Energy supplier Opus Energy has appointed Annamarie Petsis Jones as its new head of HR, learning and development.

Petsis Jones joins from dental care provider Denticare where she had been the head of HR since 2008. Before this she spent five years working in employment law.

Opus has created 100 new jobs in the first six months of FY2011, and is planning to introduce an apprenticeship scheme and a management development programme in the near future.