• Executive search firm Berwick Partners has hired Katie Poxon as principal consultant in its Manufacturing and Engineering Practice. She joins from aviation manufacturing giant Bombardier where she was global executive search talent leader.

• Global technology recruiter Finlay James has appointed Andrew MacAskill as its new chief commercial officer. MacAskill, who joins from EO Executives where he had been managing director for five five years, will sit on the Finlay James board alongside owners John and Sara Gaughan and MD James May.

• Global strategic resourcing consultancy Hortor has appointed Mark Standen as associate director in its global automation practice. His specialist team will be tasked with building the practice within the global marketplace of robotic process automation (RPA), artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.