Suzanne Paterson has been appointed director of Edinburgh-based legal and accountancy recruiter Hammond Resources, which has recently been bought by Rise Group.

Education recruitment specialist ITN Mark, part of the Ochre House group, has made a number of appointments and promotions. Rachelle Luxford has been promoted to associate director at ITN Mark. She now has full responsibility for all overseas offices and international recruitment. Two recruitment consultants have also been appointed. Andy Visvanathan joins ITN Mark’s Preston branch and Rachel Jones is appointed to the Warrington branch. Formerly a secondary consultant at ITN Mark, Kelly Hughes has been promoted to associate director of human resources for Ochre House.

Kathryn Marshall has been promoted to senior business analyst at Ochre House, after three years with the company.

Recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) consultancy Profiles Resource Management, part of the Ochre House group, has appointed Andrew Manning to its Staines-based branch as implementation manager. Russell Davidson also joins the team as a senior recruitment advisor in the Slough office. Bernadette Prunty is the new talent manager for Germany.

The Buzz, Ochre House’s retail and leisure division, has promoted Mark Whistler and Tara Howarth to resourcing consultants and appointed Gemma Fludeas resourcing consultant in its Kingston office.

Rebecca Bryant joins Parkside, Ochre House’s office professionals division, in its Kingston office as a temporary consultant.

Rachel Shipton has been appointed commercial manager for Omega Workforce, a division of Omega Resource group which specialises in recruitment to the industrial, commercial and special events sectors.

Hospitality recruiter Catering Services International has hired Neil Holmes as manager of its High Wycombe branch. Scottish industrial business specialist Brightwork has taken on (above, from left to right) Shan Saba, Julie Burnside and Louise McKean to launch its new subsidiary, Brightwork Specialist Recruitment.

Fionnuala Munnelly has been appointed as an associate director for specialist marketing recruitment consultancy Carter Murray. She will be responsible for launching the brand in the Middle East.

Sally Wilson has been appointed senior consultant for local government at interim management recruiter Interim Partners. She will head up the Local Government Practice division at the Harrogate office.

Specialist insurance and financial services recruiter Eames Consulting Group has appointed Stuart White to head up the insurance practice, Deborah Newton  to work on executive searches and Mirja Eriksen, who joins as a senior research associate.

Belinda Brooke has been appointed legal and personnel director of Michael Page International, where she will manage the internal personnel and in-house legal and compliance teams. Brooke was previously head of legal services at the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).