Two stand out conversations in the professional services recruitment space at the moment are how to attract and retain millennials and the importance of diversity, an audience of senior private client accountants was told this week.

Speaking at the fourth annual eprivateclient Accountancy Dinner, James Quick, an associate director at Fox Rodney Search, advised how millennials and diversity will impact the private client sector for the foreseeable future.

Mr Quick explained that millennials (those born between 1981 and 1996) are set to become a major driving force in the sector as from 2020 they will make up nea...