Brendan Barber (pictured) the TUC general secretary is to retire at the end of the year.

Global insurer, RSA, has promoted Vanessa Evans to group HRD. She will be responsible for HR strategy and teams worldwide.

Henkel, the company behind such brands as Pritt, Sellotape and Schwarzkopf, has appointed Stéphane De Schryver (pictured) as HR director, UK and Ireland.

Stephen Dando (pictured) has left his role of chief HR officer at media company Thomson Reuters after six years.

Recruitment firm Pertemps has appointed Tracy Evans as HR and quality director

Ros Hardiman (pictured) has joined London’s Royal Garden Hotel as HR director

Servest Multi Service Group, a facilities sector service provider, has appointed Robert Ward (pictured) as HR director

Angela O’Connor (pictured) has become the first female president of The Human Resources (HR) Society.

Beauty company Avon Cosmetics has appointed Michelle Parczuk as HR executive director for the UK and Republic of Ireland

Yell has appointed Linda Kennedy (pictured) to the new role of group HR director.

It is all change this month in the people departments at fast food firms KFC and its parent company, Yum Foods.

Angie Risley (pictured), group HR director at Lloyds Banking Group (LBG), will no longer report directly to the group chief executive after a restructure meaning the HR, legal and audit departments...