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GROUP CEO SUCCESSION ANNOUNCEMENT
GROUP CEO SUCCESSION ANNOUNCEMENT.
About this update from Robert Walters Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 10 March 2023\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ROBERT WALTERS PLC\n \n \n \n (the \"Company\", or the \"Group\")\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Toby Fowlston will succeed Robert Walters as Group CEO\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Robert Walters plc (LSE: RWA), the leading international recruitment group, today announces that Robert Walters, Chief Executive Officer has decided to retire as CEO and will step down from the Board with effect from 27 April 2023, the date of the Group's Annual General Meeting.\n \n \n \n \n \n Following a succession process, the Nominations Committee and Robert have selected Toby Fowlston as Chief Executive Officer Designate. Toby will take over as Chief Executive Officer of Robert Walters Group and will join the Board on 27 April 2023.\n \n \n \n \n \n Toby has spent most of his career with the Group. He joined as a consultant in London in 1999 and has since held senior positions leading the Group's recruitment operations in both the UK and Asia Pacific, the Group's largest and most profitable region.\n \n \n \n \n \n Having worked his way up from consultant to managing the Group's London recruitment business, Toby transferred to Singapore, heading up operations in Singapore and South East Asia for five years before being promoted to CEO Asia Pacific, a role he held for two years. Toby transferred back to London in early 2021 and has since been working closely with Robert and the Board in the role of CEO for the Group's global recruitment brands of Robert Walters and Walters People. \n \n \n \n \n \n Leslie Van de Walle, Chairman, commented:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \"What an incredible journey Rob has had as CEO. He started the business on his own in a serviced office in 1985 and has been at the forefront of both the recruitment industry and the creation of one of the world's leading international recruitment groups which today spans 31 countries and employs over 4,300 people across the globe. During his tenure, he has helped the Group successfully navigate the dotcom bust, the global financial crisis and a global pandemic and he will leave the Group next month in great shape to continue its growth story. I know I speak on behalf of the Board and all of the Group's employees in thanking Rob for all h...