Simon Lusty
Regional Director Australia & New Zealand

Simon began his career with Aquent in 2002 as Area Manager in New Zealand, where he grew the Auckland office from two to seven staff. He also diversified the business from solely creative services to full recruitment solutions in marketing, communications, creative, account service and media. It is now Auckland’s largest specialist recruitment agency of its kind.

Simon then moved on to become a Director for Aquent Sydney, where he was responsible for the second largest Aquent office outside the US, before taking on his current Regional Director role.

Prior to joining Aquent, Simon was a permanent consultant at The Lampen Group, New Zealand’s largest privately owned recruitment agency. He quickly progressed into other parts of the business before becoming Team Leader of their permanent division in Auckland. One of his other roles at The Lampen Group was the full human resources management of a contact centre with over 220 temporary staff for a major financial organisation. This included redefining the recruitment process, rectifying retention issues and managing all HR aspects of the staff.

Simon also played a key role in The Lampen Group’s integration to TMP Worldwide including systems, processes and people integration. He then continued to lead a team of consultants in the Auckland, Penrose and North Shore offices before becoming Assistant Regional Manager looking after a permanent recruitment division of 36 staff across the Auckland Region.

As Aquent’s Regional Director of Australia and New Zealand, Simon Lusty is responsible for managing some 75 staff in six offices across the region.