Sue Cooper has been appointed CEO at Morgan Hunt.
Cooper joined Morgan Hunt as a Director in October 2011 managing Education, Health and Community Services and was appointed Managing Director in October 2013. In that time Cooper has grown the business from an SME to a medium-sized enterprise, developed an outstanding leadership team and built the organisation’s brand and reputation as the trusted public services recruiter.
More recently, Cooper has been shortlisted as Recruiter’s Recruitment Leader of the Year with her organisation shortlisted for 5 Awards at the 2016 Recruiter Awards for Excellence.
Rupert Fordham, Chairman, says of Cooper’s appointment, “Sue’s appointment to CEO reflects her outstanding record at Morgan Hunt and her status within the wider recruitment industry. The Executive Board was unanimous in this decision and are looking forward to the year ahead”.
Additional moves include the appointment of Dan Taylor and Sarah Wynn as Deputy Managing Directors.
Making the internal announcement Cooper commented, “To establish the senior leadership team of the future as well as ensure that the business is fully supported, I am delighted to announce the appointment of two Deputy Managing Directors who will work alongside me”.
Taylor joined Morgan Hunt two and half years ago to head up the then Technical division. During this time he has rebranded the division; significantly growing the core Property, Construction and Professional Services portfolio and was promoted to the Morgan Hunt Board in 2014.
Wynn joined directly to the board in June 2014 with responsibility for the Corporate Services division which has also grown significantly under her leadership. Wynn has been instrumental in developing the Learning & Development team.
Both Taylor and Wynn came to Morgan Hunt with strong recruitment backgrounds having held senior and board positions in Hays and Badenoch & Clark respectively.
