LONDON: Staffline Group has announced the appointment of Albert Ellis, currently Non-executive Director, as Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1 October 2020. Staffline is the UK’s market leading Recruitment and Training group.
Albert was appointed to the Board of Staffline in March 2020 and has extensive executive level experience in the recruitment and human capital sectors. Most recently, Albert served as Group Chief Executive Officer at Harvey Nash Group, the AIM quoted technology recruitment and IT outsourcing group, for 14 years before it was sold in 2018.
Prior to his time at Harvey Nash, Albert spent five years at Hays Plc, the FTSE 250 professional recruitment business, where he held various roles as a Senior Finance Executive.
Albert is a qualified Chartered Accountant, a Trustee of Asia House and a key contributor to Cambridge University’s Jesus College Conference work on the future of employment and the jobs market.
Albert will step down from his current position as Chair of Staffline’s Audit Committee, and the Company will announce a new appointment in due course.
Following a suitable period of operational handover and transition, Ian Lawson, currently Executive Chairman, will move to Non-executive Chairman of the Board on 31 December 2020.
Ian Lawson, Executive Chairman of Staffline, commented: “For an individual of Albert’s calibre to take up the role of Chief Executive is testament to the underlying fundamentals of our business. Albert brings almost unrivalled expertise in our core staffing and training outsourcing markets, we believe the Company will significantly benefit from his leadership qualities and his focus on best practice and corporate governance.
“Whilst the current market backdrop continues to present a number of challenges, we are delighted that Albert will be taking up this role as Staffline moves into the next phase of its evolution.”
Albert Ellis, Chief Executive of Staffline, commented: “Having joined the board earlier in the year, I believe that Staffline has excellent long-term prospects underpinned by its scale in its core key worker staffing markets and leading market positions in training and employability outsourcing. I look forward to working even more closely with the wider management team as we drive the business forward with a view to returning to growth and realising value for our key stakeholders.”