Specialist recruiter Transline Resource Group has appointed Karin French to the role of vice president for North American operations and Maryanne Goodwin to the post of national sales manager in its recently opened Canadian office.

With over 30 years of board-level experience in the recruitment space, French’s previous job was as vice president and general manager of recruiter Kelly Services (Canada). Before Kelly, she held roles with recruitment group Olsten, since acquired by Adecco, leading operations in both the US and Canada.

Goodwin joins the group from the staffing firm Spherion, where she was national strategic account manager.

“Our new Canadian subsidiary company gives us a good foothold into the North American market and we are very excited about the progress we have already made since launching last September,” comments Transline managing director Paul Beasley.