Kendall (pictured) has 24 years’ experience in recruitment and joins NAG from Kelly Services UK, where she was vice president country manager UK & Ireland. At the start of her recruitment career, she joined Adecco in 1998 as a temps consultant, where she worked her way up to operations director, before moving to Cordant People as managing director.

According to a company statement, in her new role Kendall will work alongside the NAG board to drive the vision, strategy and people initiatives to ensure NAG is best positioned for growth. She will assist the board with its quest to provide operational excellence by improving systems and processes and optimising resource management and cross-functional collaboration to drive success.

Nicholas Associates Group is a high-growth company offering apprentice to boardroom talent management solutions for SMEs through to international corporates. Brands include apprentice and graduate placement and recruitment, blue and white collar flexible, temporary and permanent recruitment through the Stafforce brand; specialist professional recruitment through Nicholas Associates and Ashley Kate HR & finance brands; leadership, digital learning and development consultancy through Olano; and executive search solutions under the Main Board brand.

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