Cordant hires former Adecco MD Barnes
8 January 2015
Following a radical and ongoing restructure that started last year, Cordant Recruitment has begun 2015 with a major hire.
Thu, 8 Jan 2015Following a radical and ongoing restructure that started last year, Cordant Recruitment has begun 2015 with a major hire.
The multi-sector recruiter has appointed former Adecco IT, telecoms and engineering division managing director Sid Barnes to lead Cordant’s professional staffing division.
Cordant chief executive Steven Kirkpatrick told Recruiter: “I feel that I’m a very, very lucky boy.”
Kirkpatrick, also a former Adecco employee, told Recruiter, “this one’s huge for me” because of Barnes’ experience in running one of the biggest professional staffing businesses in the UK.
Barnes joined Cordant this week [6 January]. The division he will lead as MD focuses on recruiting professionally qualified employees ranging from high-level executives to IT managers.
The division encompasses several of Cordant’s existing specialist consultancies including Cordant Technical & Engineering, Cordant Dynamic (Microsoft stack and analytical recruitment), Cordant Procurement (recruiting within the procurement sector), Grosvenor Boston (compliance & risk specialist) and Grays Executive Search (a search and selection consultancy for board level and senior executives).
Barnes, who has more than 18 years’ experience in the recruitment industry, including 10 years at Adecco, told Recruiter he was “very excited” and the decision to work at Cordant was a “no brainer”. He added he knew Kirkpatrick, liked the way he operated and liked the ambitious plans for the business, as well as its culture of ‘people first’.
“It’s fresh, it’s dynamic, it’s forward thinking and it’s got a good family feel about it,” Barnes said.
The group also appointed Eddie Austin as MD of Sugarman Education. He started at the beginning of December and replaces Tim Wheeler. Wheeler had been with the Sugarman Group for 13 years, leading it through the acquisition by Cordant and the following transition period.
The multi-sector recruiter has appointed former Adecco IT, telecoms and engineering division managing director Sid Barnes to lead Cordant’s professional staffing division.
Cordant chief executive Steven Kirkpatrick told Recruiter: “I feel that I’m a very, very lucky boy.”
Kirkpatrick, also a former Adecco employee, told Recruiter, “this one’s huge for me” because of Barnes’ experience in running one of the biggest professional staffing businesses in the UK.
Barnes joined Cordant this week [6 January]. The division he will lead as MD focuses on recruiting professionally qualified employees ranging from high-level executives to IT managers.
The division encompasses several of Cordant’s existing specialist consultancies including Cordant Technical & Engineering, Cordant Dynamic (Microsoft stack and analytical recruitment), Cordant Procurement (recruiting within the procurement sector), Grosvenor Boston (compliance & risk specialist) and Grays Executive Search (a search and selection consultancy for board level and senior executives).
Barnes, who has more than 18 years’ experience in the recruitment industry, including 10 years at Adecco, told Recruiter he was “very excited” and the decision to work at Cordant was a “no brainer”. He added he knew Kirkpatrick, liked the way he operated and liked the ambitious plans for the business, as well as its culture of ‘people first’.
“It’s fresh, it’s dynamic, it’s forward thinking and it’s got a good family feel about it,” Barnes said.
The group also appointed Eddie Austin as MD of Sugarman Education. He started at the beginning of December and replaces Tim Wheeler. Wheeler had been with the Sugarman Group for 13 years, leading it through the acquisition by Cordant and the following transition period.
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