Lucinda Brown has been promoted to UK managing director of executive search firm GRS.

Brown, who was part of the management team that bought out the company in May, will report to Ken Brotherston, group chief executive and will take charge of GRS’s UK businesses: risk, legal, tax, insurance and interim.

Brown will lead a workforce of 80 consultants in London and Brighton.

Ken Brotherston, chief executive at GRS Group, said: “Lucinda has played a large part in growing GRS from a small risk recruiter based in Brighton, to a multi-million pound global business.  As she begins to play a wider role in the strategic direction of the company, the rest of the UK business will benefit from her expertise.”