• Capricorn Financial Consultancy has appointed Lynnette Scott as its head of people. Her role will encompass recruitment, training and development, talent retention, streamlining internal procedures and organisational design. Scott will support the UK head office in London and international offices in Hong Kong and Singapore, alongside the office in the United Arab Emirates as it opens in the coming months.

• Candidate attraction services firm Wave has appointed Richard Essex as chief revenue officer. He will be closely involved with revenue performance, client retention, client growth and new client acquisition. Essex has been working in the recruitment space for decades, starting out as a recruiter before moving into recruitment tech.