Leeds-based finance firm Headstar announces new strategic advisor as it targets growth in 2023

With a career spanning over 25 years in the recruitment sector, Mr Walker most recently led the MBO of BIE Executive. Prior to that, he founded Walker Hamill in London and built it into an international recruitment business.

Headstar managing director, James Roach, said: “With a proven track record of building hugely successful businesses in the recruitment sector, Rob’s arrival is a real coup for Headstar and underlines the scale of ambition we have for growing our business both in Yorkshire and nationally.”

Mr Walker will assist the Board of Directors in optimising the structure of the business and exploring commercial opportunities to drive further growth.

In addition to Mr Walker, Headstar has also appointed Simon Webster as part-time Finance Director. Mr Webster has operated as Headstar’s recruitment lead for the Humber and South Yorkshire since August 2022. He will also continue in this role.

Both appointments follow the announcement by Headstar chairman and portfolio finance director, Neil Muffitt, that he plans to retire at the end of the month, bringing an end to a career spanning six decades.

Mr Roach added “Neil has made an immeasurable contribution to the success of the business over the last 20 years, and it has been a privilege and an honour to work alongside him.

“To say that he is leaving us with large shoes to fill would be a real understatement, but in Rob and Simon we’re confident that we have the perfect combination of knowledge, experience, energy and the right cultural values.