Paul Johnson has been appointed a director of Bradford-based executive search and selection firm Project:Search as the company launches a new division specialising in the recruitment of HR professionals.

He has held senior HR roles at British Airways, British Aerospace and Northern Rail. Paul has also worked at several financial institutions including Northern Rock, Halifax, Citibank and previously led the HR teams at both Bradford & Bingley and Birmingham Midshires Building Society.

At Project:Search, launched two years ago as a division of Cleckheaton and Keighley chartered accountancy firm Clough & Company, Paul will work alongside fellow directors Richard Sherrard and Adrian Davies.

Paul said: “The recruitment industry caters for nearly all professions but HR is an area that’s become increasingly technical. We feel there’s now a real opportunity to create a point of difference in the market by using experienced HR people, with genuine expertise, to recruit HR professionals.”