Brookfield Rose, whose companies include temp agency de Poel, social enterprise de Poel Community and mobile job search app Zoek, has appointed Joe James as group head of technology.

James joins from BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, where he was head of software development and project delivery for BAE’s UK Delivery Centre. He was accountable for a technology delivery portfolio spanning a wide range of clients including Vodafone, UK Trade and Industry, Public Health England, Lloyd’s Register and Three.co.uk.

James is based in Wilmslow.