BERKLEY RECRUITMENT Group has announced plans to open an Asian office based in Singapore.

Berkley, which specialises in IT, pharma/life sciences and sales/marketing, now operates in Ireland, Britain and Australia. The Singapore office is due to open early next month.

Berkley directors Steve Greenwood (left) and Fergal Brosnan are confident that they will succeed in Asia despite the current global downturn.

“The recruitment industry is a truly global sector,” Mr Brosnan said. “Our experience and feedback in dealing with many of the world’s leading multinational pharmaceutical and technology companies is that individual specialist skills are transportable and that recruitment service providers must respond and be innovative in the way we procure these skills.”

Berkley says there is a strong crossover with its European clients who operate out of Singapore.