At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Sydney based CEO’ operating in the Recruiting space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.

Adam Seabrook
Co-Founder & CEO of Betterteam
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About Betterteam: Betterteam allows you to replace email and spreadsheets with a beautiful, easy to use, web based applicant tracking system

Ben Grozier
Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Partner of Class Cover
Ben Grozier is the founder of ClassCover Pty Ltd – a web application that saves vast amounts of time and stress for schools when managing relief teaching staff. We also support thousands of casual relief teachers via the ‘Relief Teacher Association’ – an upgraded profile option for ClassCover teachers. After completing a BA (DipEd) I moved into the management of tennis centres, co-running the programme at Ravenswood School for 4 years.
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About Class Cover: The ClassCover platform connects schools directly with their preferred available relief teachers and then books them in seconds.

Peter Carpenter
CEO of Class Cover
Peter Carpenter is the CEO of Classcover. He earned his degree at Macquarie University.
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About Class Cover: The ClassCover platform connects schools directly with their preferred available relief teachers and then books them in seconds.

Joshua Rogers
Interim CEO of Search Party
Josh has over 25 years of start-up experience across more than 40 businesses as a principal, operational executive and/or investor. With a passion for online marketplaces, Josh was a founding shareholder and IPO exiter in Feelancer and is currently a substantial shareholder and director of The Search Party.
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About Search Party: The Search Party is an online recruitment marketplace that helps businesses find talent faster, easier, and at a lower cost.
David Smyth
CEO of Scouta
David Smyth joined Complish as Co-founder & CEO in 2020.
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About Complish, Scouta: Scouta is a talent referral marketplace for companies you’ll want to work for.
Brenton Avery
Director & CEO of Oakpont
Brenton has over 25 years of leadership experience in technology related companies and has been a Director and CEO of a number of those companies. He has previously served as an Executive Director of an ASX listed company and is currently a Director of several other companies. He brings to Bell Resources skills and expertise covering enterprise technology implementations and roll-outs, cyber security, cloud technology, corporate governance, productivity reviews, business process reviews, and audit committees. Brenton holds a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Information Technology Management from Bond University, and is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD), and also a Member of the Australian Computer Society (MACS). He is also a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) as well as holding IT project management and other IT industry certifications.
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About Oakpont, Oakpont, Oakpont Professionals: Oakpont is a specialist cloud consultant and managed cloud service provider.

Benjamin Gillman
Founder & CEO of myInterview
Benjamin Gillman is the Founder and CEO at MyInterview.
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About myInterview: Hire the right person for the job, with customised one-way video interviews that bring resumes to life.

Ben Hutt
CEO of JobAdvisor
Founder at The Search Party
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About JobAdvisor: JobAdvisor is a culture matching platform that helps employers tell their story in an open, transparent and honest way.

David Younger
CEO of The Service Manager (TSM)
Bachelor of Applied Science in Computing Science (Hons) Sydney Institute of Technology (UTS) Founded TSM with over 30 years experience in field service and custom software development and a pioneer of mobility solutions in field service. Author of ‘Instant Profits’ guide to identifying and finding solutions to common problems faced by field service business owners. David has personally developed, designed and deployed hundreds of business applications in a wide range of situations, gaining extensive hands-on experience in the area of Field Service. His unique insight and understanding of customer needs combined with his technical proficiency have enabled him to grow The Service Manager into a high-growth market-leading supplier of Field Service and Asset based business solutions.
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About The Service Manager (TSM): TSM provides tools in improving productivity, increasing profitability and efficiency of their field service management operations.