• Berkshire-based Austin Fraser has appointed Jacob McCulloch as chief strategy officer, Ashley Dunbar as German technology director and promoted James Lafferty executive VP of USA technology.

• Technology recruiter Frank Recruitment Group welcomes Sunny Ackerman as president of Americas, effective 5 March. Most recently, Ackerman served as vice president and general manager at recruitment giant Manpower.

• James Kent joins financial services staffing specialist Market Talent in the newly created role of associate director.

• International executive search firm Pedersen & Partners welcomes Carla Gouveia as client partner in Lisbon, Portugal.

• Search firm Redgrave Partners welcomes Louis Bowden as head of research. Bowden joins from Heidrick & Struggles/JCA Group where he led a research team focusing on board and executive committee appointments to FTSE 100/250 companies.

• US blue collar recruiter TrueBlue welcomes Maggie Lower as chief marketing officer.