Taunton recruitment expert David Winterburn has been appointed to a new role with the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, it has been announced.

Mr Winterburn, a senior consultant with Taunton-based Ramsey Hall Executive Search and Selection, is now chairman of the REC's Specialist Division Chairs' Committee, which represents the interests of different markets within the REC.

He said: "I am absolutely delighted to take on this new challenge. I look forward to making a positive contribution to the professional values and standards of the recruitment industry."

Mr Winterburn, 34, has worked in the recruitment industry for 13 years, and is also chairman of the REC's specialist division the Association of Search and Selection Consultants, a Fellow of the REC, and a member of the British Psychological Society, the Institute of Directors and the Confederation of British Industry.