• 9-20 Recruitment: The Scottish IT specialist has taken on Matthew Johe as head of business development.

• Adecco: Mark De Smedt becomes the global recruiter’s new chief HR officer on 1 January. 

• Argyll Scott: The recruiter has taken on Tom Dinwiddy as manager of its sales & marketing practice, and Alan Lloyd to launch a new analytics practice.

• Athona Recruitment: The group has promoted Steven Anthony to the role of operations director for its medical recruitment division.

• Barracuda: Former Mothercare HR director Sue Malti has joined the executive recruiter as a director.

• Barrington James: Iain Williams has been promoted to the role of director of global operations at the pharmaceutical recruiter.

• CTPartners: The global exec search firm has taken on Thomas F Moran as vice chair of its global financial services practice.

• Danbro: The contractor accountancy and payroll firm has taken on Chester Boothe as head of new business development.

• de Poel Clarity: Former Pulse Healthcare duo Steve Moore and Ben Ramscar have taken on senior business development roles in the newly-launched healthcare division of the agency labour procurement firm.

• Drive Hire: Jeremy Neale moves internally to become managing director of the group’s recruitment business.

• Expectations! Recruitment: The agency has appointed Sarah Mutton as branch manager for its Gloucester branch, while Rebecca Hennessey arrives as a manager at its Cheltenham headquarters.

• Fidelity Worldwide Investment: The asset manager has hired Matt Yates as head of resourcing from Barclays.

• Harvey Nash: Tom Crawford, the recruiter’s co-founder, former MD and currently a non-exec director, is to retire next year.

• HB Ingram Mayet: The financial search firm has taken on Scott Berko to launch a risk division.

• Head Resourcing: Gordon Adam, the co-founder of the 2012 Recruiter FAST 50 table-topping IT firm, has left the business.

• ITV: The broadcaster has taken on PepsiCo’s Katie McNab as head of recruitment and talent.

• Langton Howarth: Joanna Thomson joins as managing consultant of its consumer health and beauty division.

• Lawrence Harvey: Rory Ferguson has been appointed MD at the white collar recruiter.

• Morgan Hunt: The professional recruiter has promoted Sue Cooper to the role of MD.

• Morgan Law: Suzanne Roddie has joined the public sector recruiter as a director of executive search, while Samantha Eales, Raj Kumar and Rachel Whyte are also promoted to director-level roles.

• PageGroup: Debra Corey is the recruitment firm’s first ever global rewards director. Barney Stupple is promoted to operating director of the secretarial and business support division of the Page Personnel brand.

• Pedersen & Partners: Beryl Chu joins the exec recruiter as partner in Shanghai with new principals Alexander Terpigorev and Zuzana Vrbová arriving in Moscow and Bratislava respectively.

• Rethink: The recruitment group’s talent management business has welcomed Stephen Gilbert as practice lead.

• Roc Search: The IT and engineering recruiter has taken on Mike Morgan as business development manager.

• Rowan Finance: The senior financial recruiter has a new associate director Peter Holt.

• Strike-jobs.co.uk: Tim Matthews, chief executive officer of disability services provider Remploy, becomes a consultant advisor to the job board in January.

• United Learning: Raphael Frascogna has joined the academies and schools group as resourcing manager.

• Zed Recruitment: The new agency has been launched by Suzanne Ramsay, formerly owner of Change Recruitment Group.