Copper Quail’s objective is to become a trusted partner within our clients’ organizations in Africa, understanding not only the people at their heart, but also their culture and ethos. We are Recruitment Advisors, specializing in Executive Search, Contingency Recruitment, Headhunting, Outsourced Labour and training. Using our significant market knowledge across, experience and judgement to help our clients employ the best qualified individuals for each position in Africa.
We’re known for our successful track record, responsiveness and discretion. We have a high performance culture and employ only experienced recruiters. These knowledgeable professionals provide a high level of service, deliver effective solutions and foster successful relationships through regular conversations with clients and candidates.
Team
MANAGEMENT
Carl Endenburg is the Director of Copper Quail (Mauritius) and Africa Deployments (Mauritius). Carl has a passion for Africa as well as Training with a vision of making a difference in the continent. Carl moved to Mauritius in April 2017 to launch Copper Quail which is a specialist headhunting business specialising in finding rare skills in Africa. In 2018 Carl launched Africa Deployments together with Eugenio Maggi which is a professional Employer of Record business to align with the established Africa headhunting solutions.
Eugenio has been providing Human Resources across Africa for the past 12 years and has extensive experience traveling the region. He also gained valuable experience having lived in Luanda, Angola for 2 years. He was instrumental in setting up the outsourced employment division in his previous company he worked for which included organizations from Non-Profit, Mining, Oil & Gas, Banking & Finance, Engineering and Manufacturing. Having left the company at the beginning of 2016 to pursue personal interests and to work out his restraint of trade he returned to the industry he knows best in late 2017 and in partnership with Carl Endenburg started Africa Deployments to cater for their client’s needs across Africa, based out of Mauritius. Eugenio has worked with large organizations in setting up employer of record solutions & payroll in Africa and subsequently gained a specialist reputation amongst his clients as the “go to man”.
AGRICULTURE
In 2017 Sharné graduated with a Bachelor of Psychology, she then decided to feed her insatiable passion of changing the lives of those around her by pursuing a career in Recruitment. Highlighting her success, she successfully graduated from the internship program, taking with her expert knowledge and experience in a diversity of industries. Throughout her journey she has gained exposure in the following industries: Financial Services, Commerce, IT/ Telecommunications, FMCG, Manufacturing, Mining, Engineering and Agriculture. Sharné currently heads up the Agriculture division, rooting her services in humanitarian concerns. She actively provides talent and internal business operational support for companies in the four main and related sectors of Agriculture – Crops, Livestock, Fishery and Forestry.
Energy, Oil & Gas
Karen is passionate about being a part of and developing the African continent. She has been in the Recruitment industry for over 15 years, internal and external Recruitment, sourcing and placing only the best candidates – from junior to Executive level across various sectors locally and internationally. She obtained her Honours Degree in Industrial Psychology and started her career off in Recruitment straight out of university.
Changing lives is key. Leanne has been in the Recruitment industry for over 6 years and thrives on the development of others. She is experienced in Recruiting across various industries but has vested herself in the Renewable Energy space. She has built a solid track record for 5 years in finding and nurturing the right talent for the right role and feels passionate about taking people to a new level in their careers. In 2018 Leanne took on a more Operational role in the company. In conjunction to Resourcing, she is also responsible of all Operational and Administrative requirements for the company.
ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING
Humbulani is a Senior Recruitment Consultant to Copper Quail. She has always had a keen interest in people and always finds herself gravitating towards a people environment. Building relationships and creating synergies are top priority to her. She is passionate about Recruitment and the development of others. With over 10 years’ experience within the Recruitment industry, Humbulani focuses mainly on Commercial Recruitment.
Harry is an experienced Research Consultant with 4 years’ experience in Recruitment, servicing various sectors but focusing mainly on the Commercial Sector. He has been in customer service his entire career. He is passionate about recruitment as this allows him to help others. Apart from sourcing top tier candidates and matching them to client specifications, Harry is quite the “tech”. He heads up our internal IT department.
FINANCE & BANKING
Bev obtained her Bachelor of Commerce in Business and Marketing Management. Bev has been a “corporate matchmaker” for over 12 years within Financial Services & Fintech. In 2003 she was headhunted for a Recruitment role and she has never looked back. She has a proven track record in sourcing top talent for Financial Services, Telecommunications, Property and Fintech companies. She is driven and highly quality orientated. She finds pleasure in making a difference in others’ lives.
IT & TELECOMS
Alex obtained a National Diploma in Project Management and has 15 years’ experience in the Recruitment and Resourcing field. She has concentrated extensively over this period on specialised recruitment for the IT and Telecommunications industries as well as, Finance and Fintech, covering specialised and Executive search and recruitment into Africa. Prior to recruitment Alex worked for 7 years with the IT Solutions arena growing market share for a Fintech company. She has diverse exposure in not only the sourcing of specialised talent but also managing IT Recruitment Teams as well as IT/ ICT projects for large corporate clients. This has also included setting up the resourcing and coaching for Digital contact centres.
MINING
David graduated in 2009 with a Bachelor of Social Science, majoring in Organisational Psychology and Industrial Sociology. He has over 10 years’ experience in the Talent Acquisition arena with eight years spent in Agency Recruitment and has recruited extensively locally in South Africa and into Africa. He also spent a tenure of two years ‘onsite’ as a HR Consultant: Recruitment and Selection with an influential Banking Institution in the South African market and he serviced over 50 branches in the North-West province. David has extensive Executive Search exposure and has successfully placed up to CEO level within the Mining and Telecommunications industries across the African continent.