Robert graduated with a first-class degree in Law and subsequently qualified as a barrister, working as a defence advocate at the Criminal Bar in London.
After two years, he opted to deploy his advocacy skills in a new role and, in 2010, joined one of the capital’s leading legal recruitment agencies, SSQ.
Robert was responsible for a number of headline-making partner and team moves across all of the key disciplines, in both London and Asia. In 2021, following a fantastic 10 years with SSQ, Robert launched Rooney Search and, in so doing, fulfilled the long-held ambition of running his own recruitment business.