Who's moved where?

John Harkins (1) has joined access control systems manufacturer Paxton Access as field sales engineer for Scotland.

Consultant Sinclair Knight Merz has appointed Phil Pearson (2) as lift and escalator manager for Europe. He joins from Foreman Roberts, where he was an associate.

John Boon (3) has joined security company Allcooper as technical field sales engineer specialising in wireless networking.

Air distribution equipment manufacturer Trox has appointed John Wallis (4) as sales office manager in Bolton.

Buro Happold group director Nick Nelson is moving to the firm’s New York office.

Leigh Johnson as been appointed principal of Hoare Lea’s new computer-generated imagery group in the London office where he will work alongside Karam Bhamra, who joins the group from Hoare Lea Lighting.

Mark Smith (5) has joined Kingfisher Lighting as area sales manager for the West Midlands.

Sanyo Air Conditioning has appointed Robert Morgan (6) as UK general manager. He joins the company from Daikin.

Design consultant Troup Bywaters + Anders has appointed David Ross as project associate at its Edinburgh office.

Steven Bentley has been promoted to partner at consultant Gifford. Bentley established Gifford’s Manchester office in 2002.

PME, the building maintenance and facilities arm of Carillion, has appointed Peter Black as its new managing director.

Chartered arbitrator and engineer Niall Lawless will be the European expert working on the EU-China initiative to provide a regulatory framework for an information society in China.

Dr Phil Studds has joined consultant whitbybird as director of its environmental consultancy group.