Graeme Maude is the new chief executive of Crystal UK, heading up PA/secretarial and administrative recruiter Crone Corkill and finance recruiter FSS.

Maude was previously Crystal UK’s financial director. He succeeds Ted Kimura, who will return to Crystal’s headquarters in Japan.

Before joining the company, Maude held senior finance positions with Best People (now part of Spring IT), Atlas Copco and Fullers.