• Aspen People, a specialist executive search firm, has appointed Edel Harris as its new non-executive chair. Harris succeeds professor Lorne Crerar and brings extensive experience across the third sector and commercial organisations. She has served as CEO of the Royal Mencap Society and social care charity Cornerstone and currently holds roles as chair of the EY Foundation, chair of Aberdeen Performing Arts and non-exec director at the National Care Group. The Glasgow-based recruiter says her appointment will support its plans to double turnover and expand the team over the next three years.

• Eames Consulting has promoted James Rydon to executive director of specialist disciplines, encompassing the recruiter’s heritage insurance division. Rydon joined the business as a senior consultant in 2015, then a promotion to partner, associate director and then director.

• Midlands law firm Sydney Mitchell has appointed Sharon Levell as HR manager to lead its people strategy, employee engagement and recruitment efforts. Experienced HR specialist Levell joins from Love Finance, where she helped scale the business from 30 to over 90 employees in just 18 months. At Sydney Mitchell, she will oversee HR operations across its Birmingham, Solihull and Shirley offices, supporting its 100-plus workforce.

• Martin Dangerfield has been appointed talent strategy director at the rec hub. The rec hub is a talent acquisition partner for businesses looking to scale sustainably, working in-house with organisations to increase the power of their talent acquisition. Dangerfield was previously CEO at immersive, an Estonian-based talent acquisition firm.