• Adecco Staffing: Joan Ferrer Pons has been promoted to operations director (OD) at the recruiter’s Spanish operation.

• Bright Purple Resourcing: The white-collar recruiter has taken on Georgette Stewart in the newly created delivery manager role.

• Cogs Agency: Damien Bell is promoted to associate director for Asia, based in the digital sector recruiter’s new Hong Kong office. Matthieu Ritter becomes senior consultant in charge of its new Berlin office.

• Dryden Human Capital: Former in-house executive recruiter Paul Scott joins the firm as managing director of new business unit Drake Fleming.

• Eames Consulting Group: Stuart White is promoted to manage the professional recruiter’s broking claims & underwriting practice.

• Essence: The digital agency takes on Dan Dobson-Smith as global talent director.

• GCS Recruitment Specialists: Emily Cobham joins the recruitment agency to head up its internal recruitment function.

• Green Park: The interim and executive search firm has taken on associate partners Stephanie Campbell, John McLaughlin and Kirsten MacLeod.

• Henderson Scott: The professional recruiter has promoted Callum Wallace to divisional manager of its new emerging technology business.

• Impellam: Chair of the board Cheryl Jones has stepped down from her role. Jones will remain involved with the group for some months to assist with transition as non-executive director Andrew Wilson takes the chair.

• Kelly Services: The recruiter’s senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary Daniel T Lis retires at the end of the year, with his responsibilities re-assigned to existing senior executives.

• ManpowerGroup: The recruitment group will hire a new president of Southern Europe “in due course”, as incumbent Francoise Gri leaves on 1 January 2013. Alain Roumilhac is promoted to president, ManpowerGroup France.

• NES Global Talent: The technical recruiter has appointed Rebecca Ridley as associate director, UK sales.

• Nicoll Curtin: Gavin Tew has been promoted to director at the banking and IT recruiter.

• Odgers Berndtson: Wasim Haq is appointed head of sport for India, the Middle East and Asia.

• Omega Resource Group: Paul Day joins the recruitment firm as finance director.

• PageGroup: Recruiter Michael Page has promoted Julian Harburn to the role of regional director of Scotland, while specialist brand Page Executive promotes Derek MacFeate to executive director for Scotland.

• Pedersen & Partners: The global executive search firm has hired Yannis Katzilieris as country manager for Greece, and Alexandre Fréreau takes on the role of country manager for France.

• Portfolio Group: Pat Law joins to launch the recruiter’s specialist division Portfolio Procurement.

• Smart Solutions: The multi-sector recruiter has promoted Michelle Mallet to national sales and marketing manager.

• Sue Hayes Actuarial: Ben Whalley joins the specialist recruiter as head of actuarial.

• Teach Active: The education recruiter has appointed new operations director Bruce Dutton.