HRnetGroup (CHZ:SES), a Singapore-headquartered staffing provider, promoted Asako Yoshii to group business leader of HRnetOne Tokyo. Yoshii joined the company in Singapore in 2000 and returned to Tokyo in 2002 to take a role with the company there. In addition, HRnetGroup promoted Ping Chen to group business leader of PeopleSearch Taipei. Chen joined the company in 2004 as a consultant and was appointed business leader in 2009. Lastly, HRnetGroup promoted Steven Soh to group business leader of RecruitFirst Singapore. Soh was first with the group from 2008 to 2010 and returned in 2013 to become a pioneer member of RecruitFirst Singapore.

Accordant Group Ltd. (AGL:NZC), an Auckland, New Zealand-based recruitment firm, announced Richard Stone has joined its board following the retirement of longstanding Director Ross Keenan. Stone joined the staffing industry in 1987 and went on to found three companies, the most recent of which, JacksonStone & Partners, was acquired by Accordant. Stone also serves as chairman of LifeFlight, a Wellington, New Zealand-based rescue helicopter and aeromedical services provider. He also is chairman of Commerce Building Ltd. and is a director at Cape Horn Land Co. Ltd.