CIMA refocuses on customers and employer relations

CIMA - the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants – has made a new senior appointment as part of its restructuring plan aimed at focusing on employer relations and the needs of its international customers

The institute has appointed Rick Sturge as director of employer and strategic development. Sturge has joined from Accenture, where he was a business development director within the firm’s business process outsourcing group.

Sturge will be responsible for CIMA’s employer development framework and student recruitment throughout the UK and internationally, working closely with Kathy Grimshaw, director of international development.

Charles Tilley, chief executive of CIMA said, ‘I believe this reorganisation represents an important change to enable us to deliver the next stage of CIMA’s development in what is an increasingly competitive global environment. This environment needs an increased customer relationship focus, as well as clarity of purpose across the organisation.’

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