Performance development specialist Lander Associates has appointed Helen Harvey and Moya Rylands to its senior team.

Former sales national account director, Rylands specialises in sales and account management training having worked across a broad spectrum of sectors including banking, IT and telecoms.

With the UK financial sector continuing to be affected by the downturn, Switzerland has become an increasingly attractive destination for finance professionals, according to recruiters.

Media and sales recruiter pfj has acquired a majority interest in RPCushing, a provider of recruitment solutions to the market research and analysis & information sectors.

This is a further development to pfj’s vision of developing a global network of specialist recruitment companies which started last year with the acquisition of ICUR, the Sydney-based media specialist.