Meet the Team: Key Contacts

Meet our specialist team of construction recruitment consultants in the UK and around the world.

Steve Thomas

Steve Thomas

Recruitment Director
UK Canada and the Americas

Steve is responsible for Maxim Recruitment in the UK and Canada. He is based in the Maxim head office in Leicester, UK and the Toronto office in Canada. He regularly travels to meet employers and job seekers and attend construction industry networking events in the UK, Canada and worldwide. 
Steve has over 25 years of experience in construction and property recruitment and enjoys working with many repeat clients.  He manages dedicated search and headhunting assignments for a range of premium UK, Canadian and international clients.

Richard Poulter

Richard Poulter

Recruitment Director
Hong Kong Asia Australasia Dubai Middle East

Richard has worked in the construction recruitment industry for over 20 years.  Before this, he spent 15 years in the construction industry working as both a civil engineer and construction project manager. 
He is based in Hong Kong and is responsible for Maxim Recruitment operations in Hong Kong, Asia, Australia and the Middle East. 

Nilam Modhwadia

Nilam Modhwadia

Recruitment Consultant
UK International

Nilam is a Recruitment Consultant based in the Maxim head office in Leicester, Leicestershire. She manages the UK and international construction disputes division at Maxim.  Nilam researches, headhunts, shortlists, and interviews premium construction dispute professionals and places them with our premium and often exclusive construction dispute employer clients in the UK and worldwide.

Bhumika Modhvadiya

Bhumika Modhvadiya

GRADUATE RECRUITMENT CONSULTANT
UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL

Bhumika is a Graduate Recruitment Consultant based in the Maxim head office in Leicester, Leicestershire. Day-to-day responsibilities include researching, shortlisting, contacting, and interviewing premium construction industry candidates. I work with the UK team to help construction industry job seekers move into premium construction jobs with market-leading UK and international clients.

Debbie Hezlewood

Debbie Hezlewood

Office Manager
UK

Debbie Hezlewood is the Office Manager at Maxim Recruitment and provides executive-level administrative and operational support. She is instrumental in executing efficient internal systems and procedures to support the recruitment consultants at Maxim.  Debbie is also responsible for the Maxim candidate database and the uploading of job descriptions to the Maxim website and other portals.
Debbie ensures the smooth running of daily operations to ensure our customer service standards are always met.

Katie Keenan

Katie Keenan

Specialist Recruitment Consultant & Resourcer
UK

Katie is a specialist resourcer, supporting Maxim consultants in the UK, Canada and Hong Kong offices to shortlist and approach candidates for premium client vacancies. She has a strong understanding of recruiting across the construction industry, in particular for Construction Claims, Dispute and Expert Witness specialists, Quantity Surveyors, Commercial Managers, Programme Managers, Programme Directors and Project Managers.

Carol Moore

Carol Moore

Marketing Manager
UK

Carol Moore is the Marketing Manager for Maxim Recruitment. Carol's role is to create and manage marketing strategies to promote the Maxim brand to attract job applicants, new client employers and new Maxim employees. Her responsibilities also include management of Google listings, creating website content, managing our monthly newsletters and responsibility for our social media platforms.