Meet the SODA Squad

Oliver Perry

Sales Director - UK & Europe

Oliver Perry is the Sales Director of our European and UK Markets at Trust in SODA. He oversees the brand across Ireland, DACH and the UK, recruiting in the Software Engineering, DevOps, Product, and Design & Data spaces.

Viki Dowthwaite

Associate Director for UK & European Contract Recruitment

Originally from Preston Lancashire, Viki moved to the South in 2009 for university and a career in recruitment and hasn't looked back! Viki has been working exclusively in the UK and Europe for over a decade, specialising in Digi...

Lauren Langdell

Client Engagement Director & Director - Women in DevOps

Lauren is the Founder and Global Director of Women in DevOps.Lauren has been recruiting in the DevOps space since 2014. She has over 8 years of recruitment experience hiring DevOps and SRE engineers...

Sabrina Battiston

Business Manager – USA

Sabrina has been with Soda for over two years, originally building out the DevOps, Site Reliability, and QA desks in the US. She has also been active with Women in DevOps, speaking at a variety of events and webinars. After a highly successful few years with Soda, Sabrina is now leading the Software, Design, and DevOps recruitment functions f...

Anthony Kelly

Business Manager | AI & Data – DACH & EU

​Anthony specialises in helping companies in the DACH Region with building state-of-the-art Computer Vision products by giving them access to the best talent available.“Choosing a good recruitment company is like picking dessert, they're all good but deep down only one can be the best. That’s why I joined Trust in SODA - we’re the R...

Louise Latif

Business Manager - Sales, Marketing & Data

​Louise and her team specialises in Sales, Data, HR, and Marketing roles. "Working for SODA has been the best decision I made! I get to work with like-minded people who all strive to build genuine long-term relationships with candidates, clients and colleagues. My focus has al...

Yessenia Martinez

Recruitment Consultant

Yessenia was born in Colombia, and at the age of four, she moved to London with her family for a bright future filled with opportunities. Seeing how far her parents have come has shown her that we truly are the authors of our own lives. Since gra...

Jona Aliaj

Recruitment Consultant

Jona joined Trust in SODA shortly after completing her BA in Sociology and Politics at the University of Kent in 2021. Since then, she has become a specialist in hiring for contract opportunities across all SODA and Broadgate disciplines, with a particular focus on Design, Product Management, and Marketing & Sales for various clients thro...

Dominika Kodadova

Senior Consultant

​Dom, originally from the Czech Republic, started her career in Fashion Design & Marketing here in the UK and after 5 years has decided to move into recruitment to face new challenges and broaden her skill set. Dom's forte is Java and Full-Stack, and she is helping to scale Back-End Eng...

Daniel Mapstone

European Team Lead

Daniel leads the Technology & Digital offering at Trust in SODA for the Nordics & Benelux regions. He is focused on partnering with high-growth, tech-enabled businesses. With over 7 years of experience in this field, Daniel has extensive experience partnering with tech-enabled businesses across the UK, US, and now Benelux & the No...

Gabriella Morrey-Jones

Business Manager - UK & EU Key Account Management

​Gabriella specialises in Contract Recruitment across the UK."Joining SODA has been my best career decision to date! Everyone here comes to work because they want to and it’s great to be a part of a business that genuinely wants y...

Zaynab Khan

Senior Recruitment Consultant

​Zee graduated from the University of Nottingham and jumped straight into the world of recruitment! She currently specialises in Sales Roles here at Trust in SODA and is passionate about delivering the perfect candidate experience.

Irfaan Choychoo

Recruitment Consultant

Irfaan works in the Data space with a specific focus on Data Engineering and Data Architecture in the UK. Irfaan was born in Mauritius but grew up in the UK. After obtaining a Bachelor's degree in International Business, Irfaan found his calling in recruitment, where he now thrives as a part of the SODA squad. ​​​

George O'Connell

Recruitment Consultant

​George is a recruitment consultant with over four years of experience in the field. He specialises in the Mobile Development and Frontend market across the UK, placing specialists from the junior level through to department heads and C-Suite appointments.

Filip Szurkiewicz

Consultant | DevOps

​Filip specialises in DevOps roles across the UK and Europe. Filip grew up in North London before moving out to Hertfordshire in his early teens. After attending university in London, he kicked off his career in recruitment in Sep...

Nathan Peters

Team Lead & Senior Recruitment Consultant

​Nathan is from London and started his career in Digital Marketing. After completing his A-Levels in IT and enjoying 2 successful years in Sales and Business Development in Canary Wharf, he decided to move over to Cyber/IT/Tech Recruitment. Nathan has over seven years of commercial experien...

Jack Herbert

Recruitment Consultant

Jack was born and raised in London and spent seven years in events management, including five years at West Ham and running his own Events company. This is where he learnt the people skills needed to thrive in recruitment. He has always had a passion for tech, especially since all of his friends work in the industry, and he has spent the last...

Adam Whitehurst

Principal Consultant

Adam started his working career in an advertising sales role within the international financial sector. After a while, a friend recommended Adam to make the move into recruitment.Adam spent eight years at his previous compan...

Emma Stewart

Senior Consultant

​Meet Emma. Emma joined SODA as a Senior Consultant on the Key Account Management team, focusing on contract recruitment within the UK. She manages multiple verticals across a range of key clients.“Straight away, you call tell that SODA is a well-oiled machine set out to change perceptions of recruitment a...

Enrique Cabanas Rodriguez

Recruitment Consultant - EU Key Account Management

​Enrique works in the EU Key Accounts Management Team, focusing on delivering top-tier freelancers to a wide variety of clients across Europe.'From the first moment I interviewed with SODA I knew I wanted to be part of this com...

Adam Brinkley

Business Manager

Adam leads our UK DevOps & Engineering team, covering everything in the Cloud, SW Eng, Infra, Architecture, DevSec, and Agile spaces. “Working at SODA has been an absolute breath of fresh air. Unlike previous roles, you aren’t micromanaged into the ground. Instead, you're motivated to work hard through great incentives, supporti...

Andrew Grier

Senior Recruitment Consultant

​Andrew is a Senior Recruitment Consultant at Trust in SODA. He has been in recruitment for over five years, having worked in the UK, the USA, and now Germany, where he focuses on Software and Mobile developers. Andrew star...

Hayley Killengrey

Executive Technical Recruiter

Hayley is an Executive Technical Recruiter with over twelve years of experience hiring Software Engineers for high-growth tech companies. She has built engineering teams in the UK, Europe, the USA, and more recently, the DACH region. Hayley is the Co-Founder of Women in DevOps and an advoca...

Ashley Lawrence

Founder & Group CEO

​Ashley is Trinnovo Group CEO and co-founder of Trust in SODA. "I’m incredibly proud to be the Founder of Trinnovo Group, which comprises four core brands: Trust in SODA, Broadgate, BioTalent, and Ex-Military Careers. Cre...

David Young

Director & Co-Founder

​David is one of our co-founders who set up Trust in Soda. "At Trust in SODA, we believe that our people play a crucial part in the successful growth of the business. We wanted to create – and now actively support – an environm...

Helena Sullivan

Chief Marketing Officer

​​​Helena is our CMO, leading marketing strategy and delivery for all Trinnovo Group brands (which SODA is part of) globally. Her team are responsible for communities, social media, and thought leadership including events, podcasts and blogs, digital marketing, bids & tenders, and more.Helena started he...

Anisha Patel

Chief Financial Officer

​Anisha joined Trinnovo Group (which SODA is part of) in December 2022 and is now our CFO. She controls the finance function and is focused on providing the requi...

Lucy Neal

Associate Marketing Director

​​Lucy is the Associate Marketing Director & Head of Thought Leadership at Trinnovo Group (which SODA is part of) and Founder of Women in DevOps, a community on a mission to close the DevOps gender gap and inspire the future leaders of the tech world. She is responsible for strategic plann...

Alex Willshere

Group Director of Talent, People & Performance

​Alex is an Associate Director at Trinnovo Group (which SODA is part of) and heads up our group-wide Learning, Development & Performance team.Alex works closely with our C-level and Directors to ensure