AMS Appoints New Chairman

21st September '09

AMS appoints Michael O’Higgins to the position of Chairman of the Board.

Alexander Mann Solutions, the leading global recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) firm, is pleased to announce that it has appointed Michael O’Higgins to the position of Chairman of the Board.

Michael, 55, is a former Managing Partner of PA Consulting and was previously a Partner of Price Waterhouse Consulting. He has been Chairman of the Audit Commission since October 2006 and is a non-Executive Director of HM Treasury and Chair of the Treasury Group Audit Committee. He has also been Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Centrepoint since 2004, and has previously held a number of academic posts at the University of Bath, the Australian National University, the London School of Economics and Harvard University.

Rosaleen Blair, CEO of Alexander Mann Solutions, said: “The fact that we are able to attract an individual of Michael’s quality to the company is extremely gratifying, and his exceptional track record in the public, private and education sectors will be highly additive to our organisation. I would also like to thank Tony Rice for his outstanding contribution as our Chairman over the past year, and I am delighted that he will be staying on with us as a non-Executive Director.”

Michael O’Higgins commented: “I am thrilled to be joining a company that is at such an exciting point in its extraordinary development trajectory, and will relish the challenge of helping it fulfill its impressive ambitions. I see enormous ongoing potential for the recruitment process outsourcing industry across all sectors, and it is clear to me that AMS is well placed to capitalise on the changing recruitment trends around the world.”