• APSCo: The Association of Professional Staffing Companies has appointed Fiona Lander as head of professional development.

• BIE: Jonathan Jones joins the interim management and executive search firm as a director.

• Bullhorn: Peter Blitz is the new product innovation officer and Brian Hopcraft the new general manager at the recruitment software firm, after it acquired MaxHire Solutions and Sendouts, where they were formerly chief executives.

• Carrot Pharma: Gareth Lee joins the pharma recruiter to head its clinical & market access, health economics outcomes research, pricing & reimbursement and pharmaceutical marketing team.

• cipd: Sky people director Deborah Baker is elected vice president for organisation resourcing & talent planning at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, president Gill Rider is re-elected.

• Fuel Recruitment: Chris McCarthy adds the role of head of executive appointments to his responsibilities as director of managed services at the professional recruiter.

• Independent: Vicky Dodd joins to lead the recruitment and HR firm’s executive search function, amongst five other hires.

• Jaguar Land Rover: The automaker has appoints new HR director Simon Lenton, effective 14 January.

• JAM: Aerospace industry veteran Grahame Nix OBE joins the engineering and manufacturing recruiter as group business development director.

• Kellan: John Bowmer, a non-executive director and previously co-chairman at the recruitment group, has resigned.

• Korn/Ferry Whitehead Mann: The UK hub of global talent management solutions firm Korn/Ferry has promoted Sonamara Jeffreys to the post of managing director.

• October Recruitment: Vanessa Hastings has been promoted to associate director at the digital recruiter.

• Page Group: Michael Page Sales has promoted Alex Hall to regional director of the South-East, while Sean Rogerson moves from Sales to Michael Page Marketing as regional director of Midlands and the North. James Barrett is promoted to operating director of Michael Page Technology and Michael Page Consultancy, Strategy & Change. 

• Pertemps: Carmen Watson has been promoted to the position of chairman at recruiter Pertemps, succeeding Mike Owen.

• Real-Time Consultants: Mark Bull has been appointed director at the recently-acquired technical recruiter.

• Philips: The electronics firm has appointed Alan Agnew head of talent acquistion ASEAN & Pacific.

• Simply Hired: The job board has taken on James Beriker as CEO and president. 

• Spencer Ogden: The global energy recruiter’s new offices in Calgary, Canada and Hong Kong are to be led by new appointments Matthew Bushell and Emma Charnock.

• Staffgroup: The recruitment group has taken on David Curtis as head of learning and development. 

• SThree: Gary Elden is the new CEO at the professional recruiter as Russell Clements steps down in January, earlier than announced.

• Talentmark: The pharma recruiter has appointed Jurek Sikorski as vice president of its executive search arm.

• Talent Q: Sean Howard joins the assessment and talent management specialist as MD — international. 

• TW Network: The industrial temp agency has appointed James Mallick as operations director.

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