Angela Williams has joined on-site service solutions group Sodexo as HR director for the UK and Ireland.

Williams’ previous experience has included senior-level HR roles for British Gas and its owner Centrica, commercial property firm Land Securities Group and video games maker Electronic Arts.

She has also worked internationally with the Walt Disney Company, booksellers BH Blackwell and oil & gas firm Exxon Mobil.

Additionally, Sodexo Netherlands has a new HR director in Hugh Owens. He has been with the business since 2002.

• See Recruiter, May 2013, pp31-34 for more on Jo Morgan, senior HR manager at Sodexo’s Prestige brand, winner of the In-House Recruiter of the Year award at this year’s Recruiter Awards for Excellence, sponsored by Eploy.