Duncan Brown has joined the Institute for Employment Studies as director of HR development. He was previously a director in PriceWaterhouseCoopers’ reward practice for two years. Brown said that he is looking forward to his new role, which has been specially created for him after 20 years in the field. “It is an interesting role to grow their research and consultancy work within HR and reward, which allows me to combine both research and consultancy,” he said.