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Appointment of Executive Chairman
Appointment of Executive Chairman.
About this update from Norman Broadbent Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n RNS Number : 7776B\n Norman Broadbent PLC\n 15 June 2021\n \n \n \n Norman Broadbent plc\n (\"Norman Broadbent\", \"NBB\" or the \"Group\")\n Appointment of Executive Chairman\n \n The board (the \"Board\") of Norman Broadbent (AIM: NBB), a leading London listed Professional Services firm offering a diversified portfolio of integrated Leadership Acquisition & Advisory Services (Board & Leadership Search, Senior Interim Management, Research & Insight, Leadership Consulting & Assessment, and executive level Talent Solutions), is pleased to announce that Peter Searle has been appointed to its Board as Executive Chairman, effective immediately after the completion of the Annual General Meeting on 25 June 2021. NBB's current Non-Executive Chairman, Alan Howarth, has informed the Board of his intention to retire from the Board albeit that he is willing to serve his notice period and accordingly, will remain on the Board as Chairman until the completion of the Annual General Meeting on 25 June 2021 and thereafter as a Non-Executive Director until August 2021. The Board would like to extend their thanks and appreciation to Alan for his contribution to the Company during his tenure. The Company will shortly commence a process to appoint a new independent Non-Executive Director and a further announcement will be made in due course.\n Peter has over 30 years' experience in the recruitment sector. In 1999, he was appointed Group Managing Director at Adecco and was responsible for the European and Asia Pacific offices of the professional services companies. After a global reorganisation in 2005, Peter became the Chief Executive of United Kingdom and Ireland at Adecco with additional responsibility for South Africa, India, Australia and New Zealand. In 2006, Peter left to join Spring Group as CEO. He returned in 2009 when Adecco purchased Spring Group and was appointed to the Group Executive Committee. Peter was most recently the CEO of Airswift from 2016 to 2018 and Executive Chairman from 2018 - May 2021. In addition to a number of NED positions, he is Chairman of the Hiring Hub. Peter has an honours degree in Business and a Post- Grad Diploma in Marketing.\n Mike Brennan, Chief Executive Officer said:\n \"On behalf of the Board and the whole Norman Broadbent family, I would like to welcome Pete...