Joanna Brooks heads up the Randolphs desk which recruits nannies, childminders, babysitters, tutors and governesses. She joined the company in summer 2016, having previously run her own recruitment agency for five years, specialising in French tutors.

Originally from the south of France, Joanna acquired a masters degree in Business Management in Nîmes, covering multiple disciplines including tourism, hospitality and human resources.

After working in a hotel in Ireland to improve her English, Joanna travelled around Australia, worked in hospitality and events in Brisbane, and met her Australian future husband in 2008. Subsequently relocating to London, Joanna worked as a private, after-school French tutor, gaining new clients through word of mouth. She also worked for her husband, a beverage director for a London group of restaurants and bars, on a series of wine weekends in private events

From here Joanna set up her own agency, specialising in French Bilingual Child carers recruiting French nannies and governesses for families in London and abroad, including Paris. In 2016, she spent three months working alongside the Randolphs team. "It was a big change from running my own business," she says, "but I really enjoyed it." She now works with Jo Macartney on the Randolphs desk which recruits nannies, childminders, tutors and governesses, internationally. When not at her desk, sport-loving Joanna loves running and yoga, and is training to run a half-marathon.