{"id":2762,"date":"2024-12-03T14:59:35","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T06:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.talentcentralhr.com\/?p=2762"},"modified":"2025-02-10T15:00:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T07:00:24","slug":"sthree-transitions-leadership-as-patel-appointed-to-md-in-uk-france-and-belgium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talentcentralhr.com\/zh\/sthree-transitions-leadership-as-patel-appointed-to-md-in-uk-france-and-belgium\/","title":{"rendered":"SThree transitions leadership as Patel appointed to MD in UK, France and Belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STEM specialist recruiter SThree has appointed Rakesh Patel (pictured) to managing director \u2013 UK, France and Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>He takes over from Tom Way, who has stepped down after more than 20 years\u2019 service at SThree and two years as MD.<\/p>\n<p>Patel has also been a long-standing staff member of SThree, starting with the business as a trainee recruiter in 2003. Since then, he has held leadership roles including senior business manager with Huxley, and partner with Progressive before leading SThree\u2019s customer success, MSP and project services business in the UK, France and Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>An SThree statement says he brings a wealth of experience, a deep understanding of STEM sectors and of the markets in the UK, France and Belgium to the role of MD.<\/p>\n<p>Jelte Hacquebord, chief commercial officer at SThree, said: \u201cAppointing Rakesh Patel as MD for our UK, France and Belgium markets is a crucial step for our team. His extensive experience \u2013 spanning 21 years \u2013 across multiple sectors and regions, including the UK, Europe, India and the Middle East, along with his passion for ensuring our customers and our people remain at the heart of everything we do, position him perfectly to drive success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of all at SThree, I express gratitude to Tom Way for his contributions over the past two decades. We wish him the best in the next phase of his career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company statement concludes: \u201cWith Rakesh Patel\u2019s appointment, SThree reaffirms a commitment to innovation and excellence in the UK, France and Belgium. His fresh insights and industry knowledge will invigorate our operations while demonstrating an ongoing commitment to strong corporate governance and leadership excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SThree is a global specialist talent partner focused on roles in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), providing permanent and flexible contract talent to more than 7,200 clients across 11 countries. The group employs around 2,600 staff.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STEM specialist recruiter SThree has appointed Rakesh Patel (pictured) to managing director \u2013 UK, France and Belgium. He takes over from Tom Way, who has stepped down after more than 20 years\u2019 service at SThree and two years as MD. Patel has also been a long-standing staff member of SThree, starting with the business as [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talentcentralhr.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talentcentralhr.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talentcentralhr.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talentcentralhr.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talentcentralhr.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2762"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.talentcentralhr.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2764,"href":"https:\/\/www.talentcentralhr.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2762\/revisions\/2764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talentcentralhr.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.talentcentralhr.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talentcentralhr.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.talentcentralhr.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}