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A round-up of the latest appointments on the Tees business scene...
for eight years, also holds a number of
senior voluntary roles including ambassador
of Federation for Women in Enterprise
(FWE), patron of Teesside Philanthropic
Foundation and a director of Stockton
Improvement District, (BID) whose purpose
it is to contribute towards creating a future
vision and strategy for the regeneration and
growth of Stockton High Street.
Williams is keen to continue the exceptional
leadership of his successors, Neville Tate
and David Dunn. He is excited to join such a
successful and happy school and to become
a member of the wider community in Yarm
and beyond.
Neil Marsden, Pickerings Lifts
Tees firm Pickerings Lifts has strengthened
its leadership team with the appointment
of Neil Marsden as service sales and
marketing director.
Marsden will be responsible for the
Stockton firm’s sales and marketing
teams based across the country, growing
opportunities and securing service contracts
within the lift, escalator, loading systems
and mobility business streams, as well as
increasing brand awareness.
Pickerings Lifts was founded in 1854 and
has had an unbroken history of independent
British ownership since then.
The wealth of knowledge the company
has gained from over 160 years’ experience
has made it one of the UK’s largest
independent lift service providers. Liz Rothery, Baldwins Group
Accountancy and business advisory firm
Baldwins, a CogitalGroup company, has
strengthened its team with the appointment
of an associate tax director.
Liz Rothery, who is a specialist in
inheritance tax and trust planning, will work
alongside the senior team in the firm’s
Seaton Burn office to develop Baldwins’
offering.
With 14 years of experience in private
client tax planning, Liz has expertise in
dealing with high net worth individuals and
the local market.
Having worked in one of the big four
accountancy firms for over 10 years, Liz
(pictured, left, with regional managing
partner Dawn Walton) has a wealth of
knowledge, which she is looking forward to
utilising to help the small to medium sized
businesses Baldwins works with.
Dr Huw Williams,
Yarm School
Yarm School has
appointed Dr Huw
Williams as its new
headmaster. Dr
Williams is joining
the school from
his post as second
master at Tonbridge
School and is eager
to take up the
headmaster’s baton to define the next
chapter of the school’s history.
Dr Williams’ teaching career began at
Westminster School in London where he
taught Biology, becoming an assistant
housemaster and then the housemaster of
a day and boarding house. Following this,
he was appointed at Tonbridge School.
Becoming just the third headmaster
since the founding of the school in 1978, Dr Rachel Dalby, Kane Elgey and Grace
Gibbon, Mobile Mini
A leading hirer of secure storage and
portable site accommodation is developing
its marketing team to help cement its
strong reputation.
Mobile Mini, which has its headquarters
in Stockton and branches across the
country, has welcomed marketing director
Rachel Dalby, marketing executive Kane
Elgey and digital marketing apprentice
Grace Gibbon to its team.
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The trio, responsible for the development
and delivery of the national firm’s marketing
strategy, are looking forward to a new
challenge.
Kevin Fletcher and John Baker, HR
Alchemy
A fast-growing, Middlesbrough-based
human resources specialist is building on
recent success by expanding its team.
HR Alchemy has appointed two non-
executive directors and welcomed a new
HR graduate after a year of continued
growth that has seen the company increase
year-on-year turnover by 30%.
The first of the new board members
is Kevin Fletcher, a respected former
employment tribunal judge and senior
partner of Stockton-based Jacksons Law
Firm.
Kevin also operates as consultant solicitor
at PG Legal and is a non-executive director
at Elring Klinger.
Joining Kevin is John Baker, who
brings with him decades of HR and
business expertise, having worked as a
communications and HR director within the
steel industry.
First Choice Labels
Teesside-based
label manufacturing
company First
Choice Labels
has strengthened
its team with the
appointment of a new
marketing manager,
Emily Davies. With
a degree in Psychology and a passion for
marketing, her role will be leading the
marketing department, working in tandem
with the sales team to increase both online
and offline presence and establish further
connections within the industry.
Nigel Willis, managing director, said: “I
couldn’t be happier to welcome Emily to
the team. Her enthusiasm and creativity
make her perfect for the role. For almost
16 years the team has shared marketing
responsibilities. However, as the industry
continues to grow, we want to have
someone specifically dedicated to capturing
all the opportunities available to us.”
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