David Bagley has been appointed as chairman of the board of graduate recruiter Graduates Yorkshire.

Bagley, a chartered accountant, has worked for many years at board-level with a wide range of plcs, mutuals and SMEs in the financial services, manufacturing and service sectors.

Martin Edmondson, chief executive at Graduates Yorkshire, says: “I am absolutely delighted to welcome David onto the Graduates Yorkshire board. His knowledge and experience of corporate development, strategic and tactical issues in business will be of great value to us as we continue to grow and develop the organisation into the future.”