– UK, Nottingham – Staffline Group PLC (LON: STAF), the recruitment and training group, today announced the appointments of Ian Starkey and Catherine Lynch to its Board as non-executive directors effective from 1st January 2021.
Ian Starkey is a qualified chartered accountant and will chair the Group’s Audit Committee and be a member of the Remuneration and Nominations Committees. Catherine Lynch will chair the Remuneration Committee and be a member of the Audit and Nominations Committees.
“We have made significant progress in improving Staffline’s corporate governance, which has been an ongoing strategic priority for the Group, and I am delighted to welcome Ian and Catherine to the board. We look forward to benefitting from both of these individuals’ highly relevant skillsets, with Ian bringing a wealth of audit and financial management expertise and Catherine, significant people experience,” said Executive Chairman, Ian Lawson.
He added: “Also, I am delighted to formally confirm Daniel as our permanent Group CFO. Daniel has been central in both coordinating and leading several important financial workstreams since joining the Group in December 2019 and alongside Albert Ellis, our recently appointed CEO, I firmly believe we have the right people in place to lead our business, from our board of directors through to senior management.”
About Ian Starkey
Ian has significant audit expertise, specifically in financial management, control and reporting, having spent 19 years at KPMG UK and Switzerland as a global lead audit partner and latterly as a member of the UK Board, up until 2018. At KPMG, Ian worked with blue-chip corporate clients including BAE Systems, Diageo, Roche, Unilever and Vodafone. Ian is currently a non-executive member of the board at DAC Beachcroft LLP, a non-executive director of Bespoke Capital Acquisition Corp and a member of the Audit and Risk committee of Historic Royal Palaces.
About Catherine Lynch
Catherine is a highly experienced HR director, with over 20 years’ experience, and is currently Chief People Officer UK & Ireland at Flutter Entertainment plc, the FTSE 100-listed global sports betting, gaming and entertainment company. Before this, Catherine spent over three years as Chief People Officer at Virgin Media, with additional experience including leading the HR functions of Ardonagh Group and BGL Group. Catherine’s career has also included leadership roles at Barclaycard, Santander, Sainsbury’s and Tesco. Catherine is currently a member of the Advisory Board of Dial Global, a community focused on inclusion.
About StafflineEnabling the Future of Work
Staffline is the UK’s market-leading Recruitment and Training group. It has three divisions:
Recruitment GB
Staffline is the UK’s leading provider of flexible blue-collar workers, supplying approximately 40,000 staff per day on average to around 450 client sites, across a wide range of industries including agriculture, supermarkets, drinks, driving, food processing, logistics and manufacturing.
Recruitment Ireland
The recruitment Ireland business is a leading end to end solutions provider operating across 20 industries, 10 branch locations, 15 onsite customer locations and offering RPO, MSP, temporary and permanent solutions across the island of Ireland.
PeoplePlus Division
Staffline is the leading adult skills and training provider in the UK, delivering adult education, prison education and skills-based employability programmes across the country.
For more information: https://www.stafflinegroupplc.co.uk/
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