusive restructuring projects we’ve delivered on; and being nominated for awards such as Best Client Service and Best Professional Services agency. But none of that compares to my biggest achievement of being a Father to two wonderful children. Looking forward, I am excited for the journey ahead because I know we still have some amazing achievements to come.”

When Paul isn’t training for his latest marathon or race, he will be found outside somewhere. Invariably trying to keep up with his two incredibly active kids!

Jo Benelisha

Director

Having spent her early career working for recruitment agencies across London Jo witnessed first-hand the best (and worst) of them and knew instinctively that it could be so much better.  Luckily her business partners had the same vision and Strictly was born!

Day to day, Jo runs the HR division at Strictly as well as focussing on the commercial growth of the business. She runs large scale projects and builds HR teams from scratch across a number of sectors, partnering with a wide range of clients from start-up’s to global brands.  As a network-driven professional, she offers her clients innovative sourcing techniques and attracts the very best talent, who are typically ‘passive’ job seekers. She has a proven track record in delivering permanent, interim and temporary professionals at all levels across all HR disciplines.  Her passion is building talent pools and developing trusted relationships with individuals throughout their career.

Having worked on global search as well as UK based searches she is well versed in what good HR looks like and has moved people internationally as well as repatriated talent.  She offers tailored solutions to meet the needs of the clients and leverages the breadth of her global network to find the best fit for their organisation. She prides herself on quality of service and values long term, collaborative relationships.

Hannah Moore

Head of Temporary Recruitment

Hannah started her recruitment career in 2015, shortly after returning from working abroad in Ibiza. After acclimatising to the English weather again (and getting in the swing of working 9am to 5pm), Hannah was soon running a successful temporary desk at a well-known national agency. Hannah joined Strictly in the summer of 2018 to start up our temporary division and is now working with some of the most prestigious organisations across London and Nationwide.

Hannah says: ‘Temporary recruitment is my passion, I love it due to the fast pace and the constant buzz. I’ve always wanted to be part of a close-knit team with a family feel, and working at Strictly has given me just that. I truly believe our team orientated attitude and passion for what we do is the reason we are a leading agency and 1^st tier supplier for temporary office support staff across numerous FTSE 100 and global household names. I am now lucky enough to be heading up the temporary division and I’m excited to grow the desk and team further’

Outside of work Hannah is very sociable and will spend most weekends catching up with friends and family. To date, her greatest achievement is starting up the temporary division here at Strictly Recruitment, and takes great pride in this. She is dedicated to continually growing the strong relationships with both her clients and candidates alike!

Sophie Minihane

Principal Consultant

Sophie’s career in recruitment began in 2007, working for an agency tasked with delivering on the Olympic Stadium. As time went on, she developed a passion for helping people. The buzz of delivering the amazing news to candidates who have secured a new role filled her with pride and joy. As the years went on, Sophie explored different areas of recruitment and having a diverse background in the industry has made her the recruiter she is today. With a number of years of Office Support recruitment behind her, she is lucky enough to have found her niche. Being a naturally outgoing, passionate and friendly individual contributes towards successful relationships with both candidates and clients.

Sophie’s role at Strictly is continually growing. She predominantly manages candidates ensuring clients get the best talent. She also manages some of our bigger accounts ensuring relationships are maintained to the highest standard.

Sophie says that “Strictly Recruitment has moulded me into the recruiter I am today, not just from extensive support from Directors but from a companywide love and passion for recruitment – a buzz we get in the office from helping people secure their dream roles!”

Outside of work Sophie’s friends will say she is bubbly, outgoing and a social butterfly. She states that her greatest achievement at Strictly has been managing various exclusive projects nationwide. To her, this wasn’t a job, she woke up excited everyday travelling around the country meeting new people: something that when she started in recruitment all those years ago, she could only of dreamed of doing. This project required a minimum of 50 vacancies filled within a very short time frame. Due to Sophie’s hard work, the project was a massive success and it subsequently contributed towards a nomination in the recruiter awards 2018.

William Roche

Principal Recruitment Consultant

William’s career started with Strictly after graduating from the University of Exeter where he completed his LLB in 2018, after deciding that a career in Law wasn’t for him. Combining his extensive legal and market knowledge, he now heads up the Paralegal Recruitment desk working alongside a variety of firms that include US, Magic Circle, Silver Circle, City and National Law firms. He also looks after Business Support vacancies for a number of clients and recently managed an exclusive project for a prestigious law firms restructure of its secretarial function.

William say’s “Strictly is an extremely enjoyable place to work and the training and culture has helped me develop into the Consultant that I am today. I love working with Paralegals as I can truly make a difference to their careers, helping them secure the role that they want, and truly helping them progress with their careers. Whether it is securing that all important first role after University or helping experienced Paralegals find that next step, it is always a pleasure delivering good news”.

In his spare time, he loves to play and watch sports. He plays tennis, football and golf and is also a black belt in Karate. But more unusually, he is also a very good pool player, having been the Captain of the University club and even reached the last 16 of a National competition. However, he enjoys nothing more than catching up with his friends and planning his next trip abroad normally doing both from the pub.

Ellena Nagle

Office Manager

Ellena joined the Strictly team earlier this year after gaining administration experience within in the lighting design industry. She decided she needed a change of pace and loved the variety that recruitment offers.

As the Office Manager at Strictly, Ellena handles all of the day-to-day organisation of the office including staff training, credit control, payroll, and accounts. Alongside marketing, social media, and events. Ellena’s favourite projects she has worked on so far are updating Strictly’s website, handling the onboarding process for 4 new team members, and organising Strictly’s 10th birthday party this Summer.

Outside of work Ellena spends a lot of time travelling around the country and loves going to music gigs with her friends.

Matthew Danks

Recruitment Consultant

Matt started his recruitment career with Strictly after graduating from the University of Exeter in 2021, where he studied history. Matt works across the different desks at Strictly, but primarily the Paralegal desk, where he works with a range of UK and US Law firms. Outside of work Matt likes to stay active, playing a range of sports such as tennis and football, as well as keeping fit in the gym. His main hobby would be cooking – where he likes to experiment and try new things!

Matt says, “Strictly is the perfect blend of fun and supportive, which is what I think we always get across to anyone we work with, be that clients or candidates. Being relatively new to my recruitment career, the team at Strictly have taught me so much and have helped guide me onto being a top recruiter. I’m a big fan of the variety of people we get to interact with on a daily basis, and it’s something which I would say is my favourite part of recruitment.”

Jordan Luff

Recruitment Consultant

Jordan started her career with Strictly Recruitment after running a successful Hair Salon in sunny South Africa. Jordan feels that the step into Recruitment after her experience in the beauty industry was very natural as she has always been invested in helping all types of people and loves getting to make new friends and connections. She says the day-to-day life of a recruiter is very fulfilling as the process of meeting professional candidates, learning about what they’re looking for and helping them land their dream role is something she is very proud to be involved in. Jordan loves the fast-paced environment and now has a great passion for the recruitment process.

Jordan has said that ‘Strictly has encouraged me to be myself by bringing my own creative spin to this role as they know that all consultants have different skills to contribute, the team at Strictly is fantastic. We are a close-knit office work really well together, were also super collaborative, in and out of the office”

In Jordan’s spare time she is mostly going out with friends and family, finding new spots for drinks and lunches, or spending time site-seeing in London!

Millie Swift

Recruitment Consultant

Millie decided to go into Recruitment for business support professionals after completing a degree in International Hospitality Management. She discovered that even though she enjoyed working in a prestigious hotel on the Front desk, talking to professionals in this line of work, finding them their dream job and helping them progress in their careers was much more fulfilling.

Since joining Strictly in January 2022, Millie has said ‘working for Strictly and choosing a career path in Recruitment was the smartest choice I’ve made for my professional life. There is something addictive about that moment when hearing a candidates reaction when they’re offered a job after going through the process together, feeling more like friends by the end of it. Strictly has shown me that work doesn’t have to feel like work; and the cliché of looking forward to coming into work doesn’t have to be an adult fairy tale.’

In Millie’s spare time, you will find her either in Barcelona visiting her family and friends, or doing salsa classes in Tottenham Court Road. She has been skiing since she could crawl and in winter there is no other place to go than the slopes.

Callum Abbott

Recruitment Consultant

Callum heads up the Financial recruitment within Strictly, working with a wide range of prestigious law firms and chartered accountancy practices. The roles that he fills range from Finance Technical Analysts, to entry-level Accounts Assistants.

Having completed a BSc in Economics, Callum opted to continue his education with an MSc in Political Economy. Callum’s career in recruitment began while he was in secondary school, as an assistant in an Oil and Gas recruitment agency, before progressing to student recruitment while in university. Passionate about finance, and experienced in recruitment, Callum combines his knowledge in these areas to offer exceptional support to candidates and clients alike.

Sarah Lewis

Candidate Consultant

Sarah started her Recruitment Career back in 2014 as an Apprentice in a firm based in Kent and was quickly promoted to a Consultant where she was the head hunter in a national Recruitment Agency. Here Sarah looked after a major media account supplying a high volume of temporary staff. Sarah’s Modelling career took off in 2019 where she then took the time to focus on this passion of hers and spent a few years out of the Recruitment Industry before Strictly Recruitment was lucky enough to gain Sarah’s interest in joining the busy temporary Recruitment desk working closely with Hannah Moore.

Sarah’s interests outside of work include socialising with friends, going to concerts/festivals and traveling.