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People: Diversant, Heidrick, Korn Ferry, LRS

July 10, 2015

Diversant LLC, a New Jersey-based IT staffing provider, named Pooya Zahedani as managing director for its new San Francisco office, its seventh nationwide. Diversant is listed on Staffing Industry Analysts’ lists of fastest-growing and diversity staffing firms.

Executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles International Inc. (NASD: HSII), in a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing, announced Robert Knowling Jr. resigned from its board effective July 3. Separately, the company announced Paul Groce rejoined the firm as a partner in the information and technology officers practice at its New York office. Groce was a member of Heidrick & Struggles’ global CIO practice until 2005; he most recently was a partner and head of the global CIO/technology and operations practice for another search firm.

Executive search firm Korn Ferry International Inc. (NYSE: KFY) announced Simon Fletcher joined the firm as principal consultant in leadership and talent consulting in the Middle East. Fletcher will be based in the Dubai office. And Stig Dahlgaard Berntzen joined Korn Ferry as senior client partner in Norway. He most recently was managing director and partner and in charge of the Norwegian market at another global executive search firm. The firm also announced Andrew I. Montag and Anna Hodge Murphy joined the firm’s sports practice.

LRS Consulting Services hired Christi Birch as branch manager of its office in Dallas. Birch previously worked for Technisource, COMSYS, and also started her own staffing firm. She has worked as a recruiter and an account executive. LRS Consulting Services is the IT and engineering staffing division of Levi, Ray & Shoup Inc., a privately held US company with corporate headquarters in Springfield, Ill.