The Business Exchange Swindon & Wiltshire Edition 42: April/May 2019 | Page 7

APPOINTED
NEW CHAIR FOR WOMEN IN
PROPERTY SOUTH WEST MATRIMONIAL TEAM
STRENGTHENS
Women in Property has appointed a
new Chairman for the South West, Ros
Trotman, an expert in planning matters
at commercial law firm Thrings. The Swindon office of Bower &
Bailey Solicitors has announced
the qualification of Lauren Webb.
Ros has been on the regional Women in
Property committee for four years, and is
looking forward to taking over the reins of
the busy branch. With nearly 300 members
and hosting over 100 events per year, Ros
intends to use the breadth of this network
to address diversity and the attraction and
retention of female talent.
Ros said, “I am delighted to take on the
role of Chairman for 2019. This year, we
want to give back even more to our valued
members, supporting them in their career
paths and creating inspiring and visible role
models for the industry and for the next
generation. With the current skills shortage
in the industry, raising the profile of the
property sector as a great career option to
youngsters in schools is also very much part
of our organisation’s remit.
“We have seen a wave of successful
national campaigns encouraging women
to step up, recognise their professional
worth and be seen. Building on the success
of Women in Property’s initiatives to date,
including our mentoring programme and
last year’s panel debate training, we want to
continue to give our members the guidance
and opportunities they need to meet their
career goals. My message to you, our
members new and old, is to #MakeYourMark
on your part of the sector – whether it’s by
taking that speaking opportunity, making
steps towards a promotion or helping to
carve out a better path for your current and
future female colleagues.”
Property sits at the heart of Thrings,
a Top 100 law firm with offices in Bristol,
Bath, Swindon, London and Romsey. The
firm’s recognised property, planning,
and construction teams offer extensive Lauren qualified into the Matrimonial
department in March 2019, working
alongside Partner, Katie Went, dealing with
divorce and children matters.
Katie said, “Lauren has worked with me
on and off since joining the firm in 2017
and I am delighted that she is qualifying
into my team. She has a straightforward,
sympathetic and pragmatic approach to
dealing with matters, which is ideal for
experience when it comes to development,
acquisition and disposal of buildings,
landlord, tenant and planning matters.
Thrings Managing Partner, Simon
Holdsworth said, “Thrings has been a
proud supporter of Women in Property for a
number of years now, so we are delighted to
see Ros apply her keen industry knowledge
to leading this ambitious organisation in
the South West. Proactive, pragmatic and
a dedicated member of Thrings’ Gender
Equality Think Tank (GETT), Ros has what
it takes to drive change and generate
opportunities for women in the property and
construction sectors.”
Rachael Sherratt, incoming Vice-
Chairman and Associate in the project
management team at JLL, added: “Having
been on the committee for the last three
years I am delighted to have the opportunity
to step up into the Vice-Chairman role and
support Ros with the plans for a year full
of excellent opportunities for our members
and the wider property industry. Women in
Property is an integral and active network
in the South West and I am proud to be part
of the work we do to champion diversity and
equality.”
For more info:
www.womeninproperty.org.uk
matrimonial law.” Lauren is due to attend
the admission ceremony at the Law Society
in Chancery Lane, London.
She said, “I am really looking forward to
attending the ceremony with my family who
have been really supportive of my career
choice throughout the seven years that I
have spent studying and training.”
New CFO for Outsource UK
Swindon headquartered Outsource UK, which is one of the largest independent
specialist technology, change and engineering recruitment consultancies, has
appointed Paul Jezzard as their new Chief Financial Officer. Paul initially joined the
business in an interim capacity in 2018.
His appointment follows over 10 years in
the recruitment industry as a qualified
accountant. Paul started his career at
Summit Therapeutics before moving to join
Capita Resourcing where he spent eight
years in a variety of senior roles.
Paul joins Outsource UK at an exciting
time in its history, having seen its fifth year
of consecutive growth and a 17% uplift in
compound annual growth rate over this
period. The company remains committed to
further organic growth along with exploring
acquisition opportunities. He said, “I am
excited to work alongside CEO Nick Dettmar
to help the business to continue to grow. The
company’s strategy is one that I fully support
and I believe it is really encouraging that
Outsource remains committed to investing
in its people and service proposition.”
Nick Dettmar, CEO of Outsource UK
added, “We’re delighted that Paul has
agreed to join Outsource UK at a time when
we are strongly growing, achieving 21%
uplift in client numbers and a 9% year-on-
year revenue increase. We have aggressive
hiring plans across our UK network of
offices to fuel further organic growth and
Paul’s energy and experience will help us
deliver on that. For this coming year, we
have developed initiatives to support our
clients with IR35 legislation change and
Inclusion and Diversity audit programmes,
which will enable us to continue the theme
of ‘taking care of everything’ and adding
value to our customers.”
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