Meet The Team

Grace Gilmore

Grace Gilmore

Managing Director

Grace joined Kennedy Reid in September of 2013 as a Recruitment Consultant. A couple of years later, Grace moved into a Practice Leader role within the Life Insurance team and ultimately became the Director of Professional Services, managing over six practices across the business. Seven years later, when she started as a Junior Consultant, Gr...

Christina Escalera-Galvan

Christina Escalera-Galvan

Marketing Manager

​Christina joined the company in 2022 as a Marketing and Operations Manager. Before joining Kennedy Reid, Christina worked as a Marketing and Event Manager in the hospitality and retail sector for five years. She completed a Masters degree in Business & Marketing from Mona...

Sisi Yuan

Sisi Yuan

Accountant

Sisi joined Kennedy Reid in May 2019 as a Payroll Officer.​Sisi graduated from UNSW with a bachelor's degree in Accounting and a Master's degree in Financial Analysis. After completing her studies, she began...

Caroline O'Grady

Caroline O'Grady

Divisional Manager | Permanent Solutions & Business Support

Caroline joined Kennedy Reid in February 2020 initially as a Resourcer working on the Executive Recruitment desk before transitioning to Consultant on the General Insurance – Temporary Recruitment desk. In January 2022, Caroline changed desks, providing Permanent Solutions within the Busine...

Ciara Holden

Ciara Holden

Senior Recruitment Consultant | Temporary Solutions & Business Support

​Ciara joined the Kennedy Reid team in April 2022 as a temp consultant, providing Temporary Solutions within the Business Support & Insurance space.Ciara moved to Australia in 2019. Before starting her career in recruitment, Ciara worked as a New Product Development & Operations and Food Buyer within the Food Industry and has a...

Leilah Stott

Leilah Stott

Recruitment Consultant | Business Support

​Leilah joined Kennedy Reid in January 2023 as a Recruitment Consultant working on the General Insurance – Permanent Recruitment desk. Before joining Kennedy Reid, Leilah moved to Australia from England. She

Carla Byrom

Carla Byrom

Senior Recruitment Consultant | Temporary Solutions & Business Support

Carla joined Kennedy Reid in June 2021 as a Temp Consultant specialising in Business Support. Before this, Carla worked within the Motor Trade Industry - transitioning from New Business Development to Key Account Manager and gained over seven years of experience. Carla's main focus was to establis...

Danielle Murphy

Danielle Murphy

Recruitment Consultant | Temporary Solutions & Business Support

Danielle joined the Kennedy Reid team in July 2023 as a Recruitment Consultant on the Business Support desk. Before starting her career as a recruiter, Danielle worked in Sales, Insurance and Customer Complaints. Danielle enjoys meeting with clients and candidates, and is passionate about delivering exceptional ser...

Jade Melia

Jade Melia

Associate Director | Business Support (VIC)

Jade joined Kennedy Reid in 2024 as an Associate Director, to expand the company's presence in the Melbourne market. After relocating from the UK, Jade began her recruitment career in Melbourne in 2012. With o...

Tom Rapley

Tom Rapley

National Client Director - Insurance

Tom joined Kennedy Reid in March 2019 and is currently the National Client Director - Permanent Services for the General Insurance team.Previously, Tom worked within the insurance industry as a business development manager b...

Kate Carroll

Kate Carroll

Team Leader | General Insurance Claims

Kate joined Kennedy Reid in September 2019 as a Consultant and has worked across the Allied Health & Claims space. She then decided to focus all her efforts on the General Insurance Claims space, where her passion lies.

Harrison Hoy

Harrison Hoy

Senior Recruitment Consultant | General Insurance Claims

​After moving to Sydney in February 2022, Harry joined the Kennedy Reid team as a Candidate Manager and progressed to a 360 Recruitment Consultant in July 2022.Before this, Harry lived on the Gold Coast in QLD, where he was lucky enough to be the inaugural graduate of Bond University’s new Bachelor ...

Niamh Cutting

Niamh Cutting

Senior Recruitment Consultant | Life Insurance

​Niamh joined Kennedy Reid in 2022 as a Recruitment Consultant in the Life Insurance Desk. She quickly progressed to Senior Recruitment Consultant due to her keen eye for detail and a deep understanding of what companies look for in their employees.<...

Cristy Jennings

Cristy Jennings

Recruitment Consultant | Workers Compensation

Cristy has rich experience in recruitment, having joined Kennedy Reid as a Recruitment Consultant on the permanent Business Support Desk in April 2024. He brings with him a wealth of experience gained from working in the London Recruitment and Sales space. During his time in Londo...

Brogan Mullally

Brogan Mullally

Senior Recruitment Consultant | General Insurance Underwriting

​Brogan joined Kennedy Reid in February 2023 as a Recruitment Consultant in the Insurance desk.Before moving to Australia, Brogan worked in the Recruitment Industry back in Ireland, specialising in the Legal...

Shauna Brennan

Shauna Brennan

Senior Recruitment Consultant | General Insurance Legal, Risk & Compliance

​Shauna joined Kennedy Reid in April 2021 as a Recruitment Consultant and re-joined in June 2023 as a Senior Recruitment Consultant on the General Insurance team to build a Legal, Risk & Compliance desk.Shauna