SG Recruitment, a UK-based international recruitment firm focusing primarily on the healthcare sector, announced that Steve Howson will step down as CEO on 31 March 2019 in order to pursue new opportunities outside of the company. Howson will retain close links with the company and will remain a Board member, returning to his previous role as a Non-Executive Director. The company has begun the process to appoint a successor. Until an appointment is made, David Sumner, the underlying majority shareholder and previous CEO of the company, will take on the role of Interim CEO with effect from 1 April 2019.

UK-based recruitment firm Cobalt Recruitment announced Miles Hunt as the company’s first ever Chairman. Hunt has previously served as Chairman for the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) and was Chief Executive at Empresaria Group. He also served as Chairman at Darwin Recruitment, Oasis HR, Benula Capital, and Barclay Simpson. Cobalt also announced that it has appointed Daniel Bauer as Managing Director of European Growth. Bauer is currently managing director for Cobalt in Austria as well as a senior executive director for Cobalt in Germany.