Albert Ellis

Date of appointment

Appointed to the position of Chief Executive Officer on 1 October 2020, having acted as an Independent Non-Executive Director for the Company from 17 March 2020.

Background and experience

Albert brings considerable experience in the staffing and human capital sector having spent over 21 years at Harvey Nash, the technology recruitment and IT solutions group. Albert held the position of Group Chief Executive Officer for 14 years, and prior to that, Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Albert also held a number of senior finance roles within Hays Plc, the FTSE 250 recruitment company. Albert is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

External appointments

Albert was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of HRnet Group with effect from 1 October 2022. HRnet Group, one of the largest Asia-based recruitment agencies, listed on the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange (“SGX”), is the second largest shareholder in the Company (holding approximately 15% of the current issued share capital). Albert was formerly a Trustee of Asia House.

Daniel Quint

Date of appointment

Appointed to the Board on 18 May 2020. Appointed as Chief Financial Officer on 1 February 2021, having acted as Interim Chief Financial Officer since 18 December 2019.

Background and experience

Daniel is an experienced Chief Financial Officer and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. With over ten years’ board level experience with private and public companies, Daniel also spent five years at Robert Walters plc, one of the world’s leading professional recruitment consultancies, where he held the role of Finance Director (UK, Middle East and Africa). Most recently, Daniel was Interim Chief Financial Officer at AIM-listed Young and Co’s Brewery PLC. Prior to this, Daniel spent three years as Chief Financial Officer of SPIE UK, the leading energy, safety and environmental solutions provider.

External appointments

None.

Frank Atkinson

Date of appointment

Having joined the business in late 2019 as Chief Operating Officer, Frank was appointed to the role of Managing Director, Recruitment GB in April 2020.

Background and experience

Frank brings a wealth of corporate leadership experience within FTSE businesses. He joined Staffline from Sky where he served as Sales and Commercial Director for the Commercial division of the UK and Republic of Ireland business having joined the PLC in 2010. Prior to that, Frank was a main UK Board Director of the membership division of Homeserve PLC, leading the Customer Sales, Retention and Claims Handling operations for seven years as a Financial Conduct Authority Approved Person. Before that, Frank spent seven years in the business process outsourcing sector. Frank leads the operational and strategic delivery of the Recruitment GB recruitment businesses focusing on performance turnaround.

External appointments

None.

Tina McKenzie

Date of appointment

Tina launched Recruitment Ireland in 2013 as a start-up after running various Randstad companies across the UK for over 11 years.

Background and experience

Tina is a high profile and multi award winning Managing Director with 25 years’ experience in the recruitment industry. As Recruitment Ireland’s first employee, Tina has grown the business to where it is today. Tina also launched PeoplePlus NI in 2014, successfully delivering contracts for the Justice Department, ESF, the Department of Economy and the Department for Communities.

External appointments

Tina chairs the Federation of Self Employed and Small Businesses (“FSB”) in Northern Ireland, is a member of the UK FSB Policy Board, chairs the Department of Economy sub-group on the response to the Covid-19 pandemic and holds the office of Honorary Consul to Finland for Belfast.

Kenny Boyle

Date of appointment

Formerly Chief Operating Officer of PeoplePlus and Divisional Managing Director of Employability, Kenny was appointed to the role of Managing Director, PeoplePlus, in December 2021.

Background and experience

An experienced operator in outsourced public services, Kenny joined the PeoplePlus business in 2018 from Capita where, as Managing Director, he oversaw the delivery of the Government’s Pensions Automatic Enrolment policy to all UK employers and staff. Kenny has a background in managing large scale communications and service operations for consumer-facing organisations, notably British Airways, BT, Virgin Media, Avios and VisitBritain.

External appointments

Kenny is the Chairman of leading disability charity, Tourism for All.