11.04.2011 - InterQuest Group appoints new CEO

 

InterQuest Group PLC has appointed a new CEO to join the expanding consultancy firm. 

 

Mark Braund joins the team after previously working at First Advantage, one of world’s largest employer services firms. 

 

He brings with him a strong understanding of recruitment & resource management, a clearly defined Customer-centric focus and a passion for spotting and developing people with talent. 

 

Mark Braund, comments: “I’m really looking forward to joining the InterQuest family; I’ve been living and working in Florida for the past seven months so I’m excited to face the challenge and get back into the heart of the competitive UK recruitment industry.”

 

Gary Ashworth, executive chairman of InterQuest Group PLC, says: “We are thrilled to have Mark as part of the InterQuest team. His years of experience and expertise within the recruitment industry will be an asset to the group.”

 

Braund, concludes: “If I was to give a new recruiter one piece of advice it would be to become an expert at getting to know your customer, regardless of whether you consider your customer to be the employer or candidate, this has stuck with me throughout my 25-years in the industry and will continue to do so throughout my time at InterQuest.”

 

After founding Barker Personnel Services in 1987, Mark and his wife sold the company to Impellam in 2000. He currently splits his time between Hampshire and Florida where he indulges in his eclectic taste in music from Led Zeppelin to Andrea Bocelli to Eminem. 

 

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Press release issued by Beattie Communications on behalf of InterQuest Group PLC

www.interquest.co.uk

 

For further media information please contact Rowena Lee on 0113 213 0306 or rowena.lee@beattiegroup.com

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Notes for editor: 

 

Interquest group is a market-leading IT and technology recruitment firm. Providing both permanent and contract specialist staffing services in the UK and Europe, primarily in the ICT sector. Founded in late 2001, the group is amongst the largest IT staffing groups in the UK, growing both organically and through the strategic acquisition of niche market firms. 
 

Interquest currently operates under seven brands, Genesis (focusing in Financial Services), Insight, SBS, PeopleCo (focusing in SAP and Software and Systems Testing), Intelect  (Analytics) , ECRM People  (Service Management)  and Sand Resources  (Public Sector) . Each division operates with a large degree of autonomy whilst benefiting from the key central services of the group, such as accounting, legal and IT support, as well as Group wide sales and management training programmes