Sockwell Partners, a US-based retained executive search firm, has promoted Elizabeth Denton to managing director, according to the Association of Executive Search Consultants.

Since joining Sockwell Partners as a consultant in 2005, Denton has completed nearly 100 search assignments for companies in the financial services, technology, manufacturing, healthcare, real estate and not-for-profit sectors.

Before her career in executive search, Denton worked in corporate communications for legal and financial services firms.