– UK, London – Hays plc (LON: HAS), the leading global specialist recruitment company, today announced the appointment of Joe Hurd to its Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director, effective on 1st December 2021.
“I am delighted to welcome Joe to our Board. His broad global experience across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors, in both executive and non-executive positions, will be immensely valuable and the Board look forward to Joe’s input as Hays charts the course of its next phase of evolution,” said Board Chairman, Andy Martin.
Joe Hurd will also join the Audit, Remuneration, and Nomination Committees.
About Joe Hurd
Joe Hurd, a US Lawyer, has spent most of his career in consumer-facing technology businesses and has a broad global business experience and track record of scaling early-stage companies and established organizations, revenue growth, and value creation at global Fortune 500 and private companies, including Facebook, Gannett, AOL, VideoEgg, and Friendster. Joe began his career in corporate and securities law in London with Linklaters, after which he undertook his Federal clerkship for Judge William G. Young of the U.S. District Court in Boston, USA.
Joe is CEO and Managing Partner of Katama Group LLC, which he founded in 2004, where he advises start-ups on strategy and market positioning. Joe served in the Obama Administration from 2009 to 2012 in a variety of roles using his advisory skills to aid the interaction between government and global consumer businesses particularly to increase exports and resolve international policy issues.
Joe has been a non-executive director of Trustpilot Group plc since June 2021, and was, until its acquisition by Future plc in March 2021, a non-executive director of GoCompare. Joe also serves as an independent director of SilverBox Engaged Merger Corp I.
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