• Ascendant Recruitment: Natasha Wilkinson joins the new finance division of the multi-sector recruiter as a director.

• Arrows Group: The recruiter has promoted Ross Cooper to group financial director.

• Bullhorn: Dan Cohen has joined the recruitment software firm in the role of EMEA enterprise sales director.

• cph: The recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) provider has appointed Mike Cutt to its advisory board.

• CTPartners: The executive search firm’s new Frankfurt office is led by managing partner Gert Stürzebecher.

• de Poel: The temp labour procurer has taken on Charles Gray as sales and marketing director.

• emr: The marketing, comms & digital recruiter has hired Rachel Bowman as director.

• EPM Scientific: The launch of Phaidon International’s specialist life sciences brand sees Emma Morris join as director.

• Foundation Recruitment: Claire Brown joins the property recruiter as operations manager.

• GCS: David Bloxham, the technology recruiter’s MD, has been elected president of the Reading Chamber of Commerce.

• Greythorn: The IT recruiter has appointed John Horton to the role of associate director overseeing its contract division.

• Heidrick & Struggles: The executive recruiter has promoted Michael Cullen to the role of regional manager partner (Americas) of its global technology & services practice.

• ICS: Former Hays director David Trotman joins the payroll firm as a non-executive director.

• Impellam: The recruitment group has taken on ex-soldier Lincoln Jopp as an NED. Impellam Technical Solutions has hired Alayna Parish as internal talent acquisition manager within its ABC Contract Services, SRG and S.com brands.

• InterQuest: The IT recruitment firm has seen group development director Alan Found step down from his role.

• La Fosse: James Parker is promoted to MD as founder Simon La Fosse steps up to the CEO role at the tech recruiter.

• Lumesse: The talent software firm has appointed Thomas Volk as new CEO.

• ManpowerGroup: Richard Buchband has been hired as senior vice president and chief legal officer at the global staffing group.

• Oyster Partnership: Former SThree boss Russell Clements has joined the property & surveying recruiter as chairman.

• Parity Group: Suzanne Chase has joined the IT recruitment and services firm as executive director and general counsel.

• Pedersen & Partners: The executive recruiter has appointed Irham Dilmy as its country manager for Indonesia.

• Penna: Former treasurer to HRH The Prince of Wales Leslie Jane Ferrar has joined the HR services firm as an NED.

• Randstad: François Béharel joins the executive board for a four-year term.

• REC: The industry body has new chairs of two sector groups. Aidan Anglin, director of IT recruiter DP Connect, leads technology, and resourcing firm BPS World’s director Simon Conington heads up engineering and technical.

• RTC Group: Sarah Dye has moved into the group finance director role at the recruitment, training and conferencing provider.

• Resolve Personnel: The industrial, driving & logistics agency, a Jark Joint Venture, is led by Laura Barber and Joanne Gooch.

• Rethink: The recruiter’s CEO and founder Jon Butterfield has stepped down.

• TEC Group: The oil & gas recruiter has appointed David Bowers as its Americas vice president working in its new Houston office.