Movers and shakers

International property development and fund management group Grosvenor has appointed Sylvia Hamilton to the newly created post of group HR...

Director of people and organisation capability, Microsoft (EMEA)

Yvonne Skingle has joined Peterborough City Council as head of HR. She is currently the national policy lead on e-HR/efficiency...

What is your new role?HR director at First ScotRail.Where were you working before and what were your duties?I was with...

Head of HR, Rileys

Richard Martin, Jonathan Tarttelin and Fiona Irvine

The RSPCA animal charity has recruited Brian Millar in its newly created role of director of HR. He will focus...

What is your new role? Director of HR & corporate services, Argyll Community Housing Association.Where were you working before, and...

The aftermath of natural disasters, such as the recent earthquake in Java, demonstrates the huge logistical constraints faced by humanitarian aid workers co-ordinating a response.

Kellie Rixon explains how she overcame her frustration at training and operational mismatches when she moved into L&D, and why originality is important to training success

Guess who?...is the most powerful figure in HR? With employment policies and practices changing all the time, there’s plenty of opportunity for HR to prove its worth in business, government and even on the global stage. So who are the new faces and who’s out of the spotlight? Personnel Today counts down the top 40 power players for 2006. Compiled by Scott Beagrie and Sue Weekes.

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Juliet Amos has become HR director at the University of Teesside. Amos was previously head of employment services at the...

HR director with the Logic Group

Professor Dame Carol Black, president of the Royal College of Physicians, was named as the UK’s first national director for...