The FiveTen Group has appointed Mark Carriban as Chief Executive Officer. Chris Herrmannsen also joins as Group Chairman with immediate effect.
Carriban will take over strategic responsibility for the Group’s portfolio of specialist recruitment brands from today. FiveTen is privately backed by Bregal Capital and has operations in 23 cities, across 13 countries and five continents. The Group is comprised of six specialist recruitment brands; EMR (Marketing, Digital and Communications), Greythorn (Technology), Laurence Simons (Legal and Compliance), Marks Sattin (Accountancy & Finance), Ortus (HR) and Antal Russia.
The new CEO joins with more than 25 years’ recruitment experience, having worked with growth, turnaround and start-up businesses, across both UK and Asia. Mark spent more than 20 successful years in the UK recruitment industry with Michael Page, Bernard Hodes, (Omnicom), and latterly Hudson where he was MD of the UK wide businesses in Legal and Human Resources recruitment.
He was promoted to Managing Director, Hudson Asia, in 2007, and spent 5 years reshaping and growing an expanding portfolio of recruitment consulting and talent management businesses across Hong Kong, Singapore, and Mainland China. His most recent experience is as Managing Director of a high growth, Hong Kong headquartered, boutique recruitment consultancy.
Mark Carriban, CEO, FiveTen Group said:
“FiveTen is a Group seeking sustained growth in the next few years and I’m looking forward to growing its businesses internationally and regionally within the UK. We’ve seen a solid recovery in professional services hiring across many of our locations this year, but it is next year which is shaping up to see the economic pendulum swing even further in our favour.
“With 34% of finance teams and 42% of marketing functions expecting headcount growth next year, and 29% of lawyers seeking a fresh opportunity within 12 months too, it’s clear that 2015 will be a year of increasing talent fluidity, the likes of which we haven’t seen since before the recession. With brands wielding such strong pedigree in their markets as FiveTen’s, this is a great time to lead a Group determined to make the most of its brands’ strength, and the clear market opportunity ahead”.
Chris Herrmannsen, Group Chairman, FiveTen Group said:
“FiveTen is planning to further expand its activities in a number of locations, leveraging its core brands to take advantage of more favourable market conditions. Mark’s international exposure and sector experience made him a natural choice to lead a Group with such a complex global matrix and varied sector base. We look forward to Mark leading this expansion and building an even more thriving business”.