Kelly Announces New Appointment to Lead Specialist Executive and Professional Recruitment Division

5 December 2008

Kelly Services today announced the appointment of Paul Dickinson to head Kelly’s newly formed specialist professional and executive recruitment division.

Kelly Services Managing Director, James Bowmer, said Paul’s appointment signals an exciting and important step in the expansion of Kelly’s recruitment operations in Australia.

“As the head of our new professional and executive brand, Paul will build and develop a team of high performing recruitment specialists while leveraging the benefits of Kelly’s established reputation.

“I am delighted to welcome Paul to the team and very excited that we have been able to attract a senior executive with such immense experience to this key role,” Mr Bowmer said.

Paul previously worked for Hamilton James Bruce, Robert Walters and more recently Charterhouse Partnership as Managing Director of its Singapore operations.

He has significant experience and success in establishing and launching executive recruitment businesses from inception as he did at Charterhouse Partnership.

Mr Dickinson said: “I am excited to be joining Kelly Services and to be able to bring to this market the experience gained in establishing a professional recruitment business. 

“It is a tremendous opportunity to expand Kelly’s Australian presence with a new premium recruitment brand.

“We have the chance to build a boutique professional and executive recruitment practice, knowing that we have the full backing of a world-class organisation with more than six decades of recruitment, HR outsourcing and consulting experience,” Mr Dickinson said.