Shepherd to Watch Over New Division at RPCushing

MR specialist RPCushing Recruitment is launching an executive search and selection division, headed up by newly appointed Estelle Shepherd, former European Director of Recruitment at the Kantar Group.

The division will operate across all the company's key markets, which in addition to MR include marketing, PR and the design and creative industries. Shepherd will work closely with MD Paul Cushing to ensure a seamless interface with the company's other services.

During her 6 years involved with search and selection for Kantar Group and Millward Brown, Shepherd worked closely with RPCushing. She comments: 'the company's consultative approach to recruitment mirrored my own views on how best practice recruitment services should be delivered. My new position affords me the opportunity to build a team which pushes the boundaries of best practice, applies professional standards of research and consulting to recruitment, has a point of view about the industry and aligns excellent candidates with compelling opportunities.'

Cushing says the appointment represents 'a strategic and considered move for the company', citing 'her international experience gained at a senior level combined with first-hand knowledge of what [MR] clients want'.

The firm is online at www.rpcushing.co.uk. Its current research jobs can be viewed on MrWeb at www.mrweb.com/ukads/rpc.