London-based executive search firm Six Degree People has opened an office in New York.

The company will also see Helle Bank Jorgensen join as associate director to lead business development for North America.

Jorgensen is currently the chief executive officer of sustainability and climate change consultancy B Accountability and is also a special advisor to the UN Global Compact in Canada among other roles.

Six Degree People describes itself as specialising in “finding business leaders for a changing world”, and has placed senior sustainability professionals, as well as putting people into roles in the energy industry and not-for-profit sector. It has placed people across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.

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