Tuesday's extraordinary general meeting (EGM) [16 January] of shareholders at recruitment group Randstad saw François Béharel appointed as member of the firm’s executive board for a first four-year term.

He will be responsible for France, Spain, Portugal and Latin America.

Having joined as a regional manager in 1999, Béharel became chief executive officer of Vedior France in May 2007, before the temporary staffing firm was bought by Randstad, when he became president and CEO of Randstad Group France.