Spencer succeeds Ian Coyle, who becomes chairman of the company’s board.

In other board developments, two non-executive directors have been appointed: Miles Hunt, founder and former CEO of multinational recruitment group Empresaria; and Simon Lawton, former CFO of recruitment communications company Tribal.

Spencer has worked at Barclay Simpson since 2001. Before joining, he worked for the Michael Page organisation and Badenoch & Clark.

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