Hi, we are Foothold America
to make it easy for you to do business in the USA.
Meet the team behind the screens
We are a diverse group of passionate visionaries, techies, nerds, and forward-thinkers who love what we do. We have been known to be friendly, responsive, adaptable – and all around good people. We may be located all over the globe, but one thing’s for sure – we are all powered by coffee and fueled by our love for pets.
Joanne M. Farquharson
PRESIDENT AND CEO
France based
US entrepreneur with 30 years experience in advising small and medium-sized businesses in employee benefits, insurance, labor law compliance, and risk management. Joanne has a passion for growing small companies and helping business owners actualize their goals.
Geanice Barganier
Vice President of People & Operations
US based
Experienced Global Management leader with over 15 years of professional services and consulting experience. Highly knowledgeable in Human Resources, Employee Relations, Global Operations and Outsourcing. Strong Compliance background experience with employee contracts and US & Global Immigration.
Rosalynn Core
Finance Director (Interim)
US based
Seasoned, determined, and highly accomplished executive professional with extensive experience spearheading financial services, managing business operations, monitoring performance indicators, and delivering high-quality strategic business support to drive exponential revenue growth for top-tier companies.
Robert R. Esquijarosa
Head of HR & Client Service
UK based
Rose Adedeji
Head of US Expansion
UK based
US Expansion Advisor with 20 years of global HR experience, recruitment and client delivery, supporting clients from the UK, Europe, US and Australasia. Rose has extensive knowledge of candidate attraction and employee communication management.
Miruna Eliza Ionescu
HEAD OF MARKETING
UK based
Multilingual marketing professional with more than ten years of experience in traditional and digital marketing for B2B and B2C sectors. Miruna has an extensive background in building customer engagement and ensuring that clients have the best tools and information in hand.
Angelique Soulet-Bangurah, PHR
HR & Client Service Manager
US based
Ovidio E. Santistevan
Senior Staff Accountant
US based
Senior Staff Accountant with over 25 years of finance experience and more than ten years as a full-cycle accountant. Ovi takes pride in ensuring that the information he provides to our clients and partners is accurate, relevant, timely and easily understandable.
Kate Marchant
HR & Client Service Manager
UK based
Kate has a background of supporting the UK, US and Australia, with strategic direction on all areas of HR. She’s an experienced and CIPD-qualified HR professional with extensive experience in a variety of areas of human resources, including employee relations, HR strategy, recruitment, law advice, document creation, M&A, diversity and inclusion and learning & development.
Natalie Gombalova
Digital Marketing Manager
UK based
Charlotte Anderson
Content MANAGER
UK based
Charlotte has worked as a Content Writer for 8 years and as a creative and analytical marketeer, she enjoys all aspects of her role, from content creation to audits, campaign testing, research and editing. Having worked in a content driven role for a trade association for many years, Charlotte’s experience in creating pragmatic, yet creative content, designed to inspire and educate SME businesses, is unparalleled.
Jisselle Douglas
Project Administrator
UK based
Jisselle has 8+ years experience of efficient business administration, data analysing and reporting in diverse industries. She’s a HubSpot wizard and strives on improving operations that deliver high-value returns for our clients. Jisselle works closely with all departments ensuring efficiency and satisfaction.
Priti Raghunanshi
HR & Client Service Specialist
UK based
Our HR & Client Specialist Priti is experienced in various HR activities such as recruitment and retention, compensation, labour relations, benefits and leave of absences. And her passion is troubleshooting data issues to identify strategic solutions using knowledge of HR process, benefits, training and development. She’s lived in the US for 18+ and dedicated most of them to her career in HR. With Priti, you are definitely in good hands.
Robert Johnson
CO-FOUNDER & BOARD CHAIR
UK based
Robert is the Co-founder of several successful US and UK life science companies. He serves as the Board Chair of Foothold America influencing the direction of the company.
The Fur Team
Beatrice
Chief Barketing Officer
Evelyn
Office Petretary
Bubble
Head of Security
Freddie
Head of Mess Development
Bruno
Shawn (The Impostor)
Ruby
London branch manager
Munchie
Our clients
from London to Tokyo, Stockholm to Dubai, and everywhere in between.
Find out more about how we can help with your US business expansion.
Let's have a chat over coffee.
Global HQ
68 Harrison Avenue 6th Floor Boston, MA 02111 (617) 702-3402