Lewis Olcot
Head of Talent Acquisition @Cynergy Bank
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WORK HISTORY
Head of Talent Acquisition @Cynergy Bank
London, GB
Leading Talent Acquisition at Cynergy Bank, shaping how the organisation attracts, assesses, and hires talent to support its growth and long term capability.Accountable for end to end talent acquisition strategy, including hiring processes, governance, workforce planning, supplier management, and the adoption of data, automation, and AI to improve speed, quality of hire, and decision making.Acting as a subject matter expert for Talent Acquisition, partnering with senior stakeholders to embed scalable, inclusive, and merit based recruitment practices, while strengthening future capability through workforce planning and organisational design.
EDUCATION
Verulam School
GCSEs, Various subjects
SKILLS
ABOUT LEWIS OLCOT
I am a Head of Talent Acquisition and strategic talent leader with experience shaping hiring and people strategies across Australia, the UK, and global markets.I have built functions from the ground up, led national portfolios, and delivered workforce programmes across infrastructure, technology, financial services, consulting, and government.My focus is on creating inclusive, scalable, human centred systems that go beyond recruitment, spanning talent acquisition strategy, succession planning, EVP, employer brand, and workforce planning aligned to long term business goals.I modernise how organisations hire by designing end to end processes that are faster, more consistent, and grounded in data. This includes automation, process optimisation, and AI to improve decision making, reduce inefficiencies, and create a seamless experience for candidates and hiring teams.I work closely with senior stakeholders to build capability, embedding structured, merit based assessment approaches, improving quality of hire, and reducing risk through probation. I also lead supplier strategy and governance, including PSL design and negotiation.Beyond hiring, I contribute to workforce planning and organisational design, helping businesses identify future skill needs, retain and retrain talent, and introduce AI in a way that enhances work.Across my career, I have improved time to hire, reduced agency reliance, delivered over $1M in annual cost savings, and led large scale workforce builds including Victoria’s COVID Quarantine programme.London based, dual British and Australian citizen.Coffee fuelled, poodle led
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