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Dedat, 45, has previously been serving as a consultant to the company. He is a chartered accountant.

During his career he has spent 10 years in the London office of PricewaterhouseCoopers, gaining experience across a range of clients and industries and covering a wide range of work.

He then worked for four years at Sears plc, firstly as group financial controller and then as commercial director for one of their high street retail chains.

In 1998 he joined the IT specialist recruitment company Computer People as their finance director.

Following the company's acquisition by Adecco in 1999, Dedat’s finance responsibilities grew to cover Computer People's operations in mainland Europe and he also took on operational responsibility for their e-learning business.

In 2003 he became finance director of Ajilon, covering Adecco's specialist brands in the UK: Office Angels, Roevin and Jonathan Wren, in addition to Computer People.

Dedat's last role with Adecco was that of finance director for all of their UK and Ireland operations.

Kate Bleasdale, chief executive officer at Healthcare Locums Plc (LSE:HLO), said, "Mo's key responsibilities will be to develop further our systems and processes throughout the group to enable HCL as a fast growing company to meet the challenges of growth head on."

Healthcare recruitment firm HCL reported final results for the year ended 31 December 2007 on 14 April 2008, showing 108 per cent revenue growth to £135 million in 2007, up from £65 million in 2006.

Adjusted operating profit – restated to take into account the effects of adopted International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) - increased by 81 per cent to £14.7 million, from £8.1 million in 2006.

Adjusted profit before tax rose by 87 per cent to £11.8 million, compared to £6.3 million in 2006.

HCL announced a major partnership with one of the leading hospital builders in the Middle East, Emaar Healthcare.

Their current building programme of 20 hospitals is being supported by HCL, who are contracted to provide staff for these hospitals as they open.

HCL promised that this will bring a significant and steady stream of income for its international placement division, as over 40,000 staff will be required over the next five years for this client alone.

A similar agreement is in place with Bumrungrad International for the supply of all types of clinical staff to its new flagship hospital in Dubai, which is already under construction.

The group has opened offices in North America and Dubai to take advantage of the worldwide shortage of skilled healthcare workers.

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