In 1999, Global CEO Ann Swain founded Apsco, an international trade body representing the professional recruitment sector with operations in the UK, Germany, Australia and  Southeast Asia. Swain has more than three decades of recruitment experience, including time as UK sales director of multinational staffing firms and managing director of recruitment training company Learning Curve. Under Swain’s leadership, the Apsco public policy team has become a revolutionary voice for its members. Swain is also the co-author of the Professional Recruiter’s Handbook.