Managing Director
David Harrington
Managing Director - Hobsons Asia Pacific
Date joined Hobsons: March 1987 (in Australia since October 1999) after graduating from the University of Sheffield with a BSc in Chemistry.
David began his career in the UK office as a fresh faced graduate in the advertising/sales department working on graduate recruitment titles. A successful 12 years in the Hobsons UK office followed. Eventually he decided to explore the world and in 1999 he moved to Australia to set up Hobsons Australia as its new Managing Director.
Over the years David has enjoyed working with an excellent team to turn a bunch of well thought out ideas into a large-scale student recruitment business.
David has enjoyed getting to understand the Australian working culture and the ‘let's get a coffee' attitude to Australian business meetings, where the focus is as much upon building good relationships as it is about discussing business. In such a small market, genuine relationships are important and reputation is everything.
Looking to the future, David is excited about the development of the web and expanding on new technologies to advance student recruitment techniques and improve Hobsons Australia's understanding of the student decision-making process. He also wants to focus on working more closely with colleagues across the world to create a truly global business.
