• Specialist recruitment group Ably Resources welcomes senior consultant Nicola Plenderleith to its construction division, based in Glasgow.

• Financial and professional services recruiter Eames Consulting Group welcomes Gaelle Delacour as a consultant in its broking, claims and underwriting team in London.

• International executive search firm Pedersen & Partners has appointed Chelsea Armitage as client partner within its North American team in Toronto, Canada.

• Simone Lockhart joins recruitment group Taranata as director of strategic development next month. She joins from Barclays Bank, where she was head of resourcing – Scotland. Taranata Group comprises Head Resourcing, Change Recruitment, Head Medical and Atkinson Macleod.

• Global executive search firm ZRG Partners welcomes Charles King as global leader of its board practice.