Guy Day, managing director, Asia, for Australia-based recruiter Ambition, has been given the UK as part of his remit.
Day will take charge of the group’s UK operation, Witan Jardine, integrating Ambition’s London business with its international operations and leveraging key client relationships in Asia and London for the accounting & audit, banking & finance, and sales and marketing markets.

Day will also be responsible for spearheading long-term business growth and developing strategic direction for the UK and Asia markets.

Day established Ambition’s Asia operation in Hong Kong in 2001 before further expansion into Singapore in 2007.

Paul Lyons, group managing director of Ambition, says: “Asia and the UK account for half the group’s revenue and profit, and so it is fitting that we have someone with Guy’s leadership experience and ability at the helm.

“We believe that the worst is behind us and as a group we have the people, ambition and resources to become one of the world’s premier executive recruiters.”

Multi-sector recruiter FiveTen Group has appointed former Hudson managing director Gary Lazzarotto as chief executive of its Asia-Pacific region.
The former chief executive for Hudson across Asia will replace Chris Digby, who is leaving the group.

Payment services company and supplier to the recruitment industry Zeva has supported its agency support team through the hire of Matthew Partridge, who joins as business development manager. Partridge joins from the Sellick Partnership in Chester where he was a senior consultant.
He also has three year senior sales development experience with Hays Accountancy & Finance.

Procurement, supply chain and logistics specialists Proco Global Group has appointed Philip Donbavand to head up its supply chain division in London. The former head of supply chain at rival recruiter Purcon will take responsibility for the direction and strategy of the division across the EMEA region.

Rachel Allison has joined the team at Anne Corder Recruitment as recruitment administrator.

RPO provider Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) has hired Gabriela Skeoch and Tim Curtis as global head of technology consulting and head of business intelligence.

Recruitment body TEAM has appointed Jason Perry as regional director for the south east and Helen Watson as regional director for the south west. Director of multi-sector recruiter ASL Recruitment based in Hastings on the Sussex Coast, Perry became an active member of TEAM in 2001.Watson is a business partner in telecoms and electronics staffing firm SES Recruitment.

Steven Boyack has been appointed operations director of Scotland-based Platinum Recruitment Services. Boyack is an ex-professional footballer that has now gained a wealth of experience in recruitment with other recruitment companies and joins Platinum to head up its operations team.

International HR consulting group Penna has appointed Anne Riley as managing director of Penna’s recruitment marketing and communications business, which includes Penna Barkers, Penna TCS and Penna Creative Communications.

Craig Adams has joined national insurance recruiter Independent Appointments as a senior managing consultant. After building a general insurance division in the Midlands he moved to Independent Appointments in July 2009 to head up its Birmingham office.

Global talent development solutions provider SumTotal Systems has appointed Barbara Stinnett in the newly created position of president.
Effective immediately, Stinnett, the co-founder and former managing partner of Timmaron Capital Advisors and former executive vice president and chief customers officer for i2, joins the board of directors.

Legal recruitment specialist Sellick Partnership has strengthened its offering in Leeds with the appointment of Sarah Hughes, under the management of Amy Bullock.
Hughes joins Sellick Partnership as specialist legal consultant, recruiting for organisations within the not-for-profit and public sector, in the North-East and north Yorkshire areas.

International Language Communications - the language division of the ILC Recruitment Group - has appointed Dimitris Bimpikos as recruitment consultant to work from its Bloomsbury office. Bimpikos joins from events and information provider Marcus Evans.

National recruitment network gap personnel has appointed Andy Robson-Graham as director to head its specialised technical division.
Robson-Graham will work with gap personnel’s operations director Emma Ceballos to target potential clients in the high technology, infrastructure and energy sectors on a national level.

Cer Financial welcomes Gary Pilkinton to its finance team as senior audit specialist consultant.

Finance and business services provider Oriel has appointed Trevor Deacon as group sales and marketing director. Deacon has been with Oriel since 2007 as joint managing director of Oriel Collections.

IT rec-to-rec Red Ventures has appointed Sam Naish as managing consultant focusing on setting up the company’s london office.

Specialist recruitment consultants Carrot Pharma Recruitment has appointed Lisa Jones to develop its presence within medical communications and medical education sectors. throughout London and the south east.