Banking and financial recruiter Astbury Marsden has appointed Clem Cull as its new head of compliance.
Cull, who has five years’ experience in compliance recruitment, including most recently a senior role at Joslin Rowe, will be responsible for building on the team’s existing client and candidate base in the compliance space, as well as establishing new relationships.
Indian engineering solutions providers and project specialist Voltas has appointed Swapnil Navalkar as general manager – corporate HR.
Navalkar, who previously led the HR function at Upstream Oil & Gas Business, has also worked at Otis Elevator Company, Videocon, Mahindra & Mahindra, Siemens Information Systems, Covansys (India) and Mahindra Consulting.
Almost nine in 10 (88%) of employers are planning to maintain or increase their use of temporary workers in the next three months, according to May’s Jobs Outlook from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation.
The data also shows that one in three employers is planning to increase or keep static their long term use of agency staff.
Senior bankers typically earn double the amount after tax in London than their counterparts in Geneva and Zurich, according to research by financial recruiter Selby Jennings.
Commercial recruiter Jobwise has appointed Leanne Goodwin as managing director.
Goodwin, previously a branch administrator, team leader, branch manager and area manager at Jobwise, takes over from Grant Barton who has been made chairman.
Long-term joblessness among IT contractors has slumped dramatically over the last six months, according to a study by umbrella company giant group.
According to the study, the number of IT contractors who were out of work for three months or more fell by one third in the first quarter of this year.
Construction and engineering recruiter TH Associates has appointed Liz Flavell as client account director. Flavell is responsible for developing the client base in construction, property and engineering. Meanwhile, Nicola Gibbs joins as a resourcer in the major accounts team.
Dillistone Group, parent company of executive recruitment software Dillistone System, has appointed Giles Robin Fearnley as a non-executive director.
Fearnley has 35 years’ experience in the passenger transport industry, from founding Prism Rail through to its sale to National Express.
Private equity board practice specialists Directorbank has appointed Kikka Makela as European account manager.
Operating from the firm’s London office, Makela will support Directorbank international clients with their European investment strategies and develop the company’s client and candidate network in the wider European market, especially in the Nordic region.
RIG Medical Recruit has announced that three of its trading companies - RIG Radiography, RIG Occupational Therapy and RIG HSS Recruit will now trade as RIG Healthcare Recruit.
The new entity will specialise in providing locums in 24 clinical areas of AHP and HSS and 10 specialities of hospital doctors to both the public and private sectors, nationally.