ApTask Consulting LLC, an Edison, N.J.-based IT staffing company, announced Eddie Bright Jr. joined its executive leadership team as chief sales officer. He will be responsible for the placement and management of resources on projects, management consultancy, staffing augmentation, executive search, RPO and payroll pass-through.

Executive search firm Korn Ferry International Inc. (NYSE: KFY) announced several appointments:

• Sarah Lim will join the firm as head of the UK consumer practice and sector lead for retail in EMEA. She will be based in the London office. Lim has 20 years’ experience at global executive recruiting firms, where she specialized in clients with international brands.
• Adam Prager joined Korn Ferry as regional sector leader of the firm’s professional services practice in North America. He will be based in the New York office. Prager has more than 20 years’ of search experience and most recently was managing partner and global head of the professional services practice at a global executive recruiting firm.
• Nathalie Nassar joined Korn Ferry as senior partner in the firm’s leadership and talent consulting business. She will be based in the Paris office. Nassar most recently was senior partner at Oliver Wyman.
• Caitlin Banks Iseler joined the firm as principal in the technology practice. She will split her time between the Washington, DC, and Reston offices. Iseler previously was VP at Blue Ribbon Leadership Consulting.

Executive search firm Boyden announced Managing Partner Cornelia Tänzler will lead its new office in Geneva, Switzerland. Tänzler most recently was managing partner at Heads! International and previously served as a partner at Korn Ferry in Geneva and Zurich, where she led global and EMEA accounts of international consumer and luxury goods brands. Joyce Zhou also joined Boyden in its Shanghai office as a partner in the global Industrial and consumer/retail practices. Zhou most recently was a partner with Odgers Berndtson’s industrial practice in China and a member of the firm’s leadership services team in Asia.

Salo LLC, a financial and human resources staffing firm, named Lisa Brezonik as chief talent officer. She succeeds Ann Ruschy, who was promoted to chief connection officer. Brezonik previously was president and executive coach at Brezonik Consulting, an executive coaching and organizational consulting firm.

Talent consulting organization Workforce Solutions Group named Karen Tarca-Cowan as senior VP of business development. Tarca-Cowan most recently was director of sales and operations for the West Coast at CoWorx Staffing Services.

Mathys+Potestio, a creative and marketing industry staffing firm headquartered in Portland, Ore., announced Flavia Arsenault will manage the company’s new office in Los Angeles. Arsenault has led Mathys+Potestio’s business relationship with Nike Inc. for the last two years.

AtWork Group franchisees Gregg Hassler and Moses Rangel will open a new Southern California branch in Temecula, Calif.