• ECMS, an advisory-led managed solutions business and part of Eames Group, has appointed Estelle James as its new managing partner. She will oversee daily operations and lead the evolution of ECMS’s global offering. James most recently served as regional vice president for managed solutions at Protiviti and Robert Half in the Benelux. Before that, she was vice president of managed business solutions at Robert Half in Chicago, with additional time spent in Toronto.

• Recruitment agency The Education Network (part of the Pertemps Network Group) has appointed Rachael Chapman as special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) recruitment consultant, bolstering its specialist division in the North-East. Chapman joins the Newcastle office with four years’ experience in education recruitment and will focus on sourcing SEND professionals for schools in Gateshead, Newcastle and across the North-East.