• APSCo: The trade body has a new head of communications, David Bevan, as well as taking on Samantha Hurley as head of external relations.

• Astbury Marsden: New directors Adam Jackson and Edward Sellick have joined the City recruiter to lead its management consultancy and insurance practices respectively.

• BJD Group: Barrie Dowsett, the founder of the supply chain and logistics management recruiter, which was taken over by Birmingham firm Network Recruitment Partnership in May, will retire at the end of the year.

• CTPartners: The global executive recruiter has taken on Noah Schwarz as a principal in its financial services practice.

• Daniel Williams Consultancy: The Hamilton Bradshaw-backed recruiter has taken on Tristan Chinn as its new sales director.

• DDI: Elmar Kronz is promoted to the newly-created role of vice president for global business at the global talent management organisation.

• DP Connect: The new Edinburgh branch of the IT recruiter is led by head of Scotland, Izzy Brown, who joins from rival Modis, as do business development manager Kathie Lorimer and junior account manager Scott Killen. 

• Evenbase: The digital recruitment group has taken on Sophie Relf as marketing director of its job board division.

• Fircroft: The tech and engineering recruiter has appointed Dhirendra Shantilal to lead its Asia-Pacific division.

• Government Procurement Service: David Shields leaves his role as managing director of the organisation, an executive agency of the Cabinet Office, at the end of June.

• Hays: The professional recruiter has a new non-executive director in Torsten Kreindl.

• Heidrick & Struggles: Senior vice president (SVP) for HR Karleen Mussman joins the global executive search firm, alongside SVP and deputy general counsel Cynthia Lance and SVP, controller and chief accounting officer Karen Pepping.

• Kellan Group: Ross Eades, until March the CEO of the recruitment firm, has now resigned from his non-executive directorship at the company.

• Macildowie: The East Midlands-based recruitment firm has promoted James Calder to chief executive officer, also promoting Matthew Gissing, Arran Jaiswal and James Lawson to associate director roles.

• Maine Tucker: Stephen Perrin has been recruited as the new financial director of the office support and sales recruiter.

• Morgan McKinley: Simon Shipgood has been promoted to associate director of the professional recruiter’s London financial services division.

• Outsource UK: Sean Walsh is promoted to sales manager at the IT recruiter.

• Remploy: The employment services provider has taken on Nick Duncan as interim commercial director of employment services, ahead of 2013’s scheduled withdrawal of government funding.

• REC: Roger Tweedy has left his role as director of research at the industry body.

• Tech-People: Richard Holliday and David Riley have joined the technical recruiter as directors.

• Testing Circle: The IT recruitment and software testing firm has taken on Jonathan Wright in an advisory role.

• Transline Group: Paul Collier joins the industrial and driving recruiter as national training and development manager from logistics firm Wincanton, a client.

• Zeva: The umbrella and payroll company has promoted Matthew Partridge to the role of MD.