• South West-based chartered accountants, tax consultants and financial planners Albert Goodman has appointed Sarah Bowden as the company’s new head of human resources to provide greater focus on planning, training and development for its 300 employees.

• Learning and operational technology innovator Ocean Technologies Group has appointed Susan Steele as chief human resources officer. With more than 25 years’ experience in HR, before joining Ocean Technologies Group, Steele held HR leadership roles at Cision, IBM, WPP and Deloitte.