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training as a notary public - the third,
least known and oldest branch of the legal
profession.
A notary public oversees the
authentication and certification of
signatures, authority and capacity relating to
documents used in other countries.
Annaliese, from Stockton-on-Tees, had
previously worked at Hartlepool’s Tilly
Bailey and Irvine LLP Solicitors since 1996
and felt it was time for a new challenge.
ANDY BROADBENT, NEW COLLEGE
DURHAM
New College Durham has announced the
appointment a new principal and chief
executive.
Andy Broadbent has taken over in the
top role at the Framwellgate campus on
the outskirts of Durham and replaced John
Widdowson CBE who has retired after
nearly 22 years in the role.
After joining the college in 2004 as head of
finance, Andy has helped guarantee financial
stability for the college and ensured it can
offer security to students while continuing
to invest in course provision, facilities and
support services.
The college has been rated as financially
outstanding by The Education and Skills
Funding Agency for 10 consecutive years,
under Andy’s guidance.
Last January, Andy took on the role of
deputy principal and chief financial officer,
before being selected as principal to replace
John Widdowson earlier this year.
YEAH AND KAYLA TURNBULL,
STARKOLD BUILDING SERVICES
Local twins took sibling rivalry to the next
level when they went up against each other
for the same apprenticeship at a leading
construction firm.
Leah and Kayla Turnbull applied for
the same financial trainee role at Starkold
Building Services, one of the UK's largest
national construction and logistics providers,
based in Durham, and in doing so left such a
big impression that they were each offered an
apprenticeship at the company.
The construction firm found the twins
through the free recruitment service offered
by Northern Skills Group, the training
and apprenticeship arm of Middlesbrough
College.
The 18-year-olds’ CVs stood out thanks
to their upbeat personalities and a great
interview. As a result, Leah and Kayla now
both have positions as financial trainees at
Starkold.
They will work with the main financial
controller, learning how to do evaluations
and general accountancy, and from
November, Leah and Kayla will be on dayrelease
from Starkold, completing their AAT
Accountancy course in Newcastle over the
next 15 months.
CHRIS LEWIS, CASTLES AND
COASTS HOUSING ASSOCIATION
A housing association has announced its
new chair.
Castles & Coasts Housing Association,
which has a site at Houghton-le-Spring
and owns and manages more than 7,000
properties, has announced that Chris Lewis
will step into a new role as board chair.
He assumes
the role in
September, when
the organisation’s
current chair,
Fiona Moore,
retires after nine
years of service.
Chris had
a 35-plus year
career in a
senior role in
a multi-national pharmaceutical business
before taking up his board member role with
Castles and Coasts.
JIM RODWELL, SUNDERLAND AFC
Sunderland AFC appointed 49-year-old Jim
Rodwell – a former board director of the
Football Association – as their new chief
executive officer earlier this year.
Rodwell left his previous post as chief
executive officer at Scunthorpe United to
take up the role at the Stadium of Light.
Rodwell also served as CEO at Notts
County, and caretaker manager, director of
football and chairman of Boston United, one
of many clubs he played for as a defender.
Lincolnshire-born, he actually started his
playing days at Darlington FC and was with
the Quakers from 1987-89 before going on
to play for numerous lower and non-league
clubs in a career which lasted more than 20
years.
During that time, he played football in
Malaysia (for Sabah State), captained the
Great Britain University side at the World
Student Games in Fukuoka in Japan, was
twice named Rushden and Diamonds’ Player
of the Year and in 2002 came third in ITV’s
Britain’s Brainiest Footballer quiz.
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