110 | Tees Business
TEES Business appointments
All the successful apprentices have
secured full-time employment as a result of
their apprenticeship.
Julie Danks, Stockton Council
Stockton Council has formally appointed
Julie Danks as its new managing director.
Ms Danks, who has been interim MD
since May, was appointed to the role at a
meeting of the full council.
She has served the council for more than
30 years, rising through the ranks since
starting as an accounting technician in 1988.
She became assistant director of finance
in 1999, corporate director of resources in
2003 and deputy chief executive in 2016.
Apprentices, Middlesbrough Council
Career-minded young people in
Middlesbrough have praised an
apprenticeship scheme which has allowed
them to progress on their chosen path.
Middlesbrough Council’s Community
Learning Service has seen its first cohort
achieve the new Apprenticeship Standards
designed to meet the needs of employers,
providing the skills, knowledge and
behaviours an apprentice will need to carry
out all aspects of their job role.
The group have been praised by
Middlesbrough mayor Andy Preston who
offered “massive congratulations”.
The occupations the apprentices have
been successful in so far are customer
service practitioner, business administrator
and public service operational delivery
officer.
Steve Carpenter, Animmersion
Animmersion has strengthened its
management team with the appointment
of Virtual Reality (VR) commercialisation
specialist Steve Carpenter as business
development director.
Relocating to the North-East from
Oxfordshire, Steve joins the immersive
technology company to support its
continued growth in UK and international
markets.
He brings a strong technology background
to the role, complementing his extensive
sales and marketing experience.
His industry expertise will support the
development of Animmersion’s market
presence in sectors including offshore
renewables, manufacturing, chemical
process and utilities.
Jessica Armstrong and Andrew Haley,
Active Chartered Financial Planners
Active Chartered Financial Planners is
encouraging successful students to stay in
the region by welcoming a new member to
its client support team.
Middlesbrough-based Jessica Armstrong
has previously worked at EE as a customer
service advisor, where she helped clients
with a wide variety of complex issues,
before making the switch to studying for
a degree in Business Management at
Teesside University Business School.
Active has also expanded its team
with the appointment of financial planner
Andrew Haley.
Andrew, whose family is originally from
Teesside, has worked in financial services
since 2011, as both a paraplanner and
financial adviser.
Solicitors and apprentices, Tilly Bailey
and Irvine Solicitors
The Tees Valley’s largest law firm has
boosted its commercial property and
residential conveyancing teams with a
number of appointments.
Tilly Bailey and Irvine Solicitors (TBI),
which has offices in Hartlepool, Wynyard,
Stockton and Barnard Castle, has employed
a specialist commercial property solicitor
and a paralegal alongside three business
administration apprentices to meet the
demands of a growing client base.
Joining TBI’s commercial team based at
its Wynyard Park office are solicitor Nicole
Tanfield, who has gained considerable
commercial property experience at two
other leading North-East firms, and Bethany
Atkinson, who has recently graduated from
Northumbria University with a master’s
degree in Law.
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