Adecco merges hyphen with Pontoon in the New Year

Recruitment giant Adecco Group is to integrate its recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) provider hyphen into sister company Pontoon, an outsourcing and contingent workforce solutions provider, from 1 January 2016.
Mon, 19 Oct 2015

Recruitment giant Adecco Group is to integrate its recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) provider hyphen into sister company Pontoon, an outsourcing and contingent workforce solutions provider, from 1 January 2016.

The brands will combine under the Pontoon name with hyphen’s 300 UK employees joining Pontoon’s global workforce operating in 92 countries and territories. 

The enlarged Pontoon UK organisation will be led by current hyphen managing director Zain Wadee, who will report to global Pontoon president Michael Wachholz and Adecco regional head of UK & Ireland John Marshall.

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