Stuart Barber
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Stuart Barber

Finance Director

About Stuart

​Stuart is the Finance Director for the Faststream Recruitment Group, leading the financial operations and activities across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas and the Asia Pacific regions.

Joining the business in 2008, Stuart brings a wealth of experience including a CIMA qualification as well as a broad experience of working in local government, charity and distribution and production.

Stuart is passionate about creating great conversations with internal and external stakeholders and contributing to building robust systems to improve financial processes.

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Budget Smart Hiring with RPO: A Finance-Led Guide to Predictable Recruitment Spend - Recruitment Process Outsourcing - RPO - Maritime Recruitment - Faststream Recruitment
Budget Smart Hiring with RPO: A Finance-Led Guide to Predictable Recruitment Spend

Hiring budgets are easier to manage when maritime recruitment activity is planned, measured, and reported consistently. For many finance leaders, the challenge isn’t simply the recruitment fee; it’...

by Mark Charman
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Singapore Maritime Recruitment Market Update 2026 - Maritime Recruitment - Faststream Recruitment
Singapore Maritime Recruitment Update 2026

Singapore continues to set the pace as one of the world’s most competitive and strategically important maritime talent markets. Hiring is steady, but the tone has shifted: organisations are making ...

by Lorenzo Aggatiello
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Maritime skills-based attraction: Sell problems to solve and skills to build - Maritime Recruitment - Faststream Recruitment
Maritime skills-based attraction: Sell problems to solve and skills to build

​Most job adverts are written to filter people out.In 2026, the best ones are written to pull the right people in by showing the problems they’ll solve, the skills they’ll build, and the future val...

by Mark Charman
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Closing capability gaps in maritime when permanent headcount isn’t the answer - Experts on Demand - Maritime Recruitment - Faststream Recruitment
Closing capability gaps in maritime when permanent headcount isn’t the answer

There’s a familiar pattern in maritime leadership teams. A priority initiative goes live. A key person becomes unavailable. A transformation programme hits the point where specialist depth is no lo...

by Mark Charman
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Your EVP needs to match year one - or people leave fast - Maritime Recruitment - Faststream Recruitment
Your EVP needs to match year one - or people leave fast

If you want a quick reality check on your EVP, ask this: Would a new joiner say your recruitment story matched their first 90 days? ​Because in 2026, the risk for maritime employers often isn’t tha...

by Mark Charman
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The Maritime Workforce Gaps That Could Jeopardise Your 2026 Plan - Faststream Recruitment
The Maritime Workforce Gaps That Could Jeopardise Your 2026 Plan

If there is one factor that will shape your 2026 plan, it is this: having the right people ready, in the right roles, at the right time. It is an uncomfortable truth in maritime. Demand shifts fast...

by Mark Charman
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