Meet our Recruitment Team

Mark Ogston

Chief Executive

Mark founded Leading Roles in 2012 to provide specialist assistance in recruitment and human resource related projects for councils, and he is a passionate advocate for the development and performance of the local government sector. Mark has been working with councils for 25 years, holding senior roles in companies that provi...

Eleanor Ogston

Executive Director

Eleanor Ogston provides leadership and oversight of Leading Roles' operations. She has 19 years’ experience in working with the Queensland local government sector and has strong relationships with many elected members, council CEOs and Executive Managers. Eleanor has significant experience in assisting local governme...

Dr Tim Baker

Executive Manager - Culture and Performance Services

Dr Tim is a leadership and culture change expert and assists managers to improve individual and organisational performance. He has consulted to 70 councils in Queensland over a 20-year period. Tim has an award-winning PhD in workplace culture.During that time...

Antonya Black

Executive Manager

Antonya has 25 years of experience working in local and state government and is responsible for the operational management of Leading Roles. Starting her career as an Environmental Health Officer, Antonya honed her stakeholder management, compliance, and regulatory skills and completed post-graduate studies in Applied Law. Most recently, Anto...

Edwina Mackay-Eyler

Business Development Manager

As a recruitment specialist, in the United States and Australia, Edwina has worked across local, state and federal government sectors for 23 years. Throughout her career Edwina managed delivery teams and held account management and business development roles, aligning strategic recruitment planning with the individual needs of an organisation...

Carla Anderson

Marketing & Communications Manager

Carla’s career in marketing spans 25 years, having held positions in the UK, the Middle East and Australia. A seasoned marketer, Carla has had the privilege of working in many industry sectors including tourism, education, food retail, employment services, fashion retail and manufacturing.Carla worked closely with Local, State and...

Belinda Walker

Executive Talent Consultant

Belinda is our senior recruitment specialist with more than 15 years’ experience recruiting executive, senior management and specialist roles in public and private sectors in the United Kingdom, Australian Capital Territory and Queensland.As a high-level communications specialist, Belinda worked in the not-for-profit sector and profess...

Rob Maxwell

Senior Talent Consultant

Rob is a senior recruitment specialist, whose experience spans over 20 years. He has held senior roles in the private, public sectors and resources sector. Since joining Leading Roles in 2017, Rob specialises in developing recruitment project campaigns for engineering, infrastructure, technical and specialist roles....

Katharine Ottaway

Talent Consultant

Katharine is an experienced and resourceful senior recruitment consultant having worked across both the private and public sectors across Australia. Her experience across labour hire, internal and external recruiting and job networking, has enabled Katharine to build strong relationships with stakeholders, implement new strategies and process...

Angie Simmonds

Principal Talent Consultant

Angie’s experience is primarily as an internal recruiter, working in both the blue and white collar spaces. Initially studying law, Angie realised that while people engagement was important in her career path she wanted to influence people’s lives in a different way. In 2015, Angie found herself in a Recruitment role and that’s when she found...

Claire Doran

Talent Consultant, Temporary Placements

Claire has a background in managing contract resources for both global organisations and local government. Combined with an MBA from the University of South Australia and a Master of International Business from QUT, Claire uses her commercial acumen and industry experience to deliver the right person for the right role.

Jeanette Graham

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Jeanette is a highly experienced human resources and recruitment practitioner. Her work history includes eight years as a HR generalist within a large metro local government as well as senior HR and recruitment roles within the IT, Banking and Agency Recruitment sectors. As Talent Acquisitions Specialist, Jeanette brings a wealth ...

Nicole Coulston

Talent Consultant

Nicole is an HR professional whose most recent experience includes Recruitment, Training Administration and Human Resources Coordination. She has significant experience in multiple disciplines including recruitment, policy writing and roll-out, project coordination, on and offboarding process development, payroll and workplace health and saf...

Dee du Toit

Business Support Officer

Dee brings nearly 20 years support and administration experience to the Leading Roles team. Dee recently immigrated from New Zealand where she worked as a team leader for Whangarei District Council. Dee managed the organisation's fleet and telecomms team and specialised in regulatory and statutory planning and compliance.As the Le...

Marina Klopper

Talent Acquisition Officer

Specialising in data management, business reporting and compliance, Marina joined our team in 2018 after immigrating from South Africa. Working closely with our consultancy team, Marina enjoys the challenge of finding local government’s future leaders. Marina works alongside the Leading Roles Talent Consultants to search and headh...

Lorna Clarke

HR Advisory Business Coordinator

Lorna is a highly skilled business service professional and a vital HR Advisory team member. With over 19 years of business support and coordination experience, Lorna brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to her role. She has a strong background providing business administration management and project management, including 13 years wor...

Liarne Gollan

Business Support Officer

Liarne brings over 30 years of support and administration experience to the Leading Roles team. She joins us after her most recent role as an Administration Manager with a leading not-for-profit organisation. Liarne is highly experienced in business organisation and development, communication of policies and procedures, and writing and prepar...

Roxette Marges

Talent Sourcer

Rox Marges is a seasoned Talent Sourcer with extensive experience in executive search and contract recruitment. Rox’s superpower is identifying candidates with a history of success and connecting top local government talent with dynamic organisations. Her track record reflects a dedication to problem-solving, ensuring the perfect fit for can...