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Ian Richardson
Ian is a Director and founder member of Wickland Westcott and leads the Search Division. A consultant of over thirty years' standing, he is an expert in all aspects of executive search including International search and has lived and worked in Australia. Ian has long term relationships with a number of Blue Chip industrial and commercial clients.
He previously worked at the Guardian and Sunday Times, giving him a unique insight into advertising and media. He also manages senior appointments in the public sector, particularly in further and higher education, and has handled many assignments for major companies wishing to recruit Non-Executive Directors.
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27th May 2011New Media in Recruitment
Seven or eight years ago the common view among many senior recruitment consultants was that online recruitment would never be an effective tool for sourcing top level candidates. A quick look at national newspapers today demonstrates how flawed this view was – whereas the Sunday Times would once have had 10 to 12 pages of senior vacancies, the Appointments section is now typically 4 or 5 pages long....
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22nd May 2007EST - Recruiting the Best of the Best
Recruiting two non-executive Directors to join the Board of Energy Saving Trust, a high profile, not-for-profit organisation, funded by government and the private sector, is not a task for the faint-hearted as Ian Richardson of Wickland Westcott explains: "Our client the Energy Saving Trust wanted to supplement the current Board with two new appointees who would bring successful business backgrounds and a genuine commitment to environmental issues." Formed...
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