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6 May 2009 09:03



6 May 2009

Savile Group plc

("Savile", the "Group" or the "Company") 

Savile Group appoints new business development team

Savile Group plc (SAVG.L), the AIM quoted human resources consulting group, announces that it has appointed a new business development team to accelerate the Group's growth as a leading provider of outplacement, career transition and talent management services to organisations throughout the UK. Based in London, the team will be headed by Pip Clarke as Head of New Business Development, and supported by Ben Chambers and Gordon Milne. The team will be responsible for developing and co-ordinating new business leads for Savile's three brands, namely Fairplace, Cedar and IDDAS across the UK. 

Jonathan Cohen, Chairman of Savile Group, said: "We are delighted to welcome Pip, Ben and Gordon to the Group. With their strong backgrounds in HR and HR consulting, the new team will provide added impetus to Savile Group's business development effort, notably in helping us broaden our footprint across the UK, engaging new clients and introducing existing clients to Savile Group's services which they are not already using." 

Notes to Editors

Savile Group is a human resources consulting group with three centres of excellence: CEDAR Talent Management, Fairplace and IDDAS. These provide coaching, mentoring, career transition and talent management to leading companies, professional services firms and the public sector. 

CEDAR Talent Management offers extensive expertise in coaching, leadership assessment and development. Fairplace has an enviable reputation for high quality career transition and career management. IDDAS provides a range of board level career and business mentoring, coaching and talent management services, including leadership development. 

Pip Clarke joins Savile Group from Centre for High Performance Development (CHPD) a leading leadership development consultancy where she was senior business development director. She had previously held management positions across Europe including the role of Human Resources Director within the FMCG retail sector at Supermarket Direct Ltd. 

Ben Chambers joins Savile Group from a leading leadership development consultancy where he worked in the business development team. He previously worked in Australia for a talent management consultancy based in Sydney. 

Gordon Milne joins Savile Group from a leading leadership development consultancy where he was responsible for new client solicitation.