People Moves 26th November 2008

Engineering recruiter ATA has appointed Andrew Hardaker as managing director of ATA Selection, as the company restructures into separate operating brands.

Hardaker to lead ATA Selection
forward following restructuring

Engineering recruiter ATA has appointed Andrew Hardaker as managing director of ATA Selection, as the company restructures into separate operating brands.

Hardaker joined ATA Selection as a recruitment consultant after graduating from Sheffield University and has since moved up the ranks from assistant branch manager to area manager and then regional director.

Andy Pendlebury, group chief executive of RTC Group, ATA’s parent company, said: “Andrew has been with ATA for 11 years and has been instrumental in the success of the business over the past few years and is the ideal person to take ATA Selection to its next phase of development.”

Hardaker added: “I am delighted to have been appointed to this post and aim to continue to drive the business to even greater success than we have already achieved.”

Tim Wingrove joins Interim Performers’ public sector team as client services manager, Deborah Rogers joins the HR team as resourcing partner and Nick Rundell has been appointed as marketing manager.

Harrogate-based life science and lab supplies search and selection recruiter Langton Howarth has hired Charlotte Atkinson (below left) to carry out recruitment administration for the company. 

Multi-sector recruiter FPSG (First People Solutions Group) has appointed Graham Moffat as divisional manager for the new industrial and driving division in its Edinburgh office. Ian Todd has joined the team as public sector consultant. Diane O’Neil has joined the Glasgow-based office as divisional manager to launch the financial services and investment division. Louise Connell has also joined FPSG’s Glasgow office as senior consultant in its retail division. Khrystina Keyworth has been appointed as consultant in the Manchester office’s IT division.

North-West consultancy Psycuity has hired Claire Nuttall (right) as chief financial officer. Nuttall will oversee all financial management and corporate governance, as well as a role in new business growth.

Blue Arrow’s IT business has appointed Neilam Summan as business development manager and Sarbjeet Kaur as consultant specialising in interim and contract.

Risk management recruiter JCW Search has hired John Newton as an associate consultant and promoted Ben Goodfellow to the position of consultant.


Birmingham solicitor and businessman John Jameshas been appointed as a non-executive director of Midlands-based umbrella organisation Network Group Holdings.

Susie Major has joined HR recruitment specialist Strategi Search & Selection as an associate director.

Anita Hill and Nicci Pitt have joined the St Albans-based office of IT recruiter Robson Taylor as account executives.

Lee Grimes has joined YES Rec2Rec as operations manager.

Multi-sector recruiter Nigel Wright Recruitment has recently appointed a number of new recruits to its offices in London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Copenhagen. Chris Bone (left) has joined as managing consultant of Nigel Wright Recruitment’s consumer international’s France division. Jacob Iversenjoins as a consultant based in the company’s Copenhagen office. Mikko Simo Lankinen (below right) has joined the company’s consumer international Nordic division as consultant to further develop the Finnish market.  Alistair Boyd has been appointed to the London office within the company’s consumer UK, South division as consultant. Oliver Hartley joins the North-East finance team as a consultant. Michael Bacon (below left) has joined the North-East division’s IT team as a consultant.
Manchester-based procurement and logistics recruiter CAST UK has appointed Jeff Roberts as its new managing consultant, as it aims to double its staff to around 24 by the end of 2009.

Tracy Williams has joined Four Seasons Recruitment as manager of its temporaries division, placing temporary retail staff in the luxury goods retail sector.

Marketing, media and communications recruiter Xchangeteam has appointed Lee Preston and Kate Kentish as senior agents.

Ben Davis has joined Mountain Consulting, the specialist financial services recruiter, as consultant. Davis will focus on recruiting in the IFA and financial technology sectors in the firm’s Tewkesbury office.

Ethos Recruitment has appointed Kate Schultheissto its commercial division within its Towcester and Daventry offices. Schultheiss will place permanent and temporary personnel within administrative, financial, sales and customer service roles.

Rec-to-rec agency McCall has appointed Daren Pegg(right) and Paul Robigo to its executive search division as search consultants.

Software and ERP (enterprise resourcing planning) recruitment specialist ERP Associates, a division of IT and technology recruiter VMR Consultants, has appointed Wayne Jones as resource consultant. Bradlee Nelson has been appointed to the Webrec division of VMR Consultants. Nelson will be interfacing with contractors and candidates and offering administrative support to the recruitment consultants.

Non-executive director and management buy-in resource specialist First Flight (Placements) has appointed its first female non-executive director, Jo Goodson.
 
 
 
 

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