New Employees and Promotions
John Luckhurst Operations Manager |
Liam Dobbin Recruitment Manager |
Edward Cox Recruitment Consultant |
Company Update
A few changes have taken place within wilsonhalligan recently with regard to both company personnel and structure.
At the end of June, we were sad to say goodbye to Ed Hamilton. Ed has been with us for 2½ years and has been a great asset to wilsonhallign. Ed has left Hamble to start a life in Oxford; while we all miss his presence, we all wish him well in his new ventures
Fortunately, we have been successful in filling Ed’s role, very quickly, with Edward Cox. Ed will be continuing with the placement of Deck ratings. Ed is a keen sailor and has also had first hand experience as a deckhand onboard a 40+m yacht. We are all looking forward to a long and happy working relationship with him.
wilsonhalligan has also been fortunate enough to have engaged Liam Dobbin. Liam sailed as 2nd Officer with Maersk before joining us. He has already proved a great potential asset and ambassador for the company. Liam is assisting Terry in the recruitment of Deck and Engineering Officers and is the Recruitment Manger for wilsonhalligan.
John Luckhurst now holds the position of Operations Manager for the company. John will continue to recruit interior staff alongside his operational duties.
Find out more about us...
In 2006 “wilsonhalligan” was formed combining the resources of Terry Wilson and Jim and Linda Halligan to provide a professional and personal recruitment service for the Owners, Managers and Captains of large private and chartered yachts.
Now in our fourth year of operation we have dedicated consultants responsible for the various crew categories as follows:
About us
- Terry Wilson - Officers
- Liam Dobbin - Officers
- John Luckhurst - Interior
- Edward Cox - Deck Ratings
- Lin Halligan - Office Manager
- Jim Halligan - Technical & Engineering and Survey Support
Please click on an employee, to view their profile:
Terry Wilson Director |
Linda Halligan Director |
Jim Halligan Director |
John Luckhurst Operations Manager |
Liam Dobbin Recruitment Manager |
Edward Cox Recruitment Consultant |
Terry Wilson As one of the founders and a Director, Terry is at the forefront of the company, overseeing the day to day recruitment activities on behalf of our clients.
Terry has been actively employed in human resource management and recruitment within the marine industry throughout his working life, covering both seagoing and shore-based positions. During his career Terry qualified in personality profiling, psychometric testing and a variety of interview techniques.
The difference between wilsonhalligan and others?
- wh manage and run the business with a team of dedicated and experienced human resource and recruitment consultants
- wh consultants are supported by qualified administrative staff
- wh operates having invested in a state of the art recruitment database especially adapted to meet our specific requirements
- wh understand the roles, conditions and unique lifestyles of those who serve onboard large yachts
- wh work with the flag administrations to ensure the maritime certification regulations and requirements that apply to todays yacht operations are complied with
- wh provide vetting services in accordance with flag and ISM requirements
- wh operate a quality management system having achieved LR accreditation ISO 9001 exclusively for large yacht recruitment
- wh provide CV's to our clients on a selective basis - typically 2 or 3, in the belief that these candidates are best suited to the unique requirements of the individual and the position available. We do not employ the 'scatter-gun' approach of swamping clients with superfluous CV's
While it is for our candidates and clients to make their own conclusions, we can advise details and comments from a recent survey of 100 random clients and candidates.

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