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Simon Whittle

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Talent Director at Talentful
📍 Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Simon Whittle is a Talent Director with over 15 years of experience leading recruitment for enterprise clients like Microsoft and Royal London. Colleagues describe him as a strong, inspirational, and brilliant leader. He holds a BSc (Hons) from Loughborough University and is certified in Unconscious Bias.

He has a keen interest in recognizing excellence within the talent acquisition community and actively supports awareness around neurodiversity in the workplace.

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Experience
4 Years
Current Role
Talent Director
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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Talent Leadership
Recommendations repeatedly describe him as a "strong and inspirational leader" who brings out the best in his teams and supports their growth and development.
Scaling Tech Teams
He successfully led a team of over 50 recruiters and sourcers to deliver more than 1, 200 software engineering hires for Microsoft across the EMEA region.
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Career

Work history

2-2024
Talent Director
Talentful
2-2024 - 6-2025
Talent Acquisition Manager (via Talentful)
Microsoft
2-2023 - 2-2024
Recruitment Manager (FTC)
Royal London
3-2021 - 2-2023
Talent Director
Talentful
3-2021 - 2-2023
Talent Acquisition Manager (via Talentful)
Microsoft
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Education
2005 - 2009
2:1 BSc (Hons)
Loughborough University
1998 - 2005
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Bishop Vesey's Grammar School
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