On the move: the latest East Midlands hires
Barclays has appointed three directors to join its East Midlands team.
Simon Woods has been appointed relationship director covering Leicestershire and Northamptonshire, specialising in the Retail and Wholesale sector.
Woods is joined by Andy Tidmarsh who joins as a relationship director with twelve years banking experience. He will primarily cover the Leicestershire area with a portfolio largely made up of manufacturing clients.
Mark Meredith joins the team as trade finance director. He has six years’ experience working within Trade Finance and will be responsible for clients with a turnover between £6.5m and £30m covering Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, Northampton and Lincoln.
Area corporate director, Keith Ross said: “I am delighted to welcome Simon, Andy and Mark to the team. They bring a wealth of experience which will enable us to continue to extend a good service to our clients across the region. My objective is to grow Barclays competitive position by attracting new relationships in an area of undoubted increased commercial activity and opportunity. We have recently extended the lease on our commercial premises at Meridian Park, demonstrating our commitment to the area.”
Amy Jowett and Anne Bernard
Derby marketing agency WDA has made a double hire with the addition of Anne Bernard and Amy Jowett.
Alongside web and blog content, Bernard has written technical content and research journals for healthcare and marketing collateral for a US children’s hospital. She also has PR and crisis-handling skills as well as social media management and keyword research.
Amy brings a very specific set of skills to the team. She has five years’ experience as a Pay Per Click (PPC) specialist in Bing, AdWords and across social media.
A spokesperson for WDA said: “Amy gives WDA’s digital team a whole new capability with a key focus on competitor analysis and increasing traffic through paid online advertising. With campaign creation and strategies built from keyword research, Amy can discover trends and popular search terms unique to specific product and audiences whilst optimising, monitoring and reporting on KPIs.”
