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Adcorp Group shifts to global focus ahead of local expansion

Adcorp Group is shifting focus so its Australian brands operate less as subsidiaries and more as part of a global business, with expansion plans recognising the local operation's significance to the group, says staffing boss Jason Trevethick.

"In the past, the businesses operated a little bit independently; we were more of a subsidiary to the South African operations," he tells Shortlist.

"Now the focus under [group CEO] John Wentzel is certainly very much that we're a global organisation and that Australia and South Africa are one business."

Rather than any major change to how the local brands report into the group, the shift is about the businesses becoming "a lot more closely aligned", Trevethick says...