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.

Lauren Barker

Recruitment Consultant

Lauren started her recruitment career in 2014 and has continued to progress within the industry. In early 2020, Lauren started her journey at Strictly.

Holly Rutherford

Office Manager

Holly started her career journey supporting local recruitment agencies straight out of school in various business support roles, and now works as Strictly’s Office Manager. Handling all aspects of support for the business she has become an integral part of the team, quickly adapting to the office and City working life.

Holly says “I couldn’t have wished for a better agency to continue my career, to be part of a successful team with a solid network of connections, and who are willing to develop and progress my skill set and career. It was clear from day one Strictly was the right fit for me. I look forward to advancing within my professional career and along the way helping the team.”

William Roche

Recruitment Consultant

William’s career started with Strictly after graduating from the University of Exeter where he completed his LLB, 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 some of the most prestigious Law Firms in the world, along with various other organisations ranging from International to Regional, Banks, Professional Services firms and Fintech companies.

William say’s “Strictly is an extremely enjoyable place to work, the training and support has been second to none, and has helped me to develop into the Consultant that I am today. I love working with Paralegals as I can truly make a difference to individual’s careers, helping them find the job that they want and truly help them progress with their careers”.

In his spare time, he loves to play and watch sports. He plays tennis, football and squash and is also a black belt in Karate. But most surprisingly, he is also a very good pool player, being 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.