UK headhunter HW – Global Talent Partner has appointed Spencer Jinks as its new chief executive.

The firm, previously known as Hitchenor Wakeford, underwent a rebrand in April of this year.

Jinks succeeds founding director John Wakeford, who will now concentrate on growing the firm’s financial services and chair & NED practices.

Jinks has been with the executive search consultancy for almost a decade, having joined as a director in 2007 after six years as executive recruitment director at telco organisation the Caudwell Group.

He will continue to lead HW’s consumer division, which operates in more than 70 countries throughout Europe, Latin and North America, South Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific.