Kelly Services Names Karen Colfer VP, Country General Manager U.K. And Ireland

(RTTNews) - Kelly Services, Inc. (KELYA, KELYB), a provider of workforce solutions, announced Monday that Karen Colfer has been promoted to Vice President and Country General Manager of the Company's operations in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Colfer is relocating back to England from Australia where she managed Kelly's operations in Australia and New Zealand for the last five years as Managing Director and Country General Manager.

Colfer has more than 20 years of staffing industry experience in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. She joined Kelly Services in 2010 as Country General Manager in Australia and later became responsible for the Company's operations in New Zealand.

Prior to joining Kelly Services, Colfer held various executive leadership roles with Hudson, where she was sponsored by Morgan and Banks to relocate from the UK to Australia in 2000 to manage a large part of ANZ's recruitment business.