Airswift, a staffing provider for the energy, process and infrastructure sectors, announced the promotion of three senior staff. Peter Denham moves into the role of Vice President of Europe and Africa following a period of six years with the company as Regional Director for Europe and formerly Global Director of Service. Denham has an in-depth knowledge of the region’s energy sector and has established close relationships with the continents’ major operators. His focus will be helping clients plan their talent strategy, navigate labour regulations and manage global mobility as they expand into new markets.

At the same time, Andy Greenwood has been promoted to Regional Director in the Middle East for Airswift. In Greenwood’s previous role as Recruitment Director for EMEA, he oversaw best practice in the training and development of Airswift’s recruitment teams. He was also responsible for implementing several major innovative solutions for large commissioning projects to achieve multi-million-dollar cost savings and workforce efficiencies for clients.

Airswift also announced that Paul Murphy takes up the role of Recruitment Director for Europe and Africa. He will be responsible for Airswift’s regional contract recruitment team and their delivery centre in Baku, Azerbaijan, dedicated to 24/7 global client recruitment support for large-scale and expat hiring.

Cranford Group, an IT resourcing specialist based in West Yorkshire, announced that it appointed Matthew Hardill as new Chief Financial Officer. Hardill began his finance career with JCT600, the 12th largest car dealership in the UK, where he worked his way up from credit control to become the group’s accountant. He then moved to a printing consumables firm in Bradford, before joining aerospace specialist Wesco Aircraft.

Germany’s Federal Employers' Association of Personnel Service Providers (BAP), re-elected Sebastian Lazay as President. It is Lazay’s second term. The appointment of Lazay’s second term was part of BAP’s Management Board and Presidium election yesterday in Berlin.

Bullhorn, a supplier of software to staffing firms, announced the promotion of four staff members. Bullhorn promoted Gretchen Keefner and Shaun Weise as regional vice presidents where they will lead the overall growth in North America and the U.K. and Ireland, respectively. Previously, Keefner and Weise were global account managing directors. In their new roles, both will focus on optimising global standards for both selling and managing revenue.

Bullhorn also announced that it promoted account directors Gregory LaGarde and Tim O’Brien to managing directors. O’Brien, a recruitment industry veteran with more than 20 years of experience, will lead an account team committed to serving customers in both the UK and Ireland and EMEA. LaGarde will lead an account team dedicated to serving customers in North America.