Robert Walters Group

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Robert Walters Group

Type	Public
Traded as	LSE: RWA
Industry	Recruitment
Founded	1985
Headquarters	London, England
Key people	Toby Fowlston (Chief Executive Officer) Alan Bannatyne (Chief Financial Officer) Ron Mobed (Chairman)
Revenue	£938.4 million (2020)
Net income	£302.4 million (2020)
Number of employees	4,200+ (Q2 2023)
Subsidiaries	Robert Walters Resource Solutions Walters People
Website	www.robertwaltersgroup.com

The Robert Walters Group is a British recruitment company that focuses on placing professionals into permanent, contract and temporary positions. The founder and CEO is Robert Walters. Established in 1985, the company has branches in 31 countries.^[1]

History[edit]

Established in 1985 by its chief executive officer (CEO), Robert Walters, today, the company operates in 31 countries and locations.^[2]

Originally established to place accountants in London, the company now recruits across multiple disciplines. In July 1996, it was listed on the London Stock Exchange. ^[3] A year later in 1997, it set up a wholly-owned subsidiary, Resource Solutions, offering recruitment process outsourcing services.^[4]

The company acquired Tristar, an Australian recruitment business in 1997 and merged with US staffing company, Staff Mark Inc., in August 1998. The company demerged two years later, re-listing on the London Stock Exchange in 2000.^{[citation needed]}

In February 1999, the company launched its first global salary survey, offering an annual insight into each sector that the company operates in.^[5]

In 2001, the company acquired Dunhill Management Services.^[6]

In 2005, the company launched a junior professional contract recruitment business in France, called 'Walters Interim' (now known as Walters People. Further Walters People offices opened in Belgium (2006), the Netherlands (2008), Spain (2017), Ireland (2019), the United Kingdom (2019) and Hong Kong (2020).^{[citation needed]} In February 2008, the company acquired Talent Spotter, a Chinese recruitment business with offices in Shanghai and Suzhou.^[7]

Operation[edit]

Robert Walters[edit]

Robert Walters specialises in permanent and contract recruitment across all industries.

Resource Solutions[edit]

In 1997, Robert Walters Group established Resource Solutions, a recruitment process outsourcing business. Resource Solutions is an international leader in RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing), MSP (Managed Service Provider) and talent advisory solutions. Their offering spans all areas of recruitment, candidate management and technology helping organisations gain control over recruitment activities, while mitigating risk and improving hiring manager and candidate experience.^{[citation needed]}

Walters People[edit]

Walters People is a contract recruitment and junior permanent hiring business with offices in Belgium, France, Ireland, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Spain, Chile and the UK.^{[citation needed]}

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official Website