• Technical recruiter Advance TRS welcomes Matt Bray as construction managing director.

• Lee Mason joins executive search and interim management firm Holmes Noble as head of practice – IT & digital.

• Steven Kearney joins IT recruiter Next Ventures as financial director. Working initially with PwC in Cyprus, and an Israeli tech on-demand mobility start-up, Kearney brings 13 years’ experience in the public sector.

• Cardiff-based Yolk Recruitment has appointed Merle Howells as head of its newly-created finance and accountancy division.