People: New role created at recruitment firm; double hire for tech company

Recruitment firm Thorn Baker Group has added to its senior team with the appointment of Iain Brown.

Brown will become head of people services, a newly-created role that will help Thorn Baker deliver on its people strategy and its intentions of improving learning and development opportunities for staff across the business so it can nurture, train and develop its own talent.

Brown has over 20 years’ experience within the recruitment industry and has created and led people strategies, improving learning and development, employee engagement, onboarding and staff retention, at other leading recruitment firms. He joins Thorn Baker from The Best Connection Employment Group, where he enjoyed a 15-year career as head of people services supporting over 1,000 members of staff in their professional development and career progression.

Brown said: “I am hugely excited about my new role with Thorn Baker and I am looking forward to working with the senior team and staff at all levels to help shape the People Strategy for the business. The Thorn Baker board and I share the same view that looking after our staff and becoming a leading employer must be at the heart of the business, especially if we are to continue to grow successfully. I have been impressed by how the company responded to the pandemic, the culture and ethos and how it has supported its staff, and this played a large part in my decision to join the business.

“I love supporting people to enable them to progress in their careers. This role will help me reconnect with that purpose and the part of my role that energises me the most, working with people at all levels of the business to help them progress and become excellent at what they do.”

Patrick Roche

Nottingham-based- B2B media technology solutions provider Jigsaw24 has appointed Patrick Roche as an audio professional services engineer and Rolf Martens as an audio pre-sales consultant.

“Audio is a pivotal part of our Jigsaw24 M&E business,” said Jason Cowan, business director M&E at Jigsaw24. “As we continue to grow our audio business we will invest in great talent to support and add value to our customers. Welcome to the team Pat and Rolf.”