OUR TEAM
OUR VALUES
Melanie Pye – Associate Director
INVENTIVE We love finding new ways to solve issues unique to every assignment. That’s because we’re inventive. We actively encourage new ideas and embrace change. Wherever you are in the world and whatever challenges you face that are unique to your region, your market and your business, our deep understanding of recruitment and our inventiveness are what help us find new answers to your most difficult questions. INCLUSIVE We believe that diverse perspectives make for better teams and better businesses. That’s why our approach to recruitment is open, fair and objective. This hasn’t happened by accident, we’re inclusive by design. We’ve undertaken Unconscious Bias training and the MRG Matrix system eliminates bias from our process. FORENSIC We are forensic in our approach to candidate assessment and analysis and are obsessed with detail. From robust briefings to exhaustive research, we look for the critical details that others may miss. We are process-driven and data-led, always searching for evidence to back up what we believe, and willing to share our learning across our global teams to ensure no insight is wasted. RELENTLESS Search and Selection is rarely easy. Being relentless is about doing the hard yards to get an assignment to the right conclusion. It’s about overcoming challenges. Ultimately, it means we are driven by enthusiasm, energy and pride in the work we do.
Melanie has over 27 years of recruitment experience across a variety of sectors. She joined MRG in 2012, initially working within the Higher Education team before moving over to lead on recruitment for Built Environment Project Management consultancies for eight years. In January 2022, Melanie joined the Schools Leadership team to lead on all non-academic appointments for Independent Schools and Multi-Academy Trusts. She has a real passion for the education sector and given her varied recruitment experience, she has been able to support and advise schools on their recruitment challenges and how to overcome them. In addition to recruitment, Melanie also facilitates and attends panel interviews, provides assistance with team profiling and advice on team and operational structures. Melanie has recently been appointed as a Governor for an academy in her hometown. For the first time in her long recruitment career, she has truly found her home.
Kirsty Hassan – Senior Manager
Kirsty is an experienced Director of External Relations who joined MRG in 2024. She has a wealth of experience in marketing, admissions, and development, having worked with several prestigious independent schools across the United Kingdom, as well as running her own successful consultancy. She is an innovative and award-winning marketer, passionate about marketing strategy, branding, and articulating a school’s unique story to prospective families. Strengths include creating and implementing marketing activities aligned with a school’s strategic direction that delivers on positioning and pupil attraction targets. In addition, she has founded two development offices and led successful alumni engagement programmes, as well as major gift cultivation programmes. A champion of customer service, she has spoken at many leading sector conferences about the importance of streamlining and choreographing the admissions process to create maximum conversions.
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