Luxury hotel group, Beachcomber Hotels, which centres on Mauritius, has announced the appointment of Chris Gilbert as director UK & Ireland, based its London office.

Manheim has appointed James Leese to the newly created position of sales director, manufacturer remarketing services, the automotive services company announced on 7 July.

News Corporation subsidiary News International has confirmed Dominic Carter’s appointment to the top job at its new merged media sales organisation, which will combine sales across Times Newspapers and News Group Newspapers, which publishes red-tops the Sun, News of the World and Page3.com website.

Hays International Technology’s account director Julia Dalziel is celebrating a multi-million pound deal to supply IT contract and permanent staff across Fujitsu Services, following her company’s re-appointment as a preferred supplier this month.

Graduate recruitment and sales development specialist Pareto Law has appointed Bryn Thompson to the new role of corporate accounts director, the company announced on 3 July.

Vehicle remarketing company, Manheim Auctions has this month announced the appointment of Cliff Walker as UK sales and marketing manager with responsibility for promoting its motorcycle auction operations.

Alternative investments specialist fund manager, Castlestone Management has this week announced five new appointments to its UK sales force following the launch of its first UCITS-compliant fund, the Dublin-based Aliquot Active Commodity Index (UCITS*) Fund.

As part of an intensified push into key international markets, the Sydney Convention and Visitors Bureau (SCVB) announced an expansion of its business development teams in London and Hong Kong on 23 June.

Having reported ‘dramatically increased retail and fleet sales for the first five months of the year’, Kia is reorganising its UK sales team with a number of appointments, the company announced on 24 June.

IT giant Novell announced this week that Thomas M Francese, 58, will leave his role as executive vice president of worldwide sales as of 31 July. The former European sales boss will not be replaced.

Vehicle data company CAP has appointed Lee Coomber to the role of key account manager – consumer media.