– UK, London – Robert Walters plc (LON: RWA), the leading international recruitment group, today announced the appointment of Leslie Van de Walle to its Board as the Non-Executive Chair, effective on 1 November 2022, succeeding Interim Chair Tanith Dodge who will remain on the Board as Senior Independent Non-Executive Director.
“I am delighted that Leslie has agreed to return to the Group as Chair, and I look forward to working with him moving forward. He will provide the Board with strong leadership and be a great support to both the Non-Executive Directors and the Executive team. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Tanith for her tenure as Interim Chair and I am pleased that she will remain with the Board as Senior Independent Director.” said CEO, Robert Walters.
About Leslie Van de Walle
Leslie Van de Walle is a Non-Executive Director of HSBC UK Bank plc and will join the board of Greencore Group plc as Chair Designate in December 2022. He is also currently Chair of Euromoney Institutional Investor plc, although this business is at an advanced stage of being acquired by private equity investors. Leslie has held various non-executive roles and was previously Chair of SIG plc, as well as Deputy Chair at Crest Nicholson Holdings and Senior Independent Director of DCC plc. He also served as Chair of the Robert Walters Group between 2012 and 2018. Leslie’s executive career has included serving as Group CEO at Rexam plc and CEO at United Biscuits plc.
Leslie Van de Walle said “I am excited to be re-joining the Robert Walters Group as Chair. I thoroughly enjoyed working with the Board and Executive team in my prior stint with the Group and am looking forward to getting started. The recruitment industry is so dynamic and fast-paced and to be once again working with one of the standard bearers of the industry is a real privilege.”
About Robert Walters Group
The Robert Walters Group is a market-leading international specialist professional recruitment group with over 4,200 staff spanning 31 countries. We specialize in the placement of the highest caliber professionals across the disciplines of accountancy and finance, banking, engineering, HR, healthcare, IT, legal, sales, marketing, secretarial, and support and supply chain, logistics, and procurement. Our client base ranges from the world’s leading blue-chip corporates and financial services organizations to SMEs and start-ups. The Group’s outsourcing division, Resource Solutions is a market leader in recruitment process outsourcing and managed services.
For more information: https://www.robertwaltersgroup.com/
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