A former chairman of white-collar recruiter Morgan McKinley has joined social recruiting platform TheJobPost as chair, also taking a minority stake in the business.

Ken Brotherston told Recruiter that he was introduced to TheJobPost’s co-founder and chief executive officer John Paul Caffery by former chairman Gary Watson, a mutual contact, earlier this year.

Watson, the CEO at recruiter Investigo, has become deputy chairman and remains a shareholder at TheJobPost.

“I thought initially the idea was very interesting, and the more I got to know the business, the more I saw that it’s one of the most interesting ideas in recruitment,” said Brotherston, who has also held positions at executive search firms GRS Group, Kinsey Allen International, Korn/Ferry and most recently chair at Directorbank Group.

“The business has clearly moved beyond the proof of concept stage — we’ve worked with a number of recruiters and corporates, and now I think is the intensive growth phase, and part of that will include looking for new investors,” Brotherston added.

Sam Burne James