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Specialist Staffing Solutions names North America managing directors

November 21, 2014

Specialist Staffing Solutions Inc., the US division of London-based staffing firm SThree plc UK, promoted Senior Vice Presidents Scott Fulton and Morgan Kavanagh to managing directors for the North America region. Fulton oversees the firms’ Pacific West and South regions while Kavanagh is responsible for the East and Midwest regions.

Fulton joined SThree plc UK as a trainee consultant in 1998 and opened businesses across the UK and Europe before moving to the US with the company in 2010.

Kavanagh also joined SThree plc UK as a trainee in 1998. He moved with the company in 2006 to open its first US office in New York City.

“Both gentlemen are a pleasure to work with and have been the driving force of the great opportunity that is Specialist Staffing Solutions,” said Steve Quinn, CEO Americas.

Specialist Staffing Solutions targets STEM markets through five brands in the US: Real Staffing for life sciences; Huxley for banking and finance; Progressive Global Energy for energy; Computer Futures for tech; and Newington International for specialist executive search.

It currently operates in New York, Boston, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco and San Diego and plans to open several more US offices. The company doubled its office space in Houston, San Francisco, New York City and Boston this year and expects to increase headcount from 200 to 500 consultants by 2017.

The SThree plc Group ranks 40th on Staffing Industry Analysts list of largest global staffing firms and lists on the London Stock Exchange. It has 48 offices in 19 countries, employs 2,549 staff and had annual revenue of $1.0 billion in fiscal year 2013.