Staffline Group plc announced the update regarding the Group's board of directors, including the appointments of Ian Starkey and Catherine Lynch as non-executive directors with effect from 1 January 2021. 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. Catherine is a highly experienced HR director, with over 20 years' experience, and is currently Chief People Officer UK & Ireland at Flutter Entertainment plc. Prior to 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. Catherine will chair the Group's Remuneration committee and be a member of Staffline's Audit and Nominations Committees. Richard Thomson will remain in his role as Senior Independent Director, and as previously announced, Ian Lawson, currently Executive Chairman, will move to a non-executive capacity from 1 January 2021.
Staffline Group plc is a United Kingdom-based recruitment and training company. The Company is engaged in the provision of recruitment and outsourced human resource services to industry and the provision of skills-based employability training and support. It has three divisions: Recruitment GB, Recruitment Ireland and PeoplePlus Division. Recruitment GB division provides flexible blue-collar workers, supplying c.28,000 staff per day on average from around 400 sites. Recruitment Ireland division provides end to end solutions, operating across twenty industries, ten branch locations and ten onsite customer locations, supplying c.4,000 staff per day on average, and offering recruitment process outsourcing, managed service provision, temporary and permanent solutions across the island of Ireland. PeoplePlus Division provides adult skills and training in the United Kingdom, delivering adult education, prison education and skills-based employability programs across the country.