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Trefor Murphy, former Dubai MD of Morgan McKinley Rebrands to Cooper Fitch
Dubai, UAE: Cooper Fitch has entered the Middle East market after acquiring the UAE business of global recruitment specialist Morgan McKinley. Launched in August 2016, Cooper Fitch is led by Trefor Murphy, former Managing Director in Dubai for Morgan McKinley in early 2012 and part of the firm’s global leadership team since 2005.
After working for Morgan McKinley in Ireland and the UK for 13 years, Mr Murphy moved to the UAE as Managing Director, where he gathered a wealth of regional recruitment experience. Mr Murphy is joined at Cooper Fitch by Morgan McKinley’s Dubai team, and together they have been recruiting talent across the Middle East since 1997, with over 10,000 mid to senior appointments.
Cooper Fitch continues to serve the unique requirements of the UAE recruitment sector with a team of 29 specialists, and has ambitious growth plans in place to expand its headcount by another 50% over the next 12 months.
Trefor Murphy, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Cooper Fitch, commented: “The team at Cooper Fitch is completely focused on delivering world-class HR and recruitment solutions to clients in the UAE and across the Middle East. This is an exciting time full of opportunity to develop the region’s recruitment landscape and meet today’s challenges with an expert approach to finding and developing the right talent. As we move forward, we also look forward to maintaining a close working relationship with Morgan McKinley globally.’’
Cooper Fitch provides recruitment, executive search and HR advisory services and is also committed to keeping clients up to date with the latest market analysis through its quarterly research review, The Fitch Job Report.
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About Cooper Fitch
Launched in August 2016 with the acquisition of Morgan McKinley UAE, the team at Cooper Fitch have been delivering professional recruitment and human resources solutions in the Gulf since 1997. Cooper Fitch is a partner run firm, where all employees are personally invested in the success of both job seekers and clients. The database has over 1 million professionals in the Gulf, with over 150,000 Arab nationals, having made over 10,000 placements since 1997. Offering three main services – recruitment, executive search and HR advisory – Cooper Fitch provides regular market intelligence to both recruiters and job seekers alike with its regular Fitch Job Report.
About Trefor Murphy
Trefor Murphy is the founder and CEO of Cooper Fitch in the United Arab Emirates. Before setting up Cooper Fitch, he was on the global leadership team of Morgan McKinley for ten years, working in Ireland, UK and spending the past five years in the Middle East. He brings a wealth of international best practices in search and human resources solutions whilst being based full time in the Middle East since 2012.
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