Karen Furminger, former HR manager of importer, processor and wholesaler of fresh fish and seafood firm New England Seafood, has joined Goldteam Recruitment as general manager.

Furminger previously occupied HR roles at Tesco, including training manager and store personnel manager.

Commenting on her appointment, Furminger said: “I had been looking for a new challenge and having audited Goldteam as a recruitment supplier on many occasions, I just couldn’t fault them - so I decided to join the team.”

Managing director of Goldteam, Naveed Ahmed, added: “Karen’s HR experience will be invaluable to Goldteam. Her insight into what HR functions are looking for from a recruitment supplier will help us to improve our service even more.”

Professional services firm KPMG has appointed Rachel Campbell as its global head of people, performance and culture (PPC). The current head of people for KPMG Europe, Campbell will work with KPMG member firms to drive KPMG’s ‘Employer of Choice’ strategy globally.

Marine crane and lifting services firm Sparrows Offshore Services has appointed Louise MacKenzie as human resources manager for Europe and West Africa. Based in Aberdeen, MacKenzie will lead a team of six HR staff responsible for delivering a full HR service to the Europe and West Africa business areas covering recruitment, employee relations, performance management, and compensation & benefits management.

Sarah Hegarty is the new human resources director at Park PlazaHotels & Resorts, Westminster Bridge. The former head of training and development at Guoman Hotels has also previously worked at Thistle Hotels as group training & development manager.

Head of executive resourcing Ross Crook has extended his responsibilities at Barclays Bank to include the UK retail bank and GRCB (global retail and commercial banking) centre, following the departure of former head of resourcing and talent Samantha Davenport.

The IT Job Board - www.theitjobboard.co.uk - has appointed Jamie Bowler as its new head of marketing. The former head of marketing at online clothing retailer my-wardrobe.com, Bowler replaces Teresa Sperti and will be responsible for continuing to build the company’s brand, through online and offline activities, as well as developing and supporting expansion outside the UK.

Colm Hannon has been appointed partner in selection technology firm Effectivate. Hannon will focus on running social media consultancy eSocialMedia.co.uk.

Construction recruiter Contract Scotland has promoted John-Paul Toner to director. Toner joined the firm more than six years ago as a trainee recruitment consultant.

Suppliers of staff to statutory and substance misuse organisations Service Care Solutions has promoted Darren Slater to team leader in its adult social work division.

PiR Interims has promoted Sally Hope to director of interim services.

Ben Pepper joins PiR Group as researcher in PiR’s specialist in-house research team.

Education and children’s services leadership recruitment and development specialist Navigate has appointed ex-Rockpools head Shahidul Miah to run its new London office in High Holborn.

Executive search firm Transearch International has appointed Souvik Chakraborty and Gaurav Seth to its Mumbai and New Delhi offices respectively. Chakraborty leads the India technology practice, while Seth leads the retail and financial services practices, and business process outsourcing practice. Before joining Transearch, Chakraborty was the founder of a boutique search and recruitment firm, and Seth was head of the technology and BPO practice at Russell Reynolds Associates, India.