Leadership Team
Tobias
Chairman
Tobias has over 15 years leading major global engineering recruitment and staffing companies. Tobias was CEO of EPCglobal, a technical staffing firm focused on the EPC sector with offices in the UK, the US, India, and the UAE. EPCglobal provided senior-level project staff to the civil, power, rail, oil and gas sectors. Tobias was also CEO of Swift Worldwide Resources, a technical staffing firm with over 3,500 employees operating from 26 office locations in 16 countries. Tobias then helped engineer the formation of Airswift a $1.3 bn company that had a diversified engineering customer base, through the merger of Air Energi and Swift Worldwide resources to form a global business with 56 office locations in 26 countries and over 7,000 employees. Tobias served as Non-executive Director of Airswift after the merger.
Fun fact: Has competed in the IronMan World Championships
If Tobias could trade lives with anybody, who would it be: Thomas Edison
Favorite food: Ceviche
Perfect Holiday Destination: His House in Silverthorne, Colorado.
Tom
Head of Operations
Before starting AQRA International, Tom worked in Houston, TX as the director of driver recruitment for a Texas-based delivery company, TUYA. During his time at TUYA, Tom oversaw the recruitment of over 300 Independent Contractors and transformed the recruitment process from old-fashioned paper applications to a platform-based system to help develop candidate sourcing and management capabilities. Tom manages AQRA's contracts, finances, and operations.
Fun fact: Tom had Harry Potter's (Daniel Radcliffe's) French Text Book at school, unfortunately, it didn't come with useful notes for potions and spells
If Tom could trade lives with anybody, who would it be: Lewis Hamilton
Favorite food: Velvet Taco
Perfect Holiday Destination: Favignana
Billy
Recruitment Consultant
Billy has 2 years business development experience, working in both the UK and Texas markets. Billy works closely with leading engineering firms to source the best available talent in the market, to match the developing needs of the rapidly growing renewable energy sector.
Fun Fact: Lived in Texas for a decade- and still can’t do a southern accent
If Billy could trade lives with anybody, who would it be: James May
Favorite Food: Caniac Combo sub slaw for toast and 2 extra sauces
Perfect Holiday Destination: Snowboarding in Japan