iFindabusiness hires World Class Trainer for mobile giant ‘3’
iFindabusiness, which last week rebranded and rolled out across the UK has hired Daniel Smith as Director of Training from mobile giant, ‘3’
Speaking about the announcement, Daniel Corby, CEO IMT Group Holdings plc said “Training and development of our people is key to our success and growth plans for iFindabusiness as the directory service grows and launches across the UK. Daniel Smith is joining the group as Director of Training ahead of the most ambitious growth we have even seen. We plan to recruit an additional 200 people for the business in the coming 4 months and overhaul the whole training and development side of the business under Daniel Smith”
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The IMT Group was founded in 2005 by Daniel Corby. Uniquely it produces regional printed and web based directories of businesses which have been independently verified by customers. It also publishes free-to-pick-
Daniel Smith has worked with mobile giant ‘3’, a Hutchinson Whampoa Company and has held the role for 3 years. Daniel Smith joins iFinda during April.
In November 2006 a 300 seat telesales centre was opened in Chelmsford Essex. Additional centres are already at an advanced stage of planning.
The group is backed by Private Equity and is working towards a float planned for 2008 / 2009.
The board became strengthened significantly during 2006, with the appointment of business veteran, Richard Allan as Chairman, Hugh Craen, the founder of Potential Finance Group plc as Director, Peter Hill as Group Finance Director, Jaynie Vincent as Group HR Director, Scott Barker as Director of Risk Operations. The business is based in Essex, with operations in Chelmsford, Harlow and the Asia Pacific regions.
Other iFinda brands to launch will include iFindaflight.com, iFindaholiday.com, iFindacar.com, iFindahouse.com, iFindaphone.com, iFindagift.com and iFindamate.com
The business has recently recruited a retired Head of Trading Standards to the business as Head of Ethics. The committee will meet once a month and will oversee the way the group deals with its customers, staff and shareholders.
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