
Rewa Kassamani
Senior Recruitment Director | Executive Search
Salary / Daily rate
Silverstone, Towcester NN12, UK
Freelance
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Recruitment Director with 10+ years of experience helping companies hire smarter and faster through strategic, founder-led search. Achieved 3:1 interview-to-hire ratio and reduced client hiring costs by up to 60% at top firms including Korn Ferry and RELX. Specializing in executive search, tech talent, and multi-region placements across EMEA and Middle East with a proven track record of filling C-suite to specialist roles efficiently.
Work experience
Recruitment Director & Strategist
RK Global Recruitment
Apr 2025 - Present
1 year 7 months
I help businesses hire smarter, faster, and more cost-effectively through a flat competitive recruitment fee and a high-touch, founder-led search model. Key achievements: • Placed roles including CEOs, Directors, VPs, Heads of Departments, Financial Advisors, Educators, Tech talent, and Private Office staff • Achieved a 3:1 interview-to-hire ratio by providing highly curated shortlists • Supported fast-growing groups in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh & Doha with urgent hiring • Helped companies reduce hiring costs by up to 60% through efficient search • Built long-term client partnerships based on trust, delivery, and responsiveness
Senior Recruiter - EMEA, South Africa, UAE
Korn Ferry
Mar 2022 - May 2025
3 years 3 months
London, UK
Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm bringing together strategy and talent to drive superior performance for our clients. From humble beginnings in a small office in Century City, Los Angeles, we carved out a name as the preeminent executive search firm.
Senior Recruiter
RELX
Mar 2022 - May 2025
3 years 3 months
London, UK
RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers, enabling them to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive. RELX serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs more than 33,000 people over 40% of whom are in North America. We operate in four major market segments: Scientific, Technical & Medical; Risk; Legal; and Exhibitions.
Recruitment Business Partner
Leaders Romans Group
Jun 2021 - Mar 2022
10 months
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
LRG are one of the UK’s largest property services groups. Backed by leading private equity firm, Platinum Equity, they have a network of over 219 branches across the country and employ over 2,600 people. Job Responsibilities: Own a portfolio of vacancies from start to hiring. Consistently achieved and exceeded targets Agree a recruitment schedule, set out direct sourcing activity, Interviews and timelines and keep hiring managers well updated on challenges and progress. Responsible for raising awareness of roles through social media to drive additional applications. Develop, manage and maintain a diverse talent pipeline to meet current and future recruitment. Support Careers Events and Early Careers by representing LRG group in schools, colleges and experienced hire recruitment fairs. Effectively utilise the recruitment applicant tracking system Strive for best in class recruitment experience including video screening of candidates. Work cohesively and collaboratively with the entire HR team to ensure a professional and smooth service is provided Ensure that recruitment policies and GDPR has been adhered to, from the ‘Authority to Recruit’ process through to offer and on-boarding
Remote Assistant-Volunteer
Marriage Care
Dec 2019 - Dec 2020
1 year 1 month
London, UK
Recruitment Officer
Laureate Education, Inc.
Oct 2016 - Mar 2019
2 years 6 months
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
For more than 20 years, Laureate’s mission has been to make quality higher education accessible in order to improve lives and help make the world a better. Major Achievements: In 3 months, I headhunted more than 90 candidates of which 10 of them were hired (5 Managers from UK, South Africa, and USA. In addition to Business Instructors, IT Instructors, English Instructors, Hospitality Instructors, and Health & Safety Instructors where 2 of them were females hired for remote areas in Saudi Arabia.
Assistant to the HR and Recruitment Director
Wellspring Learning Community-Lebanon's only IB continuum world school
Jun 2013 - May 2016
3 years
Lebanon
Government Relations Officer
Self Employed - Professional HR Services
Feb 2014 - Jan 2016
2 years
Lebanon, TN, USA
Working within the Government Relations Departments of companies, as an HR consultant, where I am responsible for the collection, processing and submission of legal documents, assisting with paperwork and supporting with public relations tasks.
Administrative Assistant
MG Sal Holding Group
Nov 2011 - Jul 2013
1 year 9 months
Beirut, Lebanon
Education
Notre Dame University - Louaize (NDU)
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Business Administration and Management, General
2006 - 2010
4 years 1 month