The
Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR), has announced the
appointment of Terence Perrin as new Chair at its Annual General
Meeting. Terence, who is EMEA Head of
Recruitment & Resourcing at JPMorgan Asset Management, takes over
from Alison Hodgson, who has held the post for the last four years.
Terence has previously been Finance Director and Vice-Chair.
The
AGR has also made two new appointments to the board, Anglie Johns,
Graduate Recruitment Manager at Waitrose and Tracy Ross, Recruitment
Marketing Manager at Rolls Royce.
Terence has over substantial
experience in recruitment. Following roles in graduate recruitment
including posts at the National Audit Office, Watson Wyatt and Dresdner
Kleinwort, he now focuses on recruitment across EMEA for JP Morgan
Asset Management. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of
Personnel and Development (CIPD).
Terence's first exposure to
the AGR was through his involvement in the Association of Graduate
Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS) International Students Committee. He
was elected to join the AGR board in 2002.
Terence Perrin
comments, “I am very proud and excited to have been elected as Chair
and aim to use my experience of campus recruitment across Europe, the
Middle East, Asia and North America in the private, public and charity
sectors to help shape the AGR’s future agenda.
“There are many
complex issues currently facing the graduate recruitment community. One
of my aims is to balance resources so as to continue to increase the
AGR’s number of new members, as well as retaining existing ones, in
order to ensure a diverse and representative membership body.”
The
AGR is the recognised national voice for all employers involved in
graduate recruitment. Established in 1968, the AGR now has over 750
members including a significant number of public and private sectors
businesses, which collectively employ 20 per cent of the graduate
market. It represents those providing a high proportion of graduate
vacancies in the UK and is increasingly involved with research in and
around the recruitment needs of employers.
Carl Gilleard, Chief
Executive of the AGR comments, “Terence has been a vital member of the
AGR Board for some time now, and we are delighted he has taken up the
post of Chair. It is important that our board is made up of a cross
section of individuals, representing the diverse membership of the AGR,
and Terence, Anglie and Tracy all collectively bring extensive and
varied experiences of the graduate recruitment market.” Source: www.onrec.com
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