Talent management specialist Ochre House has appointed Kieran Scally who joins as principal solutions consultant, based in London and Staines.
Meanwhile, the firm welcomes new talent attraction specialists Eva Krcova and Degnouma Diarra, while Tania Rabindiran and Inderjit Kaur both join the firm’s Bupa team as candidate attraction specialists.
Multi-sector recruiter Barker Ross has launched an agricultural division.
The division will be led by Rachel McCarthy, who joins Barker Ross from industrial recruiter Staffline in Lincoln.
McCarthy will also be involved in clerical and permanent executive recruitment in Lincolnshire.
Executive search firm CTPartners has appointed Jeremy Robertson as a partner in its global financial services practice.
Robertson was previously a senior consultant, equity partner, co-head of US Hedge Funds and global head of quantitative finance with financial executive search specialist Rice & Dore.
Robertson will be based in London,
Change management professionals are in short supply, according to Badenoch & Clark’s professional talent spotlight for August.
Technology and gaming recruitment specialist Amiqus is to launch a social media strategy.
The programme promotes Amiqus in four different ways.
The ‘owned’ approach sees the Amiqus name promoted through the firm’s own social networking platforms, while the ‘earned’ approach enables customers, clients and employees to promote the brand through their own platforms.
Lander Associates, the specialist performance management and training consultancy, has launched Lander HR to deliver services to the recruitment sector.
Paul Marsh, the former HR and corporate services director of Advantage Professional, has joined Lander Associates to head up delivering the services that will include a mix of HR consultancy, workshops and general advice.
JSA has promoted Sarah Woodruff to director with immediate effect.
Woodruff joined JSA in 2008 as head of operations, taking overall responsibility for the delivery of JSA’s products. She has spearheaded a number of internal projects, including the implementation of business systems and she also played a major role in developing JSA’s customer care team through training.
BT’s Global Services UK chief executive Royston Hoggarth (left) will become Hays’ UK & Ireland managing director on 1 October.
Group net fee income (NFI) at recruitment giant Hays rose 18% in the quarter ending 30 September, driven by strong growth in Asia Pacific.
NFI in Asia Pacific rose 39% on a like-for-like basis, with NFI in Continental Europe and the rest of the world 27% higher. However, the UK & Ireland market saw growth of just 1%, according to the company’s interim management statement.
