IT recruiter InterQuest Group has appointed two senior executives to launch new businesses within the InterQuest Group.

Lisa Dixon joins InterQuest as managing director of new managed services business InterQuest Solutions. Dixon has over 10 years experience in the recruitment industry, most recently acting as head of recruitment operations at Cable & Wireless.

Matt Crawcour joins InterQuest as managing partner of executive search firm InterQuest Executive. Crawcour was previously managing director of InterQuest UK from 2002-07 before moving to executive search firm Marlin Hawk.

Gary Ashworth, chairman of InterQuest Group, says: “We are delighted to welcome Matt and Lisa on to the team. Through the launch of their two businesses and the four others we have recently established via our IQ Equity Division, we believe we are increasingly well positioned to benefit from an upturn in our industry.”