• Alexander Daniels: The professional staffing specialist has appointed Steve Underwood as manager for its education division.

• Ambition: Sally Clare is appointed head of diversity at the global boutique recruiter. 

• Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo): The recruitment trade body has appointed Stephen Hill as finance director. He joins APSCo from FD4, which provides part-time finance directors to SMEs, where he was a portfolio FD.

• Brightwork Group: Finance director Derek May is promoted to chief executive at the Scottish multi-sector recruiter. 

• Capersidate: The Cornish recruiter has appointed Roger Grimshaw as chair. 

• CareerGift: The candidate experience platform has appointed Nick Price as chief operating officer.

• Drayton Partners: The specialist recruiter has appointed Wayne Mabbott as partner. 

• Engage Partners: The education and construction recruiter has appointed Edward Parkes as financial director. 

• Energize: The IT & digital recruiter has appointed David Rowland as finance manager. 

• ePeople Recruitment: Sarah Galeski and Tom Lee have been promoted from senior consultants to associate directors at the IT recruiter.

• font: The digital and marketing staffing specialist has appointed Sandra Christie David as Singapore country manager.

• Gilead Sciences: Grant Weinberg has been promoted to worldwide director for talent acquisition at the biotechnology firm. 

• Grays Executive Search: The search and selection consultancy, part of nationwide recruitment group, Cordant Recruitment, has appointed Dylan Christie as director of its new office in Newcastle. 

• GreenJobInterview: The video interviewing platform provider has appointed a new board of directors. Ryan Mulholland joins as president; Greg Rokos is now chairman of the board and chief strategy officer; Theo Rokos continues in his role as CEO. Jim Philip and Curtis Marks are also on the board. 

• Heidrick & Struggles: The international executive search firm has appointed Daniel Kaplan as managing director of its chief HR officer practice.

• Hydrogen Group: The global recruiter has appointed Colin Adams as chief financial officer. 

• JSA Services: Hayden Eastwood joins the provider of specialist accountancy, payroll and employment services to contractors and freelancers as finance director. 

• Korn Ferry: The global executive search firm has appointed Caitlin Banks Iseler as principal in its technology practice. 

• Links International: Nick Lambe has joined the HR and business process outsourcing provider as managing director.

• Michael Page: The global recruiter has appointed Chris Lyons as operating director responsible for the North of England. 

• Pedersen & Partners: Elissa Wilding has been appointed client partner at the international executive search firm in London. 

• Resource Solutions: The recruitment process outsourcing and managed service provider has appointed Ben Tinker as director of talent marketing and insights. 

• Russam GMS: The executive search specialist and provider of interim managers has appointed Antony Flagg as director of financial services. 

• Sonovate: John Martin has joined the contract finance provider to recruiters as senior board adviser. 

• UK government: Priti Patel has been appointed the new minister of state for employment. In addition, former government older workers’ champion Ros Altmann has been appointed pensions minister.

• WRS: Philip Shepherd joins the global energy recruiter as regional director for its new Singapore-based Asia Pacific operation.