Xtrava Group provides comprehensive talent support to companies within STEM-related industries, focusing primarily on strategic partnerships with organisations operating in the Mining, Engineered Products, Industrial Technology, Construction Materials, and Engineering sectors.
If you seek a collaborative recruitment partner deeply immersed in your industry, you’ve found the perfect match.
At Xtrava Group, we’re dedicated to enhancing organisations through exceptional leadership recruitment. With over 30 years of trusted experience, our Partners deliver top-tier talent worldwide, ensuring lasting success.
Transparency is our cornerstone. We uphold openness throughout the recruitment journey, fostering trust and alignment for informed decisions and successful outcomes. Each team member possesses a minimum of 10 years of industry-specific experience, this depth of knowledge allows us to provide tailored solutions, building long-term relationships founded on insight and strategy.
But our commitment extends beyond recruitment. We believe in giving back, each placement we make, we donate on the behalf of the client and candidate to a charity each of them feel passionately about, supporting charities and encouraging philanthropy among our team.
With Xtrava Group, you gain more than a recruitment partner; you gain a trusted ally in building a brighter future for your organisation.
At the heart of our purpose, lie a set of core values that resonate deeply within our team, guiding our every action and decision…..
Transparency is a cornerstone of our approach, ensuring clients and candidates experience a fully transparent search process. This openness fosters trust, facilitates clear communication, and ensures all parties are aligned throughout the recruitment journey, leading to more informed decisions and successful, mutually beneficial outcomes.
Expertise defines our service, with each consultant and partner boasting a minimum of 10 years industry-specific experience. This enables us to partner with clients effectively and credibly, ensuring a profound understanding of industry nuances and client needs. Our seasoned team’s knowledge guarantees insightful, strategic, and tailored recruitment solutions, fostering long-term success and strong, trusting relationships.
At Xtrava Group, our commitment to giving back resonates deeply within our culture. We embrace a multifaceted approach to philanthropy, supporting numerous charities and encouraging personal charity endeavours among our dedicated team members. Moreover, we extend this spirit of generosity by making donations on behalf of our valued clients and candidates, ensuring that we collectively contribute to causes that hold special significance in their hearts. Together, we strive to make a meaningful impact and foster positive change within our communities.
We work hand-in-hand with our clients, creating dynamic and effective recruitment processes. This partnership approach allows us to deeply understand the unique needs and aspirations of each employer, ensuring tailored strategies that engage and attract the right talent. By fostering open, robust conversations, we navigate the complexities of recruitment together, enabling innovative solutions and positive outcomes.
With over 35 years of industry expertise, our trusted team of talent partners and advisors have supported clients in over 40 countries
Alex Wilkinson, Partner, brings almost a decade of global mining and materials experience to his role at Xtrava Group.
During that time, he’s supported companies across the industry to attract and secure leadership talent, for both their corporate and site leadership positions.
He’s placed in 27 countries and has successfully completed assignments across a broad range of disciplines, such as Health & Safety, Environment, Sales, Risk, ESG, Commercial Management, Business Development, Training, Sustainability, Operations, Asset Management, Investor Relations, Procurement & Finance, including board seats.
Prior to Xtrava Group, Alex scaled a mining & materials search division from scratch to 13 Consultants, servicing clients in 61 countries,
He also brings a decade of invaluable experience from the construction, engineering and manufacturing industries, having served as a Quantity Surveyor, overseeing the commercial activities on multiple projects, valuing up to $30 million in value.
If you would like to arrange a conversation to better understand how Alex can support you or your organisation, please contact him using the links below
With nearly two decades of experience in executive search, Tom has become a highly respected figure within the global recruitment industry, showcasing his expertise in industrial and mining technology. His profound understanding of engineered products and technology across the mining industry has established him as a crucial partner for global Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and MRO equipment service providers. Tom employs focused, insightful, and transparent search and selection processes, assisting organizations in building diverse and scalable teams that lead in innovation and sustainability.
Tom’s professional journey has spanned various parts of the world, allowing him to live and work across Europe, Asia, and Australia. This experience has given him a comprehensive global perspective on leadership talent acquisition. Over a decade, Tom has been instrumental in scaling large, global industrial and mining teams, with his efforts across multiple international offices earning him several Global Management awards.
At the core of Tom’s mission is his commitment to enhancing the recruitment process, aiming to deliver genuine value to both clients and candidates. Recognized as a thought leader in recruitment and talent acquisition strategy, he champions tailored and thoughtful candidate engagement strategies, a transparent search process, and data-backed decision-making.
Tom boasts an impressive track record, having placed talent in over 30 countries. When he is not scouting talent across the globe, he is running, cycling, or swimming across it. As a dedicated endurance athlete, Tom has completed Ironman distance triathlons and is a regular marathon runner.
A dual citizen of the UK and Australia, he now resides in his hometown of Leeds, UK, with his wife Deb and their 3-year-old son, William.
If you would like to explore how Tom can support you or your organization, please feel free to contact him using the links provided below.
Throughout her career, Sanja has held various leadership roles specialising in strategic human resources management, talent acquisition, and operations management. Some of her key achievements include the development and implementation of long-term recruitment strategies ensuring that candidate experience, succession planning, and diversity and inclusion initiatives were strategically embedded to achieve organisational objectives. Sanja also has experience in organisational review and redesign projects, showcasing her adept business acumen, stakeholder and change management skills.
Sanja's strength lies in her ability to effectively engage senior leadership, and an innate understanding of organisational requirements, which allows her to source exceptional talent. Her passion for creating a culture of continuous improvement and proactive attitude aligns seamlessly with her role at Xtrava Group, where connecting the right talent with the right opportunities is paramount.
At Xtrava Group, our commitment to giving back resonates deeply within our culture. We embrace a multifaceted approach to philanthropy, supporting numerous charities and encouraging personal charity endeavours among our dedicated team members. Moreover, we extend this spirit of generosity by making donations on behalf of our valued clients and candidates, ensuring that we collectively contribute to causes that hold special significance in their hearts. Together, we strive to make a meaningful impact and foster positive change within our communities.
