Penta pulls in the strong Gard to manage the IT sales team

Keith Gard

Keith Gard

Keith Gard

Global ICT recruiter Penta Consulting has appointed Keith Gard as operations manager, responsible for the day to day operations of the IT sales team.

Gard told Recruiter he expected to hire several new staff in the next few months and believes the team is well placed to weather the economic storm.

“We have spread our business and don’t concentrate on one area, everybody has been hit, but our area is quite vast and that’s a good thing,” said Gard.

Penta also promoted James Pickard to operations manager within the key accounts division. In his new management role, Pickard will have two team members reporting to him.

Ian Baldry has joined the recruitment division within the catering and hospitality specialist, Clear Selection.

Accountancy recruiter SJDAccountancy has hired Ted Hobbs as recruitment sales manager. The Professional Contractors Group has appointed Iain McIlwee as head of commercial development. In his new role, McIlwee will be responsible for developing relationships with agencies and clients.

Jane Fretwell has joined the NRL Group as finance director designate. The group includes engineering and commercial recruiters NRL and NRL Construction. Fretwell will work from the group’s headquarters at Dovenby, Cumbria.

Michael Hall has joined multisector recruiter the Central Employment Agency as consultant and will be responsible for all sales, service and contact centre vacancies.

Executive search consultancy Carmichael Fisher has strengthened its European presence by hiring Anke Weers to join the industry practice, focusing on recruiting in Germany.

Roddy Hammond is leaving Hammond Resources, the accountancy and legal recruitment business he founded, six months after overseeing its merger with Rise Group.

Multi-sector recruiter Stark Brooks Associates has appointed Iain Everett to its Yorkshire-based finance division.

Sarah Fraser has been promoted to account manager at commercial recruiter Red Berry Recruitment. Part of her responsibilities will be to research and ultimately run a second branch.

Technical and engineering recruitment firm NES has announced the appointment of operations manager Geoff Flavell-Matts to its process division.

Circle Square Consulting has appointed Craig Hughes as a trainee consultant within its temporary and contract finance division.

Executive recruiter Straco International has hired Jane Wilson as HR manager to oversee recruitment and training of new staff.

WorkingMums.co.uk, a job site for professional women looking for flexible, part-time, office and home-based job opportunities, has appointed Dionne White as sales director to manage and grow the existing sales team, as well as drive sales and relationships.

Regional Recruitment Services has hired Gareth Stanger in its Loughborough-based office, as a divisional manager, focusing on senior management and technical placements.

Global executive search and interim management recruiter Boyden UK has appointed Vicki Anderson as executive researcher in its interim management team.

Paul Vlahovic has been appointed as recruitment executive for the multi-lingual recruitment branch of The European Marketing Agency, based in Salt’s Mill, Saltaire.

Kate Bleasdale, founder and chief executive of Healthcare Locums, has been promoted to the newlycreated executive management post of executive vice chairman and will continue to lead the business as the senior executive board director.

Marketing recruitment consultancy Carter Murray has appointed Tom Brockton to its London office to manage a new team focusing on recruiting professionals into marketing and advertising agencies.


Multi-sector recruiter McCarthy Recruitment has appointed Steve Bacon as sales director for the group.





Beverley Glenn

also joins as consultant andwill work in the retail, head office and operations sectors. Both will be working out of the Manchester office.

Stefan Britton has joined the board of digital marketing and customer intelligence recruiter Xcede as contract sales director. He will head up a newly-launched division dedicated to sourcing contract staff for roles such as data analytics, web analytics, search engine optimisation, web design and web development.

Sceneone and its standalone consultancy St Vincents Healthcare, specialists in the IT, consulting and healthcare sectors, have promoted Matt Demetrio Johe to senior management consultant.

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