Nakama Group Plc Directorate Change (2214X)
August 27 2015 - 1:04AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 2214X
Nakama Group Plc
27 August 2015
27 August 2015
Nakama Group plc
("Nakama" or "the Company")
Directorate Change
Nakama Group plc, the AIM quoted recruitment consultancy working
across the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia providing staff for the
web, interactive, digital media, IT and business change sectors, is
pleased to announce the appointment of Rob Sheffield as Chief
Executive Officer, with immediate effect.
Rob has been a founding director of the Company since October
2009, when he jointly established Nakama Ltd in London and its
subsidiaries in Australia (Melbourne and Sydney) and Hong Kong with
Paul Goodship, prior to its subsequent acquisition by AIM listed,
IT recruitment specialist, Highams Systems Services Group plc, to
create Nakama Group plc in October 2011.
He is an experienced senior executive with a track record in
leading, sustaining and growing significant businesses, from both
startup to more established enterprises. Rob has a strong knowledge
of business, legal and operational requirements in Asia, Australia
and Europe, successfully building teams to service the recruitment,
digital, marketing, creative services and advertising
industries.
He took an early lead in expanding Nakama's operations into the
Asia Pacific region and in June 2012, relocated to Australia to
build the Company's APAC service offering across Asia and
Australia. This involved growing APAC staff numbers from 12 to 42
in three years, defining a vision, culture and putting in place a
strategic roadmap for the business, both culturally and financially
and training and developing key management individuals across the
region. He has established and profitably grown the offices in
Sydney, Melbourne, Hong Kong and Singapore and expanded trading
into Shanghai and Bangkok. He has grown Nakama's APAC contract
revenue over the past three years by an average of over 40% year on
year and APAC's permanent revenue by 55% on average year on year.
The APAC region now represents 29% of the Group's revenue.
Prior to 2009, Rob spent six years as Head of Technology at
Aquent, the large and prestigious international staffing firm
specialising in the creative and marketing fields, where he worked
with a wide range of UK and International clients covering Agency,
Corporate and Government organisations within the digital space. He
helped drive the commercial growth of the division year on year
before leaving to set up Nakama.
Ken Ford, Non-executive Chairman, commented:
"I am delighted that Rob has agreed to expand his CEO role in
APAC to now comprise leadership across the Group as a whole.
"Over the past six years, Rob has played a key role in
developing the Group, both in terms of our strategy, establishing
focus, driving performance and embedding a disciplined and results
driven approach that is serving us well. I am confident that Rob
will lead the Group very effectively and that his drive, motivation
and experience will deliver both value and results."
***ENDS***
Enquiries:
Nakama Group plc www.nakamaglobal.com
Ken Ford, Chairman Tel: 07884 313191
Rob Sheffield, CEO Tel: +61 (0) 498 127
326
WH Ireland Limited
Andrew Kitchingman Tel: 0113 394 6600
Liam Gribben
Peckwater PR Tel: 07879 458 364
Tarquin Edwards tarquin.edwards@peckwaterpr.co.uk
NOTES TO EDITORS
About Nakama Group plc:
Nakama Group plc is a recruitment group of two branded solutions
placing people into specialist and management positions:
-- Nakama operates in the digital, creative, media, marketing
and technology sectors all over the world from offices in the UK,
Asia and Australia.
-- The Highams brand specialises in the Financial Services
sector, specifically Business Change and IT in Insurance and Wealth
Management currently in the UK and Europe.
Nakama Group plc was created in October 2011 through the
acquisition of Nakama Ltd UK and its subsidiaries in Hong Kong,
Sydney and Melbourne by AIM listed Highams Systems Services Group
plc.
Since forming in 2011, the Group has opened an office in
Singapore for Digital, Creative, Media and Marketing.
Our aim is to offer all our services from both our brands in all
our locations.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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