Alan Russell is the Managing Director of ThornTree Group, a mid-sized supplier of high quality recruitment and placement services across a number of industries and specialisations in sub-Saharan Africa.
Alan Russell is the Managing Director of ThornTree Group, a mid-sized supplier of high quality recruitment and placement services across a number of industries and specialisations in sub-Saharan Africa.
An entrepreneur at heart, Alan started and spun off several enterprises over the early part of his professional life. However, it was his identification of a need in the training and development space in 2004 that saw him enter the broader human resources sector and subsequent establishment of a fully-fledged recruitment business. During this time there has been a significant shift in his approach to the industry.
He sees ThornTree's - and his own - role as one of bringing the right people together. Of creating a nurturing and caring environment where candidates and clients meet in the hope of finding the perfect match. Facilitating the correct placement can have life-long positive outcomes for both parties.
Immediately prior to establishing ThornTree Group Alan was the multi-award winning South and sub-Saharan franchise holder of an international recruitment agency. One that won two global Office of the Year Awards - 2011 and 2014. Needless to say, interacting with fellow franchisors around the world has built a far-reaching network which Alan puts to good use when assisting clients and candidates.
