Adam Bolton

Global Head of Talent Acquisition

airSlate

Jul 2025 - Current (1 year 4 months)

Joined airSlate initially to conduct a Talent Acquisition and hiring health check, reviewing processes, team structure, systems and candidate experience. What started as a short-term project evolved into a two-day-per-week advisory role before becoming a full-time leadership position.

Today, I lead both the Talent Acquisition and People Operations functions, partnering closely with executive leadership to shape how we attract, develop and support talent across a global business of ~600 employees. During a period without a Chief People Officer, I assumed responsibility for the overall HR budget and supported the wider People function through the transition.

Key areas of focus include:
• Leading Talent Acquisition a

Founder | Passionate about Improving Hiring

RecruitMend

Mar 2025 - Current (1 year 8 months)

At RecruitMend, we're helping organisations hire smarter—not just faster. As the founder, I work with companies across the UK and EU to reduce time to hire, improve candidate quality, and embed inclusive hiring practices that actually work. RecruitMend isn’t a recruitment agency—we're a hiring consultancy built to support internal teams and Talent leaders in delivering better results, without burning out.

Our approach is grounded in three core pillars: reducing time to hire, enhancing candidate experience, and improving diversity across gender, race, disability, and sexuality. We audit hiring journeys, optimise processes, and bring structure to scaling businesses, all while keeping people at the heart of the process.

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Senior Manager - Corporate Functions

Visa

Oct 2022 - Feb 2025 (2 years 5 months)

Following Visa’s $1bn acquisition of Currencycloud, I transitioned into the Visa Europe Talent team, leading hiring efforts across multiple business units within a 2,000-person remit.

👥 Corporate Functions Talent Leadership
I headed the Corporate Functions talent team, covering:
🔹 Operations | Finance | Client Services | HR
🔹 Risk | Audit | Legal | Marketing
🔹 Compliance | Strategy | Communications

📌 Until October 2024, I also managed Currencycloud’s Tech & Product hiring, before full integration into Visa’s structure.

🏆 Key Achievements

🔄 Talent Systems & Process Alignment
✔ Successfully migrated Currencycloud’s ATS (Lever) to Visa’s ATS (SmartRecruiters).
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Advisory Committee Member

FinTech Wales

Sep 2020 - Nov 2021 (1 year 3 months)

🤝 Advisory Committee Member | FinTech Wales
📍 [2020] – [2021] | Championing FinTech & Financial Services in Wales

FinTech Wales is the leading members association dedicated to growing Wales as a hub for financial innovation.

🏆 Key Contributions
✔ Advised on Talent & Hiring Strategies to strengthen Wales’ fintech ecosystem.
✔ Supported Event Planning & Industry Engagement to promote innovation and collaboration.

Helping to shape the future of FinTech and Financial Services in Wales by driving talent growth and industry connectivity.

Director of Talent | Currencycloud (Acquired by Visa in a $1bn Deal)

Currencycloud

Jul 2020 - Oct 2022 (2 years 4 months)

As Director of Talent at Currencycloud, I led global hiring through a period of rapid scale-up, growing the workforce from 200 to 650 employees (plus any attrition!). My role spanned talent strategy, operational leadership, and workforce planning — culminating in Currencycloud’s $1bn acquisition by Visa.

I managed a 7-person team (5 direct reports, 2 dotted-line reports) and removed hiring blockers, ensuring seamless execution across the business. I was also responsible for maintaining a real-time recruitment dashboard for executive visibility and workforce planning, frequently contributing as the "voice of talent" in leadership meetings.

Key Achievements:
📈 Scaling the Workforce & Cost Optimisation
✔ Led th

Internal Tech Recruiter / Talent Acquisition Partner

Currencycloud

Nov 2019 - Jul 2020 (9 months)

🎯 Technical Recruiter | Currencycloud
📍 Nov 2019 – Jul 2020 | London, Cardiff, Amsterdam & New York

I joined Currencycloud as a Technical Recruiter, focusing on hiring for Engineering (Ruby, Java, Scala), QA, and End-User Support across multiple international offices. My role was centred around optimising hiring processes, reducing agency dependency, and improving overall recruitment efficiency.

🏆 Key Achievements

⏳ Hiring Process Optimisation
✔ Reduced time-to-hire from 45+ days to just 16 days.
✔ Migrated ATS from Google Hire to Pinpoint, streamlining recruitment operations.

💰 Cost & Supplier Management
✔ Drove agency usage down from 100% to 40%, with a long-term goal of

Head of People & Recruitment

Notbinary

Apr 2019 - Jun 2019 (3 months)

🛠 Head of People & Recruitment | Notbinary
📍 Apr 2019 – Jun 2019 | London, UK

I joined Notbinary as the first dedicated People & Recruitment lead, managing hiring and HR operations across Notbinary and Human+.

🏆 Key Achievements
🔄 Recruitment & HR Process Improvement
✔ Standardised hiring & onboarding processes, creating formalised documentation.
✔ Implemented CharlieHR, ensuring compliance with legal staff records.
✔ Reviewed and improved offer letters, employment contracts, and staff handbooks.

📈 Workforce & Benefits Strategy
✔ Researched and developed a benefits package for employees.
✔ Introduced a structured feedback system in CharlieHR for managing 1:1s.
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Founder

CurlyBracestech

May 2018 - Nov 2019 (1 year 7 months)

🚀 Founder | CurlyBraces.tech
📍 May 2018 – Nov 2019 | London, UK

I launched CurlyBraces.tech as a recruitment and events company, merging my earlier brands (IDinLondon and ABrecruit) into a single platform. The community grew to 1,000+ members, creating a space where hiring and industry networking intersected.

🏆 Key Achievements
💡 Recruitment & Hiring Impact
✔ Acted as the sole recruiter for multiple tech companies, leading hiring efforts for engineering, DevOps, product, and leadership roles.
✔ Partnered

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Founder

GoFriendly

Oct 2017 - Feb 2019 (1 year 5 months)

⚽ Founder | GoFriend.ly
📍 Oct 2017 – Feb 2019 | London, UK

I founded GoFriend.ly, a platform to help sports teams arrange friendly matches by matching clubs based on skill level, location, and sportsmanship ratings.

🏆 Key Achievements
💡 Product & Technology Development
✔ Built the first version of the platform, using AI-powered matchmaking for team pairing.
✔ Created a unique sportsmanship rating system, ensuring fair and balanced matchups.

📈 Business & Community Growth
✔ Official launch on 31st May

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Community Organizer

International Developers in London

Apr 2013 - May 2018 (5 years 2 months)

🌍 Community Organiser | International Developers in London
📍 Apr 2013 – May 2018 | London, UK

I co-founded and scaled International Developers in London (IDinLondon), a network of 1,200+ developers across six language-based tech communities.

🏆 Key Achievements
🤝 Community Growth & Engagement
✔ Started as small social meetups, growing into six dedicated groups for developers speaking:
🔹 Italian
🔹 Portuguese
🔹 Spanish
🔹 Polish
🔹 French
🔹 South African networks

✔ Consolidated groups under the IDinLondon brand for better scalability.
✔ Built partnerships with NDC London & Oslo, helping with their User Group & Community Zone.

IDinLondon helped

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Director / Recruiter

ABrecruit Ltd

Jan 2013 - May 2018 (5 years 5 months)

💼 Director | ABrecruit Ltd
📍 Jan 2013 – May 2018 | London, UK

I founded ABrecruit, a community-driven recruitment agency, supporting startups and scale-ups with tailored talent acquisition strategies.

🏆 Key Achievements
📈 Recruitment & Hiring Strategy
✔ Shifted focus from contingency recruitment to helping companies define hiring pipelines and build internal hiring processes.
✔ Worked with ATS platforms including Workable, Recruiterbox, and Recruitee.

💰 Cost Savings & Recruitment Optimisation
✔ Negotiated cost savings for clients on job board and StackOverflow usage, optimising recruitment spend.

ABrecruit was a tech recruitment agency with a strong community-driven a

Senior IT Recruitment Consultant - Microsoft Technologies

Conex Europe

Apr 2009 - Jan 2013 (3 years 10 months)

💼 Senior IT Recruitment Consultant – Microsoft Technologies
📍 Apr 2009 – Jan 2013 | Conex Europe (TUPE from MECS Europe) | Hornchurch, Essex

As Senior IT Recruitment Consultant, I led the Microsoft recruitment team, reporting directly to the Managing Director on billings, targets, team management, and mentoring junior colleagues. I was consistently one of the "top billers" in the company.

🏆 Key Achievements
🔍 Full 360 Recruitment & Candidate Sourcing
✔ Specialist C# & .NET Recruiter, hiring for both permanent and contract roles.
✔ Sourced, interviewed, and engaged with both candidates and clients in the Microsoft ecosystem.

🤝 Client & Community Engagement
✔ Managed the partners

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Senior IT Recruitment Consultant

MECS Europe

Jun 2005 - Apr 2009 (3 years 11 months)

💼 Senior IT Recruitment Consultant | MECS Europe
📍 Jun 2005 – Apr 2009 | Canary Wharf, London

I began my recruitment career at MECS Europe, initially joining as a Trainee Recruitment Consultant. Under the mentorship of Kelly Robinson (founder of Broadbean), I developed a strong foundation in recruitment best practices within a fast-paced and professional environment.

🏆 Key Achievements
📈 Fast-Track Growth & Leadership
✔ Passed six-month probation in just three months, fast-tracked into Team Management.
✔ Led a team of four full-time fee-earning recruiters at the height of my tenure.

🔍 Market Specialisation & Hiring Success
✔ Successfully recruited across two distinct markets:

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